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Risk Management and Insurance (B.A.)

Bachelor of Arts 6 Semester Deutsch Berufsintegriert

About the Program

Are you interested in risk assessment and insurance management? Start your work-integrated studies: Gain professional experience at a modern industrial insurance company and valuable business knowledge at SRH University!

You start your career in an exciting and ever-changing market – the insurance industry. Together with banks, it forms a key pillar of the financial services sector. And with us, you combine your job directly with work-integrated studies.

You develop innovative approaches to design market innovations for the insurance industry and evaluate existing business models. The program focuses on risk management in B2B companies at industrial insurers.

What Will You Learn?

  • Risk Management Fundamentals, Tools & Methods
  • Insurance Product Development
  • Insurance Business & Insurance Sales
  • Legal Foundations & Special Legal Standards
  • Business Fundamentals & Corporate Management
  • Controlling & Accounting
  • Opportunity and Risk Assessment from a Corporate Perspective

You will learn how risk management works in insurance companies, the specifics of insurance sales, and develop an understanding of opportunities and risks from a corporate perspective. You apply your knowledge directly in practice in parallel.

Curriculum

1st & 2nd Semester – Business Fundamentals8 Modules+
ModuleBusiness Fundamentals6 ECTS
ModuleIntroduction to Insurance Industry6 ECTS
ModuleAccounting & Controlling6 ECTS
ModuleAcademic Writing6 ECTS
3rd & 4th Semester – Risk Management8 Modules+
ModuleRisk Management Fundamentals6 ECTS
ModuleInsurance Product Development6 ECTS
ModuleInsurance Business & Sales6 ECTS
ModuleLegal Foundations & Insurance Law6 ECTS
5th & 6th Semester – Specialization6 Modules + Thesis+
ModuleIndustrial Insurance & B2B Risk Management6 ECTS
ModuleBusiness and Strategy Development6 ECTS
ModulePractical Phase with Partner Company12 ECTS
ModuleBachelor Thesis12 ECTS

Your Career Prospects After Graduation

The insurance industry has been developing very positively for years and offers secure jobs with good future prospects. As a graduate, you have the know-how to master challenges such as digitalization, low interest rates, and new regulations, and to actively shape the future at your own insurance company.

Perspectives after graduation
Possible fields of work & employers
Asset or Risk Management Audit, Revision & Compliance Business and Strategy Development Controlling & Accounting Insurance Sales & Customer Management Specialist or Manager at Industrial Insurers