Actuarial Enterprise Risk Management

lactu2260  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Actuarial Enterprise Risk Management
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 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.
Aims

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
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
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: Risk Management Applications
  • Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA)
  • Optimal reinsurance
  • Project management
Chapter 4: Case study
Teaching methods
The course consists of 7 courses, extra readings (discussed during the courses), a case study and a Q&A session at the end.
Evaluation methods
Written examination and case study.
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
Aims
Master [120] in Actuarial Science