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The Insurance Management program is a two-semester graduate certificate program focused on training college or university graduates in claims investigations and adjusting, underwriting and brokering relationships within the property and casualty insurance sector.

This program, offered by The Business School, will provide you with a strong educational base in various aspects of insurance and prepare you to effectively function in the insurance industry, leading to supervisory, management or specialist positions in business, government and service organizations. You'll be able to explain how the business of insurance works as well as define and explain the importance of property and liability insurance. Upon graduation, you'll have acquired sufficient competency to be considered for employment in the property and casualty insurance sectors.

By including seven (7) of the ten (10) insurance industry-specific courses (the maximum the Insurance Institute of Canada, or IIC, allows), Centennial College's Insurance Management program will also provide a pathway to the Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) designation. You'll be able to take the three remaining courses through the IIC. Please visit the Insurance Institute for all details regarding professional designation.

Please note:

• You must join IIC (at no cost) when starting the Insurance Management graduate certificate program and maintain the free IIC membership for the duration of your full-time studies.
• You'll be required to purchase insurance industry textbooks and resources directly through IIC, and to register and pay fees for the insurance industry exams through the IIC based on registration timelines strictly adhered to by the IIC (normally at the midpoint of the semester). For more, visit www.insuranceinstitute.ca.
• All courses require the purchase of textbooks. The Insurance course textbooks must be purchased through the Insurance Institute of Canada (IIC), before the start of the semester. The approximate cost is $300 per textbook.
• The textbooks and additional learning resources are required for academic success in the Insurance Management Program and Industry Exams, required for the CIP Designation.

Program Highlights

Centennial College's Graduate Certificate in Insurance Management offers a pathway for Financial Services and Community and Health Studies diploma graduates to specialize in a growing economic sector. Insurance Management program graduates will have the option of partially completing the academic requirements for Canadian Insurance Profession (CIP) designation through the Insurance Institute of Canada (IIC).

Career Outlook

• Claims Adjusting
• Underwriting
• Broking
• Investigators
• Sales
• Customer Service
• Examiners

Education Pathways

Successful graduates of this Insurance Management Management Graduate Certificate program have the opportunity to apply their credits toward further study at the degree level. Listed below are the degrees from partnering institutions that are available for this program.

Please note that each partnership has a specific minimum grade requirement in order to qualify for transferring credits, which are assessed by the partner institution.

Please visit our website at www.centennialcollege.ca/admissions/applying/education-pathways/outbound-pathways for more information on articulation agreements.

Placement Partners

All State Insurance

Aviva Canada

RSA Canada

Crawford & Company

Desjardins General Insurance

Northbridge