Course detail
Insurance
FP-KpojKAcad. year: 2016/2017
The course "Insurance" explain what the insurance industry as part of financial services and the importance of insurance protection to potential clients of insurance companies. Provides basic knowledge of insurance theory, individual insurance industry, the principles of operation of commercial insurance companies as insurance companies. Acquainted with the EU legislation on insurance laws adopted in terms of the insurance market in the Czech Republic and the current management of commercial insurance issues. Inform people about insurance products and paves the way for wider student orientation in the policy conditions of selected insurance companies.
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Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Seminar 1 2 weeks 2 hours, practical examples, the determination of premiums and subsequent coverage for the selected insurance products. Case study - an analysis and comparison of competing products selected type of insurance, eventually with the real valid insurance contract and subsequent recommendations from the client's perspective.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
1. Recommended attendance at tutoria
2. Preparation and submission of revised tutor work on an assigned topic.
3. Successful completion of a written exam (60%).
Course curriculum
2. Insurance and insurance - characteristics, principles of insurance.
3. Classification of insurance, the insurance sector.
4. Life insurance.
5. Non-life insurance.
6. Reinsurance.
7. Insurance activity of commercial insurance.
8. Capital adequacy, investment activity insurance.
9. Management of commercial insurance.
10. Legal norms in insurance.
11. Regulation and supervision in the insurance industry.
12. Insurance Market.
13. Current insurance issues in the Czech Republic and the EU.
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
ŘEZÁČ, F. Pojišťovnictví. 1.vyd. Brno: VUT – FP, 2011. 110 s.
Recommended reading
PÁLENÍK, V. A KOL. Základy pojišťovnictví především průmyslových a podnikatelských rizik. Praha: LINDE, 2007. 239 s. ISBN 978-80-7201-644-0
Zákon č. 277/2009 Sb., o pojišťovnictví
ZÁRYBNICKÁ, J., SCHELLE, K. Pojištění odpovědnosti za škodu. 1.vyd. Ostrava: KEY Publishing, 2010. 220 s. ISBN 978-80-7418-061-3
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