Risk & Return
Instructor
UIE Phone
(253) 846-1155 Email
mail@uiece.com |
Course Overview
Risk and
Return is a course designed to give a better understanding of risk
and how it affects variable annuities and the different subaccounts. The course then moves into treating risk and trying to control some of the effects of risk as it pertains to annuity investing. Risk control alternatives are discussed. Risk financing option are discussed and its alternatives. The course goes from risk, as it relates to annuities, to an introduction on how it affects insurance coverage. The Law of Large Numbers is discussed and how an insurance company uses logical things to control their risks and operate successfully. |
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Chapter |
Subject |
Description |
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Chapter 1 |
Welcome |
The course covers seven different kinds of risks that
apply to annuities in some way: Inflation Risk, Interest Rate Risk,
Business Risk, Credit Risk, Market Risk, Liquidity Risk and Portfolio
Risk. If the type of risk discussed affects an investment, it is also
discussed and how to avoid or diminish its affects. The course touches on
financial planning to avoid or diminish such annuity risks. Standard deviation
is explained along with covariance and correlation coefficients. It also goes
into asset allocation and diversification. |
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