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UCL Certificate Course: Natural Hazards for Insurers

A combination of climate change, increasing urbanisation and wealth concentration, and mounting exposure to natural hazards are progressively ramping up economic and insured losses and imposing growing pressure on insurers and reinsurers to seek ways of limiting exposure. One of the most effective ways is through developing a better understanding of natural hazards, the processes that cause them, and the means by which their impacts on the market can be mitigated or avoided. In an increasingly risky world, there can be no competitive advantage without improved knowledge and comprehension of natural hazards.

A combination of climate change, increasing urbanisation and wealth concentration, and mounting exposure to natural hazards are progressively ramping up economic and insured losses and imposing growing pressure on insurers and reinsurers to seek ways of limiting exposure. One of the most effective ways is through developing a better understanding of natural hazards, the processes that cause them, and the means by which their impacts on the market can be mitigated or avoided. In an increasingly risky world, there can be no competitive advantage without improved knowledge and comprehension of natural hazards.

Natural Hazards for Insurers is designed to provide insurers, reinsurers and other stakeholders in the financial sector, with the intellectual and practical tools required to make more informed decisions in their day-to-day encounters with natural hazard exposure and loss. The course is also suitable for professionals in sectors such as banking, energy and development, who require a strong grounding in natural hazards and risk.
Natural Hazards for Insurers is a part-time, post-graduate level course targetted at the needs of the insurance/reinsurance market.

For further information:

• download the prospectus (pdf 366kb)
• contact Bill McGuire at w.mcguire@ucl.ac.uk
• or go to www.nhfi.net

Natural Hazards for Insurers Presentation Day

The Presentation Day for the 2007-8 course will be on Thursday, July 3rd 2008 at the offices of Benfield Group Ltd, 55 Bishopsgate. Refreshments will be at 2.45pm, with the presentations starting at 3.10 pm.

If you would like to attend, please contact Rebecca Coombes to arrange a security pass:

T: 020 7522 3850
E: rebecca.coombes@benfieldgroup.com