Financial services involves comprehensive planning for the accumulation, conservation, and transfer of personal wealth, and the provision of insurance, investment, and banking services to accomplish those tasks. Risk management is the identification, evaluation and reduction of risks of loss to an organization's physical and financial resources.

A Financial Services/Risk Management major can go on to become a(n):

• Insurance Agent or Broker
• Financial/Investment Advisor
• Insurance Underwriter or Claims Adjustor
• Risk Manager
• Risk Management Consultant
• Manager Within a Financial Services Organization
• Employee Benefits Consultant
• Estate and Retirement Planner