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Course in Resilience Assessment in Urban Insurance

Online 300-hour course in resilience assessment in urban insurance. 6 modules covering the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, ISO 37123 (indicators for resilient cities) and QGIS. Assigned tutor and open enrolment.

Duration300 h
ModeOnline
LanguageEnglish
Start datesSet by the faculty
AwardSEIUM Institute certificate
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Learning outcomes

What you will be able to do

01

Relate the concepts of urban resilience and insurance protection.

02

Apply methodologies and indicators to assess the resilience of a city.

03

Use geospatial data to analyse exposure and vulnerability.

04

Design public-private products and collaboration schemes.

05

Plan the response and recovery after an extreme event.

06

Incorporate lessons learned into underwriting and prevention.

07

Develop an integrative project on urban resilience assessment.

Profile

Who it's for

  • Urban catastrophic risk analyst who wants to specialise in Resilience Assessment in Urban Insurance.
  • Urban resilience specialist who wants to specialise in Resilience Assessment in Urban Insurance.
  • Property risk underwriter who wants to specialise in Resilience Assessment in Urban Insurance.
  • Civil protection technician who wants to specialise in Resilience Assessment in Urban Insurance.
  • Climate adaptation consultant who wants to specialise in Resilience Assessment in Urban Insurance.
  • Manager of public-private insurance programmes who wants to specialise in Resilience Assessment in Urban Insurance.
  • Graduates in engineering or science seeking to join insurance companies.
Standards & tools

What you'll work with

  • Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
  • ISO 37123 (indicators for resilient cities)
  • ISO 22316 (organisational resilience)
  • ISO 14090 (adaptation to climate change)
  • Directive 2007/60/EC (assessment and management of flood risk)
  • Royal Decree 300/2004 (Regulation on the insurance of extraordinary risks)
  • Law 17/2015 on the National Civil Protection System
Syllabus

6 modules · 300 h

  1. 1.1What we mean by resilience
  2. 1.2Difference from resistance and robustness
  3. 1.3Interdependent urban systems
  4. 1.4Natural and man-made hazards
  5. 1.5The role of insurance in resilience
  6. 1.6Urban protection gap
  7. 1.7Sector vocabulary and acronyms
  8. 1.8International reference frameworks
  9. 1.9Stakeholders: city, insurer and citizens
  10. 1.10Exercise: map of a city's critical systems
  1. 2.1Assessment frameworks and indices
  2. 2.2Exposure and vulnerability indicators
  3. 2.3Response and recovery capacity
  4. 2.4Interdependencies between services
  5. 2.5Available city data
  6. 2.6Participation of local stakeholders
  7. 2.7Event and recovery scenarios
  8. 2.8Critical points of the system
  9. 2.9Limitations of indices
  10. 2.10Practice: resilience assessment of a district
  1. 3.1Exposure mapping of the portfolio
  2. 3.2Accumulation by urban area
  3. 3.3Catastrophe models applied to the city
  4. 3.4Open municipal data
  5. 3.5Remote sensing applied to the urban environment
  6. 3.6Historical claims series
  7. 3.7Risk segmentation within the city
  8. 3.8Territorial equity in pricing
  9. 3.9Data protection and limits
  10. 3.10Practice: urban accumulation analysis
  1. 4.1Coverages adapted to the urban environment
  2. 4.2Prevention incentives in the policy
  3. 4.3Municipal parametric products
  4. 4.4Public compensation schemes
  5. 4.5Financing the city's risk
  6. 4.6Agreements between insurers and municipalities
  7. 4.7Transfer to the capital markets
  8. 4.8Insurability of highly exposed areas
  9. 4.9Communication with citizens
  10. 4.10Practice: design of a municipal scheme
  1. 5.1Preparing to manage a mass event
  2. 5.2Coordination with emergency services
  3. 5.3Large-scale loss adjustment and its logistics
  4. 5.4Advance payments and liquidity for those affected
  5. 5.5Build back better
  6. 5.6Reconstruction supply chain
  7. 5.7Recovery monitoring
  8. 5.8Lessons learned and review
  9. 5.9Communication during a crisis
  10. 5.10Practice: urban-scale response plan
  1. 6.1Choice of city and hazards
  2. 6.2Resilience assessment
  3. 6.3Exposure analysis of a portfolio
  4. 6.4Design of the coverage scheme
  5. 6.5Collaboration proposal with the municipality
  6. 6.6Response and recovery plan
  7. 6.7Resilience indicators
  8. 6.8Implementation roadmap
  9. 6.9Study report
  10. 6.10Project defence
Methodology, software & labs

How you'll learn

Fully 100 % online training on the SEIUM campus, with downloadable material, recorded classes and an assigned technical tutor. There are no fixed timetables: students progress at their own pace within the intake, which makes it possible to combine the course with work.

Each module combines theory, guided reading of the original standard and applied exercises. The working software is QGIS, ArcGIS, Python (geopandas), Oasis LMF, in free, academic or evaluation versions. Case studies are based on real resilience assessment procedures for neighbourhoods and assets, flood risk maps, and recovery analysis after extreme events. Assessment is continuous across modules, plus the final integrative project.

Accredited laboratories(EN ISO/IEC 17025) with a rotor test rig, EMC/Lightning pre-compliance, HIL/SIL, vibration/acoustics.
Evidence-oriented final project:safety case, test plan, compliance dossier and operating limits.
Industry mentoring:lecturers with a track record in training, , eVTOL/UAM and flight test.
Flexible format(hybrid/online), international cohorts and support from SEIUM Career Services.
Ethics and safety:a safety-by-design approach, with cyber-OT, DIH and compliance as its pillars.
Capstone project

Build it end to end

Your final project follows the real engineering workflow, step by step, reviewed by your tutor.

Choice of city and hazards

Relate the concepts of urban resilience and insurance protection.

Resilience assessment

Apply methodologies and indicators to assess the resilience of a city.

Exposure analysis of a portfolio

Use geospatial data to analyse exposure and vulnerability.

Design of the coverage scheme

Design public-private products and collaboration schemes.

Collaboration proposal with the municipality

Plan the response and recovery after an extreme event.

Career opportunities

Where this takes you

Urban catastrophic risk analystUrban resilience specialistProperty risk underwriterCivil protection technicianClimate adaptation consultantManager of public-private insurance programmes
Admissions & scholarships

Requirements

  • No prior degree required.
  • Internet connection and a computer capable of running the programme software.
  • Sufficient Spanish to follow technical regulatory texts.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The programme comprises 300 hours in total, spread over 3 to 5 months. That is an average of 10 to 15 hours per week, compatible with a full-time job.

The course uses QGIS, ArcGIS, Python (geopandas), Oasis LMF. Free, academic or evaluation versions are used, and the tutor indicates the free alternative where one exists.

An own diploma from SEIUM Institute upon passing the continuous assessment and the integrative project. It is in-house training, not an official qualification from the Ministry.

Yes. Modules passed in a course or postgraduate diploma in the same area are recognised towards the advanced programme. Check the recognition policy when you enrol.

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