Insurance Governance & Board Oversight Training Course

Course Overview

Learning Objectives

• By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
• Analyze the principles and objectives of effective insurance governance.
• Define the roles and responsibilities of boards, committees, and executive management.
• Strengthen board oversight of strategy, risk, capital, and solvency.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of governance structures and accountability mechanisms.
• Assess board-level risk appetite and risk tolerance frameworks.
• Strengthen oversight of underwriting, reinsurance, investments, claims, and operations.
• Evaluate the quality and relevance of information provided to boards and committees.
• Apply effective challenge and oversight techniques to management decisions.
• Identify governance weaknesses, conflicts of interest, and accountability gaps.
• Strengthen oversight of regulatory compliance and financial reporting.
• Develop effective risk and performance reporting for board decision-making.
• Establish early-warning and escalation mechanisms for material risks.
• Improve board oversight of emerging risks, resilience, and crisis management.
• Develop strategies for continuous improvement of insurance governance frameworks.

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Learning Outcomes

• Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
• Explain the principles and foundations of effective insurance governance.
• Define clear roles, responsibilities, and accountability across governance structures.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of board and committee structures.
• Assess strategic risks and challenge management assumptions effectively.
• Evaluate risk appetite, risk tolerance, capital, and solvency information.
• Strengthen board oversight of underwriting, reinsurance, investments, claims, and operations.
• Assess the effectiveness of internal control and assurance functions.
• Evaluate regulatory compliance and financial reporting from a board perspective.
• Interpret key risk indicators, performance indicators, and early-warning signals.
• Strengthen board-level risk and performance reporting.
• Identify governance weaknesses and develop appropriate corrective actions.
• Improve oversight of emerging risks and organizational resilience.
• Strengthen crisis governance and board decision-making under pressure.
• Develop effective escalation and management challenge mechanisms.
• Build an integrated governance and board oversight framework for an insurance company.

Course Outline