This specialization introduces learners to insurance as a core financial planning tool for managing risk and protecting health and wealth. Across four courses, you’ll explore how life, health, property, liability, and annuity products help individuals and households build financial resilience in the face of uncertainty.
Through real-world cases, expert insights, and applied decision-making scenarios, learners gain practical skills relevant to both personal financial planningfinance and careers in insurance and financial services.
Courses in this learning path or series 4
RiskWise: Insurance and Your Financial Future
RiskWise: Navigating Life, Health and the Unexpected
RiskWise: Protecting What You Own and Why It Matters
RiskWise: Annuities and Income
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages
Structured courses with graded quizzes, assignments and deadlines you can reset.
A shareable certificate from the university or company when you pay.
Financial aid is often approved for students in India (apply 15 days before you need it).
From University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a well-regarded name.
Self-paced: start any time.
A clear syllabus (4 parts) you can see before you start.
Disadvantages
Paid after a 7-day free trial (Coursera Plus or per course).
Some courses can be audited for free, but graded work and certificates need payment.
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This course is paid. Here is how to take it for free
Free trials: You can start a 7-day free trial for many individual courses, Specializations, or a Coursera Plus subscription to test full course features. Cancel before the seventh day if you do not want to be charged.
Financial aid: If you cannot afford the fee for a certificate, you can apply for financial aid through the link on the course home page by filling out an application about your background and goals.
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