Running Effective Risk Workshops Masterclass
Risk identification and analysis workshops that the business takes seriously — preparation, facilitation techniques and follow-up rehearsed in a practical one-day format.
Format
Classroom · Live Virtual
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Risk workshops are where risk management earns its credibility with the business — or loses it. This highly practical one-day masterclass addresses the real aims of risk identification and analysis workshops and majors on tangible advice: pre-workshop research and preparation, agendas anchored in the organisation’s strategy and risk policy, creating the environment for genuine dialogue, and capturing, categorising and ranking what emerges. Techniques are rehearsed, not just described — brainstorming, stress testing and scenario analysis, executive interviews and external research — and the programme closes on the follow-up and action planning that keeps momentum after the room empties.
What you will do
Who attends
- Risk managers and ERM professionals
- Internal auditors and governance teams
- Project and programme managers who own risk registers
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.Context and purpose
- Risk workshops within the organisation’s strategy and risk policy
- The risk workshop lifecycle
- Communicating practical value to stakeholders
II.Preparation
- Pre-workshop research, preparation and documentation
- Setting the agenda
- Creating the right environment for productive workshops
III.Facilitation and follow-up
- Establishing effective dialogue in the room
- Capturing, categorising and ranking risk information
- Techniques: brainstorming, stress testing and scenario analysis, executive interviews, external research
- Follow-up and action planning that maintains momentum
Frequently asked
Do the programmes cover reinsurance and underwriting discipline?
Yes — the insurance curriculum includes advanced reinsurance, underwriting portfolio management, captives and alternative risk transfer, business interruption and specialty lines such as project cargo. Participants leave able to structure a reinsurance programme, steer an underwriting portfolio by its numbers, and price the risks their market actually writes.
Is there content on risk management and finance for insurers specifically?
Yes. Dedicated programmes cover market and liquidity risk management for insurers, enterprise risk management, running effective risk workshops, and finance for insurance professionals. The material is written for insurers’ balance sheets, not adapted from banking slides.
Can a programme be run privately inside our company?
Yes. Every BIZENIUS programme is available in-house, tailored to your lines of business, your market and your regulatory context, in English or French. Insurers often use private editions to put underwriting, claims and risk teams through the same casework together.
In which languages and formats do the insurance programmes run?
English and French, in classroom, live virtual and hybrid formats. BIZENIUS delivers from Dubai and Bangalore and on client sites, having served 150+ client organisations across 45+ countries on four continents.
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