RMI (Risk Management and Insurance)

Spring 2024 Risk Management & Insurance Courses

Still looking for class ideas for the upcoming Spring semester? Consider one of the following Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) courses.  Don’t forget to apply for an RMI Scholarship too!

Undergraduate courses

RISK 3809: Introduction to Risk Management

Eric Reiner – online     

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of risk and risk management for businesses and individuals. Corporate risk management techniques covered range from insurance to enterprise risk management. Personal risks discussed range from unemployment to retirement. Insurance carrier operations are also considered.
Corequisite: FNCE 3000, junior/senior standing

RISK 4509: Global Risk Management

John Wethey – T 6:30-9:15 pm    

A distinctive immersion to explain how risk is transferred globally, through standard insurance markets, surplus lines markets, Lloyds of London and reinsurers.  Includes optional travel to London, which is the home to many of the world’s largest insurers and reinsurers.  Prereq: one 3-credit RISK course

RISK 4609: Claims Management

Cindy Baroway – MW 2:00-3:15 pm    

This course will provide an overview of the claims process in the Property and Casualty Insurance world. Students will learn about basic claims handling for personal and commercial claims as well as how to determine coverage and legal issues. 

RISK 4809: Property & Casualty Insurance

Angela Blair – online

Students learn the fundamentals and uses of personal and commercial and property casualty insurance, including cost and pricing issues. Insurance company financial management and current trends in the insurance industry are also explored. Junior/senior standing or instructor permission.

RISK 4909: Corporate Risk Management

Jeungbo Shim – online

This course provides an overview of the corporate risk management process. It considers the ways companies identify their risk exposures, the tools used to measure and mitigate those exposures including the latest developments in alternative risk transfer, and ultimately, how risk management adds value to the firm.
Prerequisite: RISK 3809, Corequisite: FNCE 3500 or instructor permission

Graduate courses

RISK 6509: Global Risk Management

John Wethey – T 6:30-9:15 pm    

A distinctive immersion to explain how risk is transferred globally, through standard insurance markets, surplus lines markets, Lloyds of London and reinsurers.  Includes optional travel to London, which is the home to many of the world’s largest insurers and reinsurers.  Prereq: one 3-credit RISK course

RISK 6809: Principals of Risk & Insurance

Angela Blair – online

This course prepares students for advanced work in insurance and risk management.  The course first covers the nature of risk and risk fundamentals, insurer operations and insurance regulation.  It then considers the principal techniques of managing risk exposures and the basis of decision-making in the management of business and personal risks.  Concurrent: BUSN 6640

RISK 6909: Corporate Risk Management

Jeungbo Shim – online

This course provides an overview of the corporate risk management process. It considers the ways companies identify their risk exposures, the tools used to measure and mitigate those exposures including the latest developments in alternative risk transfer, and ultimately, how risk management adds value to the firm.  Concurrent: BUSN 6640

High School Students RISK 1001: Careers in Risk Management

Learn about the varied career opportunities in the Risk Management and Insurance industry

The Risk Management and Insurance Program at the CU Denver Business School is offering a unique opportunity for you to meet with industry executives from local, national, and international companies and learn more about risk management and insurance.

High school juniors, seniors and recent high school grads, you will:

  • Earn 1 “free” college credit at CU Denver
  • Experience a college-level class on the CU Denver campus
  • Meet local employers for possible internships and part-time jobs
  • Meet students from other high schools
  • Learn about Risk Management and Insurance careers from claims trainees to underwriters to loss control specialists to risk managers to marketing.

Cost: FREE

Open to recent high school graduates and incoming high school juniors and seniors.

You will be taught by a university lecturer,  Cindy Baroway, CPCU, M.Ed., AIC, in a Pass/Fail format.

Classes will be held at:

  • CU Denver Business School
  • 1475 Lawrence Street
  • Denver, CO 80202
  • Close to light rail and Union Station bus terminal

Contact RMI today to get started and save your place in the course: 

             303-315-5183 or  lori.genuchi@ucdenver.edu

What are students who took the course saying?

 “It was refreshing to experience an industry that actually demonstrated a desire to hire people from my generation. The stigma of the boring insurance industry was quickly erased.”       Chase Youngman, Senior, Douglas County High School

“It provided what it promises – a college credit for minimal time & work – but so much more. It provided amazing advice, recommendations, the chance to connect with fabulous people, and an experience one can carry with them and build upon for the rest of their lives. When I think of insurance now, I think of all the opportunities.”       Deana Alter, Junior, Cherry Creek High School

 

RISK 6509/4509: Global Risk Management in London

Study abroad in Maymester 2018

This is a unique international course of intensive study for undergraduate and graduate business and risk management students, a distinctive immersion in the field of Global Risk Management and Insurance. The course is designed to study how risk is transferred globally. In the first two weeks of class in Denver, there will be a series of class lectures, presentations and discussions.  The class will then travel to London, which is the home to many of the world’s largest insurers and reinsurers.  While in London for one week, students will visit and have presentations from insurance brokers, companies, Lloyds of London, and reinsurers.

Apply today!

Course Objectives

The over-riding design of the course is to follow the insurance transaction from main street U.S.A. through the standard markets, surplus lines markets, and reinsurance markets.

  • This class will incorporate dynamic guest speakers both locally and in London.
  • Students will see first-hand how risk is transferred globally.
  • Students will interact with insurance professionals who transact business throughout the world.

Learning Outcomes

  • Become aware of global insurance issues
  • Develop confidence and ability to interact with high-level executives
  • Comprehend and articulate the scope of global risk insurance
  • Prepare to step into a risk manager’s role

Cost: $1,200

Includes airfare, shared accomodation, ground transporation & international health insurance. Does not include tuition and fees.

Prerequisites

Required: Completion of at least one RISK course
Preferred: RMI declared major /minor/specialization, attendance at one RMI Shadow Day

Credits

3 CU Denver graduate/undergraduate credits
The course may substitute:
General Elective – Finance / RMI Major
International Elective – MBA, RMI Major
“1” Category of electives for all specializations of MS
-Finance and Risk Management
-See advisor for details

Program Dates

May 14 – 25, 2018 (Denver)
May 26 – June 3, 2018 (London)

Application Deadline

February 4, 2018. Space is limited. Apply early!

Program Faculty

Jeungbo Shim, PhD   jeungbo.shim@ucdenver.edu
John Wethey, Executive Director, Surplus Lines Association of  Colorado

Questions? Email lori.genuchi@ucdenver.edu.

Spring 2018 Risk Management and Insurance courses

Still looking for class ideas for the upcoming spring semester? Consider one of the following Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) courses.

Undergraduate courses

New Course with Mr. Eric for Spring 2018:
RISK 4709: Life & Health Insurance
Eric Reiner – Tuesday/Thursday 2:00 pm- 3:15 pm

This course introduces students to life and health insurance concepts and policy types, with an emphasis on insurance planning for individuals and businesses. The insurance industry and trends within it are also explored.
Pre-requisites: FNCE 3000 and RISK 3809 with a grade of at least a C.

RISK 1000: Introduction to Careers in Risk Management and Insurance
Cindy Baroway – Monday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

This course introduces students to the many and varied career opportunities in the risk management and insurance industry via visiting industry professionals and on-site industry visits.
This course meets 1 hour each week. It is pass/fail.

RISK 3809: Introduction to Risk Management
Eric Reiner – Online
Jeungbo Shim, Assistant Professor – Tuesday/Thursday 3:30 pm- 4:45 pm

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of risk and risk management for businesses and individuals. Corporate risk management techniques covered range from insurance to enterprise risk management. Personal risks discussed range from unemployment to retirement. Insurance carrier operations are also considered.
Corequisite: FNCE 3000

RISK 4129: Enterprise Risk Management
David Young – Wednesday 6:30 pm – 9:15 pm

Enterprise risk management involves identifying the risks and opportunities faced by a firm, assessing them, developing and implementing a plan to address them, and then monitoring progress. In this course, students will learn the basics of ERM while working with risk management professionals to develop and present such a plan to an ongoing business.

RISK 4809: Property & Casualty Insurance
Cindy Baroway – Online

Students learn the fundamentals and uses of personal and commercial and property casualty insurance, including cost and pricing issues. Insurance company financial management and current trends in the insurance industry are also explored.

RISK 4909: Corporate Risk Management
John Daley – Online

This course provides an overview of the corporate risk management process. It considers the ways companies identify their risk exposures, the tools used to measure and mitigate those exposures including the latest developments in alternative risk transfer, and ultimately, how risk management adds value to the firm.
Prerequisite: RISK 3809, Corequisite: FNCE 4809

Graduate courses

RISK 6129: Enterprise Risk Management
David Young – Wednesday 6:30 pm – 9:15 pm

Enterprise risk management involves identifying the risks and opportunities faced by a firm, assessing them, developing and implementing a plan to address them, and then monitoring progress. In this course, students will learn the basics of ERM while working with risk management professionals to develop and present such a plan to an ongoing business

RISK 6309: Strategic Risk Management
John Daley – Online

Strategy charts the course of the firm from the present into the future. Strategic risk management seeks to manage the risks to that strategy. Sounds simple, until you realize that many of those risks are either unknown or unknowable. Managing them requires a new set of tools – the subject of this course.

RISK 6809: Principals of Risk Management & Insurance
Jeungbo Shim – Tuesday 6:30 pm- 9:15 pm

This course prepares students for advanced work in insurance and risk management. The course first covers the nature of risk and risk fundamentals, insurer operations, and insurance regulation. It then considers the principal techniques of managing risk exposures and the basis of decision making in the management of business and personal risks.
Corequisite: BUSN 6640

RISK 6909: Corporate Risk Management
John Daley – Online

This course provides an overview of the corporate risk management process. It considers the ways companies identify their risk exposures, the tools used to measure and mitigate those exposures including the latest developments in alternative risk transfer, and ultimately, how risk management adds value to the firm.
Prerequisite: BUSN 6640