TECH introduces this program as a unique opportunity for the graduate to become an expert in international trade through a 100% online qualification in just 6 weeks”

Why Study at TECH?

TECH is the world's largest 100% online business school. It is an elite business school, with a model based on the highest academic standards. A world-class center for intensive managerial skills education.   

TECH is a university at the forefront of technology, and puts all its resources at the student's disposal to help them achieve entrepreneurial success"

At TECH Global University

Innovation

The university offers an online learning model that balances the latest educational technology with the most rigorous teaching methods. A unique method with the highest international recognition that will provide students with the keys to develop in a rapidly-evolving world, where innovation must be every entrepreneur’s focus.

"Microsoft Europe Success Story", for integrating the innovative, interactive multi-video system. 

The Highest Standards

Admissions criteria at TECH are not economic. Students don't need to make a large investment to study at this university. However, in order to obtain a qualification from TECH, the student's intelligence and ability will be tested to their limits. The institution's academic standards are exceptionally high...  

95% of TECH students successfully complete their studies.

Networking

Professionals from countries all over the world attend TECH, allowing students to establish a large network of contacts that may prove useful to them in the future.  

100,000+ executives prepared each year, 200+ different nationalities.

Empowerment

Students will grow hand in hand with the best companies and highly regarded and influential professionals. TECH has developed strategic partnerships and a valuable network of contacts with major economic players in 7 continents.  

500+ collaborative agreements with leading companies.

Talent

This program is a unique initiative to allow students to showcase their talent in the business world. An opportunity that will allow them to voice their concerns and share their business vision. 

After completing this program, TECH helps students show the world their talent.

Multicultural Context

While studying at TECH, students will enjoy a unique experience. Study in a multicultural context. In a program with a global vision, through which students can learn about the operating methods in different parts of the world, and gather the latest information that best adapts to their business idea.

TECH students represent more than 200 different nationalities.  

Learn with the best

In the classroom, TECH’s teaching staff discuss how they have achieved success in their companies, working in a real, lively, and dynamic context. Teachers who are fully committed to offering a quality specialization that will allow students to advance in their career and stand out in the business world. 

Teachers representing 20 different nationalities. 

TECH strives for excellence and, to this end, boasts a series of characteristics that make this university unique:   

Analysis

TECH explores the student’s critical side, their ability to question things, their problem-solving skills, as well as their interpersonal skills.  

Academic Excellence

TECH offers students the best online learning methodology. The university combines the Relearning method (postgraduate learning methodology with the best international valuation) with the Case Study. Tradition and vanguard in a difficult balance, and in the context of the most demanding educational itinerary. 

TECH is the world’s largest online university. It currently boasts a portfolio of more than 10,000 university postgraduate programs. And in today's new economy, volume + technology = a ground-breaking price. This way, TECH ensures that studying is not as expensive for students as it would be at another university.   

At TECH, you will have access to the most rigorous and up-to-date case analyses in academia” 

The development of this Postgraduate certificate has been carried out by a team of experts in the financial sector, who, in addition to selecting the most innovative and comprehensive information, have adapted the content to the demanding quality criteria that define TECH. In addition, its convenient 100% online format brings flexibility to the academic experience, allowing students to connect from wherever they want, without schedules and through any device with Internet connection, whether PC, tablet or cell phone.

In just 6 weeks you will have become an outstanding expert in solvency and dividend policy”

Syllabus

The syllabus of this Postgraduate certificate has been developed by a team of experts in the area of Financial and Actuarial Risk Management in order to provide the graduate with the latest and most comprehensive information related to the best statistical and mathematical models for the insurance industry. Thanks to this, the professional in this sector will be able to specialize in a complex area in which there is a very high level of employability.

This training is distributed over 6 weeks and includes 150 hours of theoretical, practical and additional content, thanks to which the graduate will be able to delve in a personalized way into the different sections of the program, such as credit and operational risk, the fundamental concepts associated with the insurance activity or the premium calculation and technical provisions.

In addition, among the most outstanding features of this program is the resolution of real cases, based on the simulation of complex situations that frequently occur in business activities. Based on this, the graduate will be able to develop their own problem-solving strategies, perfecting their professional management skills and implementing the most effective techniques in their practice to increase the success of the entity of which they are a part.

This Postgraduate certificate in is developed over 6 weeks and is divided into 1 module:

Module 1. Financial and Actuarial Risk Management

Where, When and How is it Taught?

TECH offers you the opportunity to study this Postgraduate certificate in Financial and Actuarial Risk Management completely online. During the 6 weeks of the specialization, the student will be able to access all the contents of this program at any time, which will allow the students to self-manage their study time.

Module 1. Financial and Actuarial Risk Management

1.1. Control and Management of Financial Risks in the New International Context

1.1.1. Financial Risk and Financial Institution Risk
1.1.2. Banking Activity Risks
1.1.3. Regulation and Solvency Ratios
1.1.4. Financial Risk Management

1.2. Market Risk I

1.2.1. Types of Market Risk 
1.2.2. Interest Rate Risk
1.2.3. Exchange Rate Risk
1.2.4. Price Risk Based on Equities and Commodities
1.2.5. Basel II Capital Requirements for Market Risk, Updated
1.2.6. Basel II Standardized Valuation of Market Risk, Updated

1.3. Market Risk II

1.3.1. Concept of Value at Risk (VaR)
1.3.2. Market Risk Measurement Requirements
1.3.3. Ex-Ante and Ex-Post Risks
1.3.4. Parametric and Non-Parametric VaR Models

1.4. Credit Risk I

1.4.1. Concept
1.4.2. Analysis and Measurement Elements
1.4.3. Probability of Non-Compliance
1.4.4. Credit Exposure
1.4.5. Loss Rate or Loss Given Default
1.4.6. Rating Systems
1.4.7. Credit Risk Valuation Models
1.4.8. Credit Risk Hedging through Derivatives

1.5. Credit Risk II

1.5.1. Introduction
1.5.2. Standard method
1.5.3. IRB Method
1.5.4. Credit Risk Hedging
1.5.5. Asset Securitization

1.6. Operational Risk: Measurement, Control and Management

1.6.1. Introduction Definition and Classification
1.6.2. Quantification of Operating Loss
1.6.3. Operational Risk Management
1.6.4. Solutions and Actions During Operational Risk Management
1.6.5. Internal Controls
1.6.6. Insurance Contracts
1.6.7. Regulatory Framework
1.6.8. Basic Indicator Method
1.6.9. Standard Method

1.7. Fundamental Concepts Associated with the Risk Process in the Insurance Activity

1.7.1. Definition of the Different Stages of Risk, from its Generation to Extinction
1.7.2. Generic Study of the Total Claims Rate
1.7.3. Expectation and Variance
1.7.4. Ordinary Moments

1.8. Premium Calculation and Technical Provisions

1.8.1. Non-Life Insurance Premiums
1.8.2. Pure Premium
1.8.3. Technical Provisions
1.8.4. Practical Calculation of Technical Provisions in Non-Life Insurance
1.8.5. Synthesis of the Classical Statistical Methods

1.9. Reinsurance

1.9.1. Definition and Functions
1.9.2. Technical, Financial and Legal Criteria
1.9.3. Proportional and Non-Proportional Modalities

1.10. Solvency

1.10.1. Introduction
1.10.2. Actuarial Risk Management Process
1.10.3. Probability of Ruin
1.10.4. Dividend Policies

You will be able to delve into the fundamental concepts associated with the risk process in the insurance activity, demonstrating your professional value through the definition of strategies until its extinction”