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Course: Insurance
Let's say a car company employee hurts her hand on the assembly line. Insurance helps pay for the costs of her lost wages, hospital bills, and so forth. But insurance companies and other businesses want to keep costs down by preventing such accidents in the first place.
This prevention is called risk management -- it’s another way that insurance companies protect against loss and harm. If you major in insurance, you'll learn about helping companies create safe working conditions as well as other aspects of risk management. Classes cover everything from health insurance to pension planning.
This program prepares students to provide insurance and risk management services to people, businesses, and other organizations.
Are You Ready To...?
- Intern at insurance and other companies
- Develop critical thinking skills
- Do lots of reading
- Learn many laws and rules
It Helps To Be...
Equally comfortable working with people and with numbers.
College Checklist
- Are there special requirements for acceptance into the program?
- Does the program offer specializations, such as health care risk management?
- Do the professors have experience working in insurance?
- Does the program offer internships?
- Are there student clubs related to the major?
- Will the program help you find an insurance industry job after graduation?
- What are recent grads doing now?
- What do they think of the program?
Course Spotlight
As an insurance major, you’re sure to take a course on property and liability insurance. Property insurance covers lost or damaged property and is sold to property owners. Liability insurance, on the other hand, covers a person or organization held responsible for the damaged property of another.
You'll learn how insurance companies decide how much to charge for policies like these and how much coverage to offer. You'll also learn about different kinds of property and liability policies such as workers compensation, which employers purchase to cover the costs of work-related employee injuries and illnesses.