The only place where you can be part of the world of finance and study insurance at an academic level combined with practice - on the way to rapid integration in the finance and insurance industry

When looking to study insurance, it is important to find a place that combines high-level academic studies with practical work in the field of insurance and also ensures rapid integration in the industry and the achievement of a "real profession" and not just theory - such is the Netanya Academic School of Insurance

The situation in the labor market these days is shaky and when trying to think about the future and a safe, interesting and productive profession - you really should think about insurance. Today everyone already knows that the insurance market is dynamic and multidisciplinary, it dominates many industries and especially the capital market. In order to integrate into the insurance industry and reach senior management positions, it is worthwhile to study the field, in a distinct academic institution, from lecturers and professionals, who hold key positions in the insurance industry and the capital market.

The insurance industry is an important and large economic industry in the Israeli economy, and its investments amount to tens of billions of shekels. Apart from the insurance companies, this industry leads dozens of investment houses, pension arrangement managers and, of course, the banks. This industry has diversified the activities in which it engages and its practitioners now have many opportunities in the areas of the capital market and pensions and various investments. As the insurance industry occupies a more important place in the economy and business activity in the economy, employees are required to have a higher level of specialization, more comprehensive and more professional, as well as knowledge in a wide range of academic fields.

So what is important to know when looking for where to learn the secrets of the profession? It is important to find a place that combines high-level academic studies with practical work in the field of insurance and in addition ensures rapid integration into the industry and the achievement of a "true profession" and not just theory.

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Such is the insurance school of the Netanya Academy - the only institution in Israel recognized by the Council for Higher Education, which is authorized to award a bachelor's degree in insurance. Insurance studies at an academic level allow young people to enter the field of finance and the capital market.

Professor Ziv Reich, Dean of the Insurance School of the Netanya Academy, explains that "today it is more important than ever to find a profession. The combination of academia and practice in insurance studies gives broad knowledge in the field of finance in the capital market and enables work in those fields.

Cooperation with the largest insurance companies and the capital market in Israel

Insurance business also includes reference to the issue of planning and risk management of public and private businesses, from issues that affect almost every person and every business in the country, from car and apartment insurance, to complex issues such as business risk insurance, marine insurance, liability insurance, money management, market management Capital, long-term savings and more. Insurance and finance professionals deal with a wide range of issues and areas of managerial knowledge, in order to assist and advise both private clients and managers of commercial entities.

The training required today in the field of insurance includes knowledge and understanding in many areas, such as familiarity with an extensive system of laws, knowledge and understanding of economics, finance, investments, actuarial and pension, along with a high level of skills in human behavior and organizational behavior.

Precisely because of this, the Insurance School of the Netanya Academy maintains regular and ongoing cooperation with the major insurance companies and the capital market in Israel as part of an "excellence project", through which outstanding students in insurance studies are integrated into insurance companies towards the end of their studies.

The Netanya Academic School of Insurance is at the forefront of current professional practice and holds a trading room workshop and employment conferences during which students of insurance studies are exposed to study methods, existing trading methods on the stock exchange in Israel and selected stock exchanges around the world. Complex in a changing market environment. The course constitutes an academic and professional infrastructure for investment management and consulting, with an emphasis on preparing the student for his activity in the field as a licensee in the future. Students at the School of Insurance learn to build methods for managing both financial and pension investments, including an emphasis on issuer risks, linkage bases, currency exposure, and many principles relevant to the field.

In addition, the Insurance School holds an employment conference once a year that aims to connect students and employers. Upon completion of insurance studies, the graduates will be hired and have broad horizons and extensive financial and managerial knowledge in the areas of insurance, taxes and the capital market. Students will have a defined profession and a respectable and serious field of practice, which will allow them to join managerial and financial work within insurance companies, pension funds, provident funds, insurance agency management, risk management and insurance companies, in the field of appraisals and more.

Graduates of the Insurance School will be able to deal with a wide range of issues and areas of knowledge, assist, advise and assist both private clients and managers of commercial entities: they will have broad horizons and extensive knowledge in insurance agencies, risk management and insurance firms. Pensions and more. Dozens of insurance graduates today hold key positions in the insurance industry and the capital market.

Insurance studies are intended for anyone who wants to join the big companies and engage in the field of finance, risk management, investment houses (Psagot, Altshuler Shachar, Hellman Aldubi), credit card companies (Isracard, American Express, Visa), external financing companies (direct financing), HMOs (Underwriting of supplementary insurance, long-term care insurance, financial risk management of the funds in tracks such as Maccabi Sheli, Clalit Perfect, health insurance, etc.), banks and capital market insurance companies, mortgage advice and insurance.

Students of insurance studies receive many professional employment options from various credit card companies, health funds, external financing companies, investment houses, banks and insurance companies, from the first year of their studies and gain extensive employment experience during their studies.