Each student is required to submit a project. This is not a group assignment. The goal of this project is to apply the concepts you learn in this course to real-life situations. The project should also help you develop your writing skills which are very important in today's world. Your project must be typed and well-organized.

Purpose:

This assignment has two primary objectives. First, it is designed to help you realize the pervasiveness of risk management issues in the modern business world. Second, it will expose you to the risk management and insurance literature and to some of the latest "hot topics" in the field. In addition, as is the case with any written assignment, it provides you with the opportunity to develop your written communication skills.

Details

Find 3-4 articles that interest you and that are clearly related to the subject matter of this course. The articles must be selected from these websites:

http://www.propertycasualty360.com

http://www.bestreview.com

http://www.insure.com/

http://www.iii.org

Prepare a brief review (about 1-2 pages) of each article. Your total project should be 6-7 pages long. The review should include a synopsis and discussion/analysis of the article. The primary emphasis should be on the discussion and analysis rather than the synopsis. Examples of issues you may wish to address include: What interested you about the article? What important insights does the article provide? How does it relate to what we have discussed in class? What did you learn from the article? Did anything in the article surprise you? Do you have an opinion on the issue(s) mentioned in the article?

Use your own words; avoid taking phrases or sentences directly from the article, or simply paraphrasing. On the due date, you should turn in your review as well as a copy of the article. Make sure the source of the article is clearly indicated.