Course detail
Insurance
ÚSI-2FCPOAcad. year: 2011/2012
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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Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
1st Mandatory and active participation in exercises.
2nd Processing, presentation and submission of essay on an assigned topic.
3rd Successful completion of a credit hour exam (60%).
The exam is oral (a condition for admission to the test for credit).
Course curriculum
Introduction. Risk and Insurance - definition of risk, risk classification, risk management, financial risk coverage. Insurance and insurance - the characteristics, principles of insurance, insurance agencies, insurance relationship, retaining an interest. Classification of insurance - insurance, according to the classification of basic insurance theory and practice under the insurance, the insurance industry. Life insurance - endowment life insurance investment life insurance, pension insurance, life insurance in economics, statistics, life insurance, demographic and pension system. Non-life insurance - property insurance, motor insurance, liability insurance, insurance value, non-life insurance statistics, a model example of insurance companies. Reinsurance - significance and challenges collateral securing structure, co-insurance insurance pools. Insurance commercial insurance business - the creation of insurance, insurance management, and claims handling, prevention activities. Capital equipment and investment activities of insurance companies - capital, technical reserves, investments, limits on investments, Solvency II. Management of commercial insurance - income, expenses, earnings, annual insurance report. Legal Standards of Insurance - Insurance Act, Act on Insurance Contract Law on Insurance Intermediaries and Independent Loss Adjusters, Insurance Act liability for damage caused by vehicles. Regulation and Supervision in Insurance - the scope and object of supervision in the insurance industry associations, international institutions in the insurance industry. The insurance market - breakdown insurance market indicators of the insurance market, insurance market, the CR statistic. Current insurance issues in the CR and the EU.
Exercise
Home exercises - to acquaint students with the content of training, seminar topics and work requirements for the processing, delivery and presentation. Build teams and seminar papers. Personal insurance - life insurance, pension insurance, accident insurance, serious illness, travel insurance, group insurance. Insurance business and industry - insurance, property insurance, property and buildings insurance against theft, insurance, machinery and equipment, construction and installation insurance, business interruption insurance, transportation insurance, goods in transit, liability insurance, product liability insurance, liability for damage caused by environmental pollution, insurance, legal assistance. Motor insurance - motor insurance, motor vehicle liability insurance for damage caused to vehicles. The insurance market - insurance fraud, the current state of the insurance market in the CR and the EU. Marketing of commercial insurance - commercial insurance products offer insurance on the Internet, "calculator" insurance products, insurance promotional materials.
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Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
ŘEZÁČ, F. Pojišťovnictví. 1.vyd. Brno: VUT – FP, 2011. 110 s. ISBN 978-80-214-4242-9
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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