RMIN 5730 - Risk Management Techniques for the Business Executive

3 hours

Designed to acquaint the student with the economic concept of risk; types of risk and techniques for the discovery, evaluation and treatment of pure risk in the business situation. Examination of the nature of insurance and other risk treatment techniques; the role of the risk manager within the firm; industrial accident prevention as related to the risk manager’s role; types of loss and their financial impact on the costs of loss prevention versus its benefits; the risk manager’s relationship with insurers; and current problem areas for risk management today, as time allows.

Prerequisite(s): None.