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Risk Management and Insurance Minor
Program type:
Minor
Format:
On Campus
Est. time to complete:
2-3 semesters
Credit Hours:
18
Add to your education by learning more about risk management and the insurance industry.
Earning a minor in Risk Management and Insurance expand students’ knowledge in risk
management and insurance and career options in the insurance industry. With a rigorous
curriculum, a nationally renowned faculty, a multitude of scholarships and internship
opportunities, strong industry connections and alumni network, our students are in
high-demand upon graduation.
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Request More InfoWhy Earn a Risk Management and Insurance Minor?
The Risk Management and Insurance minor is a great addition to any major. The Risk Management and Insurance program at UNT is the only program in Texas recognized as a Global Center of Insurance Excellence by the International Insurance Society.
You'll learn:
- Strategic risk management
- Problem solving
- Business networking
- Data analytics
- Insurance coverage
Our rigorous curriculum in the Risk Management and Insurance program gives you an in-depth understanding of areas related to risk management and insurance.
Marketable Skills
- Leadership ability
- Oral and written communication
- Application of cross-discipline business principles
- Financial plan development
- Organizational risk development
Risk Management and Insurance Minor Highlights
Our students in the Risk Management and Insurance program have earned scholarships
from local chapters of the Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters
(CPCU), the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), the Insurance Council of
Texas (ICT) and Texas Risk and Insurance Professional Society (TRIPS).
The Beta Zeta Chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma focuses on the professions of insurance,
risk management and actuarial science and offers guest speakers and networking opportunities
with business professionals, résumé and interviewing workshops, and other activities.
Several courses offered by the Risk Management and Insurance program qualify for waivers
for professional designation exams, giving students a head start on obtaining professional
designations.
The G. Brint Ryan College of Business, one of the nation’s largest business colleges,
is accredited by AACSB International — the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools
of Business — which means the college meets or exceeds strict academic standards for
excellence in education.
The coursework will focus on areas such as corporate risk management, introduction
to risk management and insurance, insurance company operations and property/liability
risk management and insurance.
Faculty members are experienced professionals and dedicated teachers who exercise
a “learn today, apply tomorrow” classroom philosophy.
What Can You do With a Risk Management and Insurance Minor?
Graduates get jobs such as:
- Underwriter
- Broker/Agent
- Claims representative
- Risk analyst
- Safety manager
Graduates continue on to leadership roles such as:
- Risk manager
- Underwriting manager
- Chief claims officer
- Account manager
- Chief risk officer
Risk Management and Insurance Minor Courses You Could Take
Property/Liability Risk Management and Insurance (3 hrs)
The course provides a survey of commercial exposures to property and liability insurance
contracts. Students will develop the ability to understand, and navigate, the content
of various property and liability insurance contracts in resolving claim coverage
scenarios.
Insurance Company Operations (3 hrs)
This course provides an overview of both the broader operations of the insurance industry
as well as the internal operations of a typical property-liability insurance company.
Students will be exposed to many of the specific job functions within a typical property-liability
insurance company. Students will also learn to navigate and interpret insurance company
financial statements.
Corporate Risk Management (3 hrs)
Study of financial effects of risk on businesses institutions; identification and
evaluation of risk; selection of risk treatment/financing tools; implementation and
review of tools used; probability analyses of data and financial evaluation of alternative
tools.
Life Insurance (3 hrs)
Economic basis, fundamental principles, types of life insurance and annuity products,
pertinent legal concepts, contract provisions, taxation of life insurance and annuity
products, nature and operations of companies, and financial statements of life insurers;
personal and business uses of life insurance and annuity products.
Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance (3 hrs)
Examination of risk and insurance with an emphasis on the fundamental principles of
risk management and the insurance mechanism, various insurance products, and an overview
of insurer operations and the insurance industry. Recommended for all students, regardless
of major field of interest. This course also serves as a basis for more advanced RMIN
courses.
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