It will take place in Turin, at the Carlo Alberto College, the Masters in Insurance Innovation, the first dedicated training course in Italy to innovation and the creation of the professions of the future in the insurance field promoted by the School of Management and Economics of the University of Turin and by the Turin Polytechnic.
The Master intends to combine quantitative elements of data analysis, machine learning, Internet of Things, cybersecurity, with managerial, regulatory and digital organization skills.
The start of the first cycle of the Master is scheduled for September 2020 and scholarships are provided for participants. Applicants may submit the online question, attaching CV and motivational letter. This will be followed by an interview with the master's selection commission.
The path will be completed with numerous case studies, computer laboratories and innovation labs. Finally, an experience of 500-hour internship at partner companies.
The particular attention to the challenges of digitization and the real needs of companies in managing technological change, will ensure distinctiveness of the contents covered, concrete employment prospects and professional growth in the field of insurance activities that will be involved in innovation and digital transformation.
The initiative is strongly focused on the future of business insurance: product and process innovation, artificial intelligence, new working methods, sustainability, collaboration and creation of new business opportunities through start-ups active in the fintech and insurtech sectors.
The initiative is also supported by Intesa Sanpaolo: “We support this master's degree – he said Nicola Maria Fioravanti, CEO of Intesa Sanpaolo Vita and Head of the Insurance Division of Intesa Sanpaolo – because we believe in the training of young people. Our banking group has always had strong relationships with universities, training schools and research centres, to support the development of the culture of the new generations and our insurance division also has ongoing relationships with university institutions to train professionals in tomorrow and be able to bring them closer to the working world. This is an important responsibility, which not only creates economic but also social growth. This Master fits perfectly into this chain, allowing you to build new professional skills, which also take into account the changes taking place and issues related to innovation: digitization, customer experience, big data management and artificial intelligence".
