990: Insurance corporate
management
Coursework assignment 1
Submission rules
Before commencing work you need to fully familiarise yourself with the Coursework assessment guidelines and
instructions, including:
Maximum word limit for assignments (3,200 words)
Font type and size to be used in your assignments (Arial size 11pt)
Rules relating to referencing third party work
Penalties for contravention of the rules relating to plagiarism and collaboration
Deadline for submission of coursework assignments
Outline of the marking criteria applied by markers to submitted assignments
Important notes
Ensure that you have:
Answered all parts of the question in sufficient depth
Answered the precise question as worded marks will not be awarded for irrelevant material
Correctly referenced all sources shown on the reference list in your answer
Checked your word count to ensure it is not too low as this might indicate that you are not answering in sufficient depth
and will affect the marks allocated for components in the mark-grid. A word count that is too high may lead to lack of
focus
Reread your answer to ensure your description of the context is not too long as marks are only allocated for answering
the question
Reread your answer to ensure it is logically structured and that you have added value by making sufficient conclusions
and recommendations
990/2016 990: Insurance corporate management 2
Assignment 1
Provide a brief context for an insurance organisation or a division of an insurance organisation with which you are familiar.
For this insurance organisation or division of an insurance organisation:
Describe briefly two important business objectives.
Identify and justify three important types of stakeholder.
Analyse the expectations of each of the three types of stakeholder you have identified with reference to the two
important business objectives.
Make recommendations, based on your analysis, to manage competing stakeholder expectations whilst achieving the
two important business objectives.990: Insurance corporate
management
Coursework assignment 2
Submission rules
Before commencing work you need to fully familiarise yourself with the Coursework assessment guidelines and
instructions, including:
Maximum word limit for assignments (3,200 words)
Font type and size to be used in your assignments (Arial size 11pt)
Rules relating to referencing third party work
Penalties for contravention of the rules relating to plagiarism and collaboration
Deadline for submission of coursework assignments
Outline of the marking criteria applied by markers to submitted assignments
Important notes
Ensure that you have:
Answered all parts of the question in sufficient depth
Answered the precise question as worded marks will not be awarded for irrelevant material
Correctly referenced all sources shown on the reference list in your answer
Checked your word count to ensure it is not too low as this might indicate that you are not answering in sufficient depth
and will affect the marks allocated for components in the mark-grid. A word count that is too high may lead to lack of
focus
Reread your answer to ensure your description of the context is not too long as marks are only allocated for answering
the question
Reread your answer to ensure it is logically structured and that you have added value by making sufficient conclusions
and recommendations
Assignment 2
Provide a brief context for an insurance organisation or a division of an insurance organisation with which you are familiar.
For this insurance organisation or division of an insurance organisation:
Identify and explain three functions that are or could be outsourced.
Analyse the risks and benefits of outsourcing each of these three functions.
Make recommendations, based on your analysis, to minimise the risks and maximise the benefits of outsourcing each of
these three functions.