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Principles of Insurance - Course Syllabus

This syllabus covers the course objectives, grading policy, contents, recommended reading, and sources of knowledge for Principles of Insurance. This course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of risk, insurance markets, regulations, legal principles, and various forms of insurance.

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Principles of Insurance - Course Syllabus

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  1. Dr Mariusz DybałInstitute of Economic Sciencesmariusz.dybal@uwr.edu.pl Principles of Insurance - Syllabus

  2. Mariusz Dybał – Syllabus Scheme of the Lecture • Location • Course objectives • Grading policy • Contents • Recommended reading • Sources of knowledge

  3. Mariusz Dybał – Syllabus 1. Location • Title of the course: Principles of Insurance • Number of hours: 2h x 15 weeks = 30 hours • ECTS: 6 • Semester: Summer • Erasmus

  4. Mariusz Dybał – Syllabus 1. Location • Lecturer: Dr. Mariusz Dybał, Ph.D. • Office: room 203c – A building • Office hours: • E-mail: mariusz.dybal@uwr.edu.pl • Home page: https://prawo.uni.wroc.pl/user/12048

  5. Mariusz Dybał – Syllabus 2. Course objectives • After completing this course, students should be able to: • understand the nature of risk and its application, • understand the general purpose, role and benefits of insurance, • demonstrate a knowledge of how the insurance market works, • understand how the general insurance market is regulated, • apply the basic legal principles of insurance, • identify the key features, benefits and use of the main forms of insurance.

  6. Mariusz Dybał – Syllabus 3. Grading policy • There will be a case study every week covering the material for that week. Each student is asked to solve case application at home and bring it on the next week lecture. There will be one week time for every case study. The weights for the final course grade are as follows: • A – 5 case studies, • B – 4 case studies, • C – 3 case studies, • D – 2 case studies, • E – 1 case study, • F – less than 1 case study.

  7. Mariusz Dybał – Syllabus 4. Contents • Introduction • Risk in our society • Insurance and risk • Introduction to risk management • Types of insurers and marketing systems • Government regulation of insurance • Fundamental legal principles • Life insurance • Annuities and individual retirement accounts • Social insurance • The liability risk • Insurance company operations • Performance review

  8. Mariusz Dybał – Syllabus 5. Recommended reading • George E. Rejda, PRINCIPLES OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE (10TH EDITION), Addison Wesley, 2007. • Emmett J. Vaughan, Therese M. Vaughan, FUNDAMENTALS OF RISK AND INSURANCE, Wiley, 2002. • Tena B. Crews, FUNDAMENTALS OF INSURANCE, South-Western Educational Pub, 2002. • Mark S. Dorfman, INTRODUCTION TO RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE (9TH EDITION), Prentice Hall, 2007.

  9. Mariusz Dybał – Syllabus 6. Sources of knowledge • www.bu.uni.wroc.pl/en

  10. Mariusz Dybał – Syllabus 6. Sources of knowledge • www.bu.uni.wroc.pl/en/e-sources/general-information

  11. Mariusz Dybał – Syllabus 6. Sources of knowledge • www.bu.uni.wroc.pl/en/e-sources/e-periodicals

  12. Mariusz Dybał – Syllabus Thank You ;)

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