| CODE | INS4021 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Insurance | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Insurance and Risk Management | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Study-unit Outline: - The Insurance Market - Main insurance principles - Classes of insurance - Underlying principles of insurance contracts - Claims handling - Regulation of Insurance Business - Focus on certain policies - The placement of insurance Students are expected to supplement the lecture notes with their own research and reading. Rationale & Learning Objectives: The insurance study-unit deals with insurance mainly from a practical and industry perspective, as well as from a legal point of view. It is intended that after completion of the study-unit the student will have gained an insight into the insurance market, the main players therein and of the standard insurance policies commonly in use. Reading List: - Hansell D.S. Introduction to Insurance LLP. - Birds John Modern Insurance Law Sweet & Maxwell. - Malcolm A. Clarke The Law of Insurance Contracts LLP. - E.R. Hardy Ivamy The General Principles of Insurance Law (Butterworths). - Gordon Dickson & John Steele Principles & Practice of Insurance (CII 040). - Victor Dover A Handbook of Marine Insurance (Witherby). - Kluwer Publishing U.K. Handbook of Insurance. - Clifford Chance Insurance Regulation in Europe (LLP). - Malcolm A. Clarke (Clarendon Law Series) Policies and Perceptions of Insurance (an Introduction to Insurance Law). - Insurance Business Act, 1998 (Chapter 403) - (to regulate the business of insurance). - Insurance Intermediaries Act, 1998 (Chapter 487) - (to regulate insurance brokers and intermediaries). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Judith-Anne Galea |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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