Kelce offers new insurance course
Monday, May 8, 2017 2:00 AM
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Pittsburg, KS
The Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance course, which is offered in June, is the first course offered at PSU as part of the statewide effort to build a stronger labor pool for the insurance industry in Kansas.
Last fall, the Kelce College of Business received a $21,000 grant from the Kansas Insurance Education Foundation to help fund new insurance courses.
Other courses that count toward the 12-hour certificate program will be offered at multiple Kansas Board of Regents universities. The certificate program was proposed by the Kansas insurance industry with the support of the Kansas Insurance Commissioner and is designed to be a joint insurance certificate program supported through a network of universities in the State of Kansas.
“The idea is that students can take courses at their university or add some courses offered by other KBOR schools who are participating in the program to complete a 12-hour certificate program,” said Kevin Bracker, finance professor in the KCOB.
Dean Paul Grimes said the insurance certificate program will benefit PSU students and also the statewide insurance industry.
“Development of these new insurance courses will significantly enhance our applied finance curriculum and expose our students to the field of risk management and insurance,” Grimes said.
A second new course, Personal Financial Planning, is expected to be offered during the summer of 2018. Other courses that count toward the certificate program are already part of the college curriculum.
Enrollment is now open for the inaugural June offering of Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance, which is an online course. Current insurance professionals are encouraged to enroll.