Forget what you think a career in insurance is like — today’s insurance and risk management industry is a challenging and vibrant place that is crucial to almost every aspect of our modern world. The two-year General Insurance and Risk management diploma program at BCIT gives you specialized training to investigate insurance claims, market and sell insurance products, manage risk in securities, banks, insurance underwriting, and more. This program has been developed by industry professionals specifically to prepare you for a successful, exciting career in your field.

Through out the program there will be many opportunities to interact with industry professionals with networking and industry events. Along with a 40 hour work placement which helps students get direct industry work experience. In fact, our program boasts a 100% job placement rate and our students have gone on to work insuring a variety of clients such as construction, marine risks, commercial underwriting, personal lines underwriting, claims adjusting and risk management.

There are currently more job opportunities in insurance and risk management than there are qualified applicants. With insurance as a key aspect in nearly every industry, insuring everything from home properties to natural resources and almost every business, BCIT graduates have both the availability of many jobs as well as the necessary skills to get and succeed in them.

Career opportunities in insurance:

Insurance Sales Representative
Insurance Agent or Broker
Insurance Adjuster
Claims Examiner
Property Underwriter
Marine Underwriter
Career opportunities in risk management:

Risk Analyst
Risk Specialist
Risk Manager
Insurance specialist
Professional Designations
Canadian Risk Management (CRM) – For the CRM designation, students are prepared to write the three GRMI Global Risk Management Institute national exams. Furthermore, our Risk Management program students even help BCIT rank top 8 in the world among case competitions

Chartered Insurance Professional Designation (CIP) – During the program you will have completed 8 out 10 CIP courses which lessens the costs in the long run and allow you to become a Chartered Insurance Professional faster. Often time’s employers will pay for the completion of the remaining courses.