insurance brokertoinsurance risk consultant
A insurance broker already meets 37% of what the insurance risk consultant role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
37%
60.9/ 100
1 Share of the insurance risk consultant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the insurance broker profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A insurance risk consultant role treats 5 of its required skills as things a insurance broker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- actuarial science
- analyse insurance risk
- insurance law
- principles of insurance
- types of insurance
What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A insurance risk consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a insurance broker background worth leading with.
- already held calculate insurance rate information skills
- already held decide on insurance applications management skills
- already held claims procedures business, administration and law
- already held create insurance policies communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held organise a damage assessment management skills
- already held analyse insurance risk information skills
All 12 carried skills, including the 5 the insurance risk consultant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held conduct financial surveys required
- required, not held estimate damage required
- required, not held advise on risk management required
- required, not held analyse financial risk required
- required, not held obtain financial information required
- required, not held perform risk analysis required
- optional, not held collect property financial information optional
- optional, not held compile statistical data for insurance purposes optional
- optional, not held create risk maps optional
- optional, not held create underwriting guidelines optional
- optional, not held produce materials for decision making optional
- optional, not held review insurance process optional
- optional, not held perform debt investigation optional
- optional, not held provide support in financial calculation optional
- optional, not held synthesise financial information optional
- required, not held risk identification required
- optional, not held debt systems optional
- required, not held survey techniques required
- optional, not held statistics optional
- required, not held prepare survey report required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a insurance risk consultant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 conduct financial surveys skill · sector specific
- 02 estimate damage skill · sector specific
- 03 advise on risk management skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held actuarial science knowledge
- already held analyse insurance risk skill
- already held insurance law knowledge
- already held principles of insurance knowledge
- already held types of insurance knowledge
- already held apply statistical analysis techniques skill
- already held calculate insurance rate skill
- already held claims procedures knowledge
- already held create insurance policies skill
- already held decide on insurance applications skill
- already held modern portfolio theory knowledge
- already held organise a damage assessment skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held collect property financial information optional
- optional, not held compile statistical data for insurance purposes optional
- optional, not held create risk maps optional
- optional, not held create underwriting guidelines optional
- optional, not held produce materials for decision making optional
- optional, not held review insurance process optional
- optional, not held debt systems optional
- optional, not held perform debt investigation optional
- optional, not held provide support in financial calculation optional
- optional, not held statistics optional
- optional, not held synthesise financial information optional
34 held skills the insurance risk consultant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on financial matters skill
- not needed by the target role analyse claim files skill
- not needed by the target role analyse insurance needs skill
- not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role compare insurance products skill
- not needed by the target role contract law knowledge
- not needed by the target role create cooperation modalities skill
- not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
- not needed by the target role deliver visual presentation of data skill
- not needed by the target role develop investment portfolio skill
- not needed by the target role file claims with insurance companies skill
- not needed by the target role financial products knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role identify clients' needs skill
- not needed by the target role inform on insurance products skill
- not needed by the target role initiate claim file skill
- not needed by the target role insurance market knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain records of financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role manage claim files skill
- not needed by the target role manage claims process skill
- not needed by the target role manage contract disputes skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role monitor legislation developments skill
- not needed by the target role promote financial products skill
- not needed by the target role prospect new customers skill
- not needed by the target role protect client interests skill
- not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- not needed by the target role sales promotion techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role sell insurance skill
- not needed by the target role social security law knowledge
- not needed by the target role tax legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role use data processing techniques skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held risk identification required
- required, not held survey techniques required
- optional, not held debt systems optional
- optional, not held statistics optional
Other moves recorded from insurance broker
- insurance collector 51% covered · moderate
- insurance claims handler 50% covered · moderate
- property insurance underwriter 46% covered · substantial
- insurance rating analyst 40% covered · substantial
- insurance underwriter 40% covered · substantial
- loss adjuster 39% covered · substantial
- insurance agency manager 39% covered · substantial
- insurance fraud investigator 38% covered · substantial
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.