6155 - RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE
CLEAM - CLES - CLEF - BIEM - CLEACC
Department of Finance
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 31
CLEAM (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLES (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLEF (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - BIEM (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLEACC (6 credits - II sem. - AI)
Course Director:
GIACOMO NOCERA
GIACOMO NOCERA
Course Objectives
This course covers the basic concepts in risk management and insurance, examining how to manage and protect firm value.
The purpose of the course is to equip students to develop a conceptual framework for making risk management decisions that increase business value. The emphasis is on traditional and innovative management of pure risk. However, the foundation for understanding other types of risk management is also established. The evolving concepts of enterprise risk management are introduced and blended into several parts of the course.
All topics are discussed firstly with a theoretical introduction and then by a more empirical approach, including exercises and cases discussion.
Course Content Summary
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Firm risks: taxonomy and analysis
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Risk management and firm value
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Principles of theory of risk
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Determining the insurance premium
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Designing an optimal insurance coverage plan
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Reinsurance
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The risk management process
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Simulation models for evaluating risk financing solutions
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The Enterprise Risk Management approach
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Pure risk transfer through financial instruments and financial risk transfer through insurance instruments
Detailed Description of Assessment Methods
Exams are written, in-class, closed book and closed notes and will cover all the topics covered during the course.
Students have the possibility to do a (written) mid-term exam.
Students who do the mid-term exam have also the possibility to do group assignments.
Textbooks
Required readings will be downloadable at the Course Web Page.
Prerequisites
Students attending this course should be familiar with the concepts covered in the following courses: Financial markets and institutions, Financial mathematics, Statistics.
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