The Bachelor of Business Administration in Risk Management and Insurance challenges the student both quantitatively and qualitatively as it emphasizes critical thinking for decision making under uncertainty.

If you enjoy both problem solving and have strong people skills, a BBA-RMI degree can create excellent opportunities for creative work, professional recognition, financial reward, and public service. 

Graduates in risk management and insurance find a variety of career opportunities open to them as risk analysts within the business community and government; as brokers/agents providing professional risk management counseling and market placement services for clients; as consultants and personal financial planners; and in the underwriting, marketing, claims adjusting, planning, governmental relations, and financial management activities of insurers.

There are available two tracks:

  • Risk Management and Insurance Track

This track is for those who desire to work in the insurance industry or in risk management in general. The required courses introduce students to the business of insurance and risk management from a corporate perspective. Elective courses can allow the student a degree of specialization in life insurance, property liability insurance, or risk management. 

Graduates of the risk management and insurance track find employment as brokers/agents providing professional risk management counseling and market placement services for clients; as consultants and personal financial planners; and in the underwriting, marketing, claims adjusting, planning, governmental relations, and financial management activities of insurers.

  • Risk Analysis Track

This track is for those who are interested in understanding how to model risk, how to assess risk, and how to communicate risk in a business or governmental setting. Students will take courses in risk modeling, legal risk analysis, regulation, economics, and policy. Graduates in the risk analysis track find a variety of career opportunities open to them as risk analysts within the risk management and insurance business, in other financial institutions, and in community and government agencies.