Skip to content
BIZENIUS.

Managing an Underwriting Portfolio Masterclass

The shift from underwriting policies to managing a book — price monitoring, segmentation and the strategies that turn an ailing portfolio around.

The programme

Managing a portfolio of insurance risks demands fundamentally different skills from underwriting individual policies — and books decline when nobody makes that shift. This masterclass develops the financial and statistical toolkit of portfolio management: measuring performance, monitoring both price change and absolute price levels, segmenting the book to expose non-performing business, and building strategies to refocus an ailing portfolio. The systems needed to monitor change get sustained attention, and case studies run throughout. The cohort leaves seeing the portfolio as a whole rather than case by case — and knowing what to do when the whole is heading the wrong way.

What you will do

Manage the book, not the policy, taking a whole-portfolio view rather than a case-specific one.
Measure portfolio performance with the financial and statistical skills the role demands.
Monitor price change and absolute price levels — and act on what the monitoring shows.
Segment the portfolio to expose non-performing business.
Build strategies to refocus an ailing portfolio and the systems to track the turnaround.
Apply the product life cycle to insurance lines and books.

Who attends

  • Portfolio managers and senior underwriters
  • Underwriting managers moving from case to book responsibility
  • Pricing and planning professionals within insurers

Cohorts bring together board members, executives and the rising leaders behind them — kept deliberately small, so every seat is a peer’s.

Programme agenda

Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for

I.From policy to portfolio
  • Skill requirements for portfolio management versus individual underwriting
  • The product life cycle applied to insurance
  • Developing a whole-book perspective
II.Measurement and monitoring
  • Measuring portfolio performance
  • Price monitoring: changes and absolute levels
  • Systems to monitor change
III.Refocusing the book
  • Segmenting an insurance portfolio
  • Identifying non-performing segments
  • Strategies to refocus an ailing portfolio — with case studies

Frequently asked

Who is the underwriting portfolio masterclass for?

It is built for portfolio managers and senior underwriters, underwriting managers moving from case responsibility to book responsibility, and pricing and planning professionals within insurers. Managing a portfolio of insurance risks demands fundamentally different skills from underwriting individual policies — the programme develops exactly that shift.

What tools does the course provide for turning a book around?

The masterclass develops the financial and statistical toolkit of portfolio management: measuring performance, monitoring both price change and absolute price levels, segmenting the book to expose non-performing business, and building strategies to refocus an ailing portfolio. The systems needed to monitor change get sustained attention, and case studies run throughout.

Is the programme available in-house and in French?

Yes. BIZENIUS delivers in English and French, and an in-house edition can be tailored to your lines of business and portfolio data. Sessions run on a rolling calendar with dates confirmed on request; fees and quotations are provided on enquiry.

Share this programme

LinkedInWhatsAppFacebookEmail

Know the right person for this seat?Nominate a colleague →

In their words

Knowledge transfer, emphasised throughout

“We worked with BIZENIUS for our Fresh Graduates Programme — they are simply amazing. Knowledge transfer and practical learning were emphasised throughout.”

Kuwait Investment Authority

From the Mandate Record

Mandate № 04 · Africa

Capital frameworks built to run the bank, not to satisfy a filing

Most frameworks are written to satisfy the regulator. We build the kind that run the bank.

Open the dossier →

The Capability Arc™

Fix it · Advisory

Advisory & Consultancy

A senior bench across risk, treasury and regulation.

Learning is one point on the Capability Arc. Many institutions pair this programme with the advisory engagement — and automate what the framework demands.

Teams from these institutions train with BIZENIUS

  • Citi
  • Barclays
  • ExxonMobil
  • Total
  • Gazprom
  • Standard Bank
  • QNB
  • Crédit Agricole
  • Nedbank
  • Absa
  • Raiffeisen
  • Halliburton
  • Baker Hughes
  • ConocoPhillips
  • Ooredoo
  • National Bank of Kuwait
  • Kuwait Finance House
  • Bank Muscat
  • Bank Audi
  • SABB
  • Garanti BBVA
  • Ecobank
  • Arab Bank
  • National Bank of Egypt
  • ADIB
  • Access Bank
  • Afreximbank
  • Repsol
  • QNB ALAHLI
  • Stanbic Bank
  • Equity Group Holdings
  • KCB Bank
  • Lombard Odier
  • NOV
  • Weatherford
  • Subsea 7
  • Al Baraka
  • Banque Misr
  • Burgan Bank
  • Bank ABC

BIZENIUS

Speak to an expert

Tell us where you stand — an expert replies within one business day.

Phone *
Area of interest
+ Add a message or details (optional)

We only use your details to respond to your enquiry. See our Privacy Policy.