CRM305
Risk Financing
Explore how to select, implement, and monitor risk financing techniques—methods that an organization can use to obtain funds to pay for accidental losses. Topics include risk financing objectives, types of risk financing plans, insurance as a risk financing technique, capital market products for risk financing, forecasting accidental losses and risk financing needs, accounting and income tax aspects of risk management, and allocating risk management costs.
Prerequisite(s):
Overview
Location: Online
Duration: 12 weeks
Tuition: $649
Can be applied to:
Risk Management Professional Certificate
Risk Management Certificate
Upcoming Offerings
Register for a course at any time.
- Mon, Apr 14 (self-paced all week)
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- Mon, Nov 17 (self-paced all week)
- Mon, Nov 24 (self-paced all week)
What you will learn
After completing this course, you’ll be able to do the following:
- Identify risk financing techniques to improve the effectiveness of insuring risk
- Analyze the relevance of insurance as a viable risk financing option
- Identify loss forecasting techniques to explore financing options within an organization
- Analyze loss patterns and risk tolerance to guide future risk decisions within an organization
- Outline relevant risk techniques to inform financing decisions for current and future business activities in an organization
- Identify the types of financial risk that are driven by market influences when transferring risk in an organization
How you will learn and be evaluated
- Prepare to spend 6–10 hours per week on coursework
- Expect reading and other assignments on a weekly basis
- Plan to access the course at least once every few days to keep up with your work and class discussions
- Connect with the instructor via email, online posts and optional live Q&A Zoom sessions scheduled by the instructor (summaries/recordings available)
You will be evaluated on:
- Assignments
- Quizzes and exams
- Self-assessments
- Participation in online discussions
Learning Materials
Course fees do not include textbooks. We recommend you purchase your textbook as soon as you’ve registered. We will provide additional course materials online.
Required text:
Risk Financing by The Institutes Risk and Insurance Knowledge Group (2012, 6th ed., ISBN: 9780894622717). An ebook is available through the publisher The Institutes.
Once on The Institutes website, follow these steps:
- From the drop-down menu for college or university, choose "Canadian Risk Management (CRM) Curriculum."
- From the drop-down menu for course name, choose "CRM 56 – Risk Financing."
- Add to your cart Risk Financing CRM 56, 6th edition, GRMI Online Course. This ebook is broken up into modules/assignments exactly like the textbook. If you prefer a hard copy, select "CRM 56, 6th edition - Risk Financing (GRMI Textbook)" and add to your cart. Shipping and custom fees will be calculated at checkout.
Technical Requirements
For online courses, you will need a computer with audio and microphone that is connected to the internet. Canvas is the online system that will be used for the course. For more information and online support, visit Online Learning.