Risk Management for Insurers Masterclass
Governance-grade risk management for insurance companies — ISO 31000, the full insurer risk universe, appetite-setting and the link through to capital management.
Format
Classroom · Virtual
Upcoming sessions
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Risk management in an insurance company is a governance discipline before it is a technical one. This intensive two-day executive programme examines best-practice governance and risk management in insurers — from the ISO 31000 international standard through the full risk universe insurance companies face: strategic, operational, insurance, reserving, credit, liquidity, market, reputational, compliance and legal — and follows the implications through to capital management. The cohort works through setting risk appetite and tolerance, writing the risk management policy and strategy, managing risk culture, and linking appetite to operational control, with the role of stress testing in insurance organisations examined throughout.
What you will do
Who attends
- Senior insurance practitioners and executives
- CROs, risk managers and heads of function
- Board members with governance and risk oversight duties
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.Governance and the framework
- Best-practice governance in insurance companies
- The ISO 31000 international risk management standard
- Risk management policy and strategy
II.The insurer’s risk universe
- Strategic, operational, insurance and reserving risks
- Credit, liquidity, market, reputational, compliance and legal risks
- Measuring risks and monitoring exposures
III.Appetite, culture and control
- Identifying and recording risk appetite and tolerance levels
- Managing risk culture in the firm
- Linking risk appetite with operational control
IV.Analysis, treatment and capital
- Risk identification techniques, analysis and ranking
- Risk control and treatment options
- Stress testing and the implications for capital management
Frequently asked
Who is the Risk Management for Insurers Masterclass for?
It is an intensive two-day executive programme for senior insurance practitioners and executives, CROs, risk managers and heads of function, and board members with governance and risk oversight duties. The premise is that risk management in an insurance company is a governance discipline before it is a technical one.
Which risks and frameworks does the programme cover?
It works from the ISO 31000 international standard through the full risk universe insurers face — strategic, operational, insurance, reserving, credit, liquidity, market, reputational, compliance and legal — and follows the implications through to capital management. Where compliance and legal risks are examined, this is professional training, not legal advice.
Does the course cover risk appetite and risk culture?
Yes. The cohort works through setting risk appetite and tolerance so they actually bind decisions, writing the risk management policy and strategy, managing risk culture as a governance responsibility, and linking appetite to operational control — with the role of stress testing in insurance organisations examined throughout.
Is the programme available in-house and in French?
Yes. BIZENIUS delivers in English and French, and a tailored in-house edition can be built around your governance structure and risk framework. Sessions run on a rolling calendar with dates confirmed on request; fees and quotations are provided on enquiry.
Who teaches this
Practitioners, not presenters.
Led by practitioners who hold, or have held, the seats this programme prepares you for: group treasurers and heads of asset–liability management, chief risk officers, heads of credit and capital management, and former central-bank supervisors who examined the very frameworks they now teach. Between cohorts the same people advise banks on those frameworks, so what you learn is what is being defended in front of boards and regulators today.
What the bench brings
- Solvency frameworks, internal models and ORSA
- Enterprise risk across actuarial, credit and market risk
- IFRS 17 and recovery and resolution planning
- Bancassurance and multi-channel distribution
- Risk and control self-assessment
- Board engagement and risk reporting
Where they have practised
Current and former practitioners — people who hold the seat today alongside those who have held it.
Sectors: Banking & financial services · Insurance
Regions: Africa · the Middle East · Europe · Asia · the Americas
How they teach
- Live case studies from real institutions
- Worked exercises on realistic bank data
- Regulator-style challenge sessions
- Group problem-solving on realistic institutional cases
- Knowledge checks and a personal action plan
Cohorts are kept small so every exercise is worked on the participants’ own situations — in person or live virtual.
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A senior bench across risk, treasury and regulation.
Learning is one point on the Capability Arc. Many institutions pair this programme with the advisory engagement — and automate what the framework demands.
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