Actuarial Enterprise Risk Management

lactu2260  2021-2022  Louvain-la-Neuve

Actuarial Enterprise Risk Management
3.00 credits
15.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
De Longueville Philippe;
Language
English
Prerequisites
English knowledge, level of course LANGL1330.

Knowledge of the actuarial and risk management concepts at the level of the courses:
  • Actuariat des assurances dommages (LACTU2010)
  • Actuariat de l'assurance-vie (LACTU2030)
  • Quantitative Risk Management (LACTU2210)
  • Mathématiques financières (LINMA2725)

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
Enterprise Risk Management.
Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 Contribution of the course to learning outcomes in the Master in Actuarial Sciences programme. By the end of this activity, students will have made progress in:
  • As a priority, the following LO: 1.2, 1.6, 1.7, 2.1
  • In a secondary way the following LO: 2.2, 2.4, 3.1, 3.3
At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
  • Identify, analyse, measure and mitigate the risks faced by a ((re)insurance) company
  • Understand how different risks interact
  • Understand the governance aspects of risk management
  • Make the link between different areas of the actuarial sciences
 
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1: Risk Management in Context
  • Introduction
  • Lessons learned
  • Concepts and Processes
Chapter 2: Corporate governance
  • Corporate governance – general
  • Best practices
  • Linking corporate governance and ERM
  • Corporate governance and Solvency II
  • The Risk Management function – the CRO
Chapter 3 : Evolution of risk management
  • Evolution of the risk profile of insurance companies
  • Zoom on climate risk
Chapter 4: Risk Management Applications
  • Economic capital modelling
  • Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA)
  • Optimal reinsurance
  • Project management
Chapter 5: Case study
Teaching methods
The course consists of 7 courses of 2 hours and 1 course of 1 hour, extra readings (discussed during the courses), a case study and an extra optional Q&A session at the end.
Evaluation methods
First session : written examination and case study.
For the second session, the examination is in principle written. The lecturer may decide to organise an oral examination if the number of participants is limited. The completion of a case study is not required, unless the student did not carried out the case study in the first session.
Bibliography
  • Lam, J. (2000). Enterprise Risk Management, From Incentives to Controls, second edition, Wiley, 2014.
  • Regulatory texts (Solvency II directive, BNB circulars…)
  • Practical insurance and reinsurance experience
Faculty or entity
LSBA


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Master [120] in Actuarial Science