F530

Financial Management for Insurance Leaders

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F530

About this course

In this course, you will examine financial decision making within the p&c insurance industry. Whatever your role, all leaders need a solid understanding of financial management issues. You will learn key concepts and tools for managing the value of the firm within the framework of Canada’s p&c industry.
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Topics covered

  • Introduction to Finance and Insurance
  • Time Value of Money
  • Valuing Bonds and Stocks
  • Risk, Return, and the Cost of Capital
  • Capital Budgeting
  • Long-Term Financing: Equity and Debt
  • Capital Structure
  • Risk Classification and Pricing
  • Loss Reserving
  • Accounting and Financial Analysis
  • Introduction to Solvency

Course goals

In this course, you will be challenged to:

  • Apply financial management concepts to the p&c insurance industry
  • Relate course content to your own organizational and professional experience, strengthening analysis and decision making
  • Continue developing a multifaceted understanding of the Canadian p&c insurance industry
  • Evaluate various perspectives and assumptions that impact companies
  • Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex information and ideas effectively, and to engage virtually with other p&c professionals

Prerequisites

Before registering for this course, please note:

• You will need some math skills to understand the course content and to do some of the course assignments. To help you assess your skills, a short, self-study math refresher course is available to FCIP students at no charge in our learning management system. Please review the math refresher course before starting F530 Financial Management for Insurance Leaders. If you find the refresher course challenging, we recommend that you update your math skills prior to taking F530.

• To do financial calculations, you will need access to a software program or calculator. Working knowledge of Excel or Google Sheets should be sufficient.

FCIP courses are open to Institute members who have completed the CIP designation and met other FCIP admission requirements.



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Evaluation

Evaluation for this course is based on online discussion and assignments.

All evaluations are delivered through the course website during the term.
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