Quantitative Finance and Insurance

Why study Quantitative Finance and Insurance?

Today's global economy relies on the insurance sector to manage risk. Effective risk management makes it possible for economies to generate wealth steadily and efficiently. In an ever-more interconnected global business environment, there's a growing need for a large corps of qualified, skilled employees to keep these systems running.

This minor program is designed to train students from a variety of major or specialization backgrounds in the methods that are essential in today's insurance and finance industries, including hybrid insurance and financial vehicles and derivatives.

This minor prepares students for working in quantitative roles in the financial industries. Students will acquire skills including trading, portfolio optimization, asset pricing, underwriting, risk management and marketing. These are relevant to roles in banking, asset management, life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance.