Terminated in academic year 2018/2019

Insurance I.

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	154-0502/01
Abbreviation	INS I.
Course title	Insurance I.
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Finance
Course coordinator	prof. Dr. Ing. Zdeněk Zmeškal

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction.
2. Insurance sector and insurance companies.
3. History and evolution of insurance.
4. Commercial insurance classification
5. Insurance contract.
6. Life insurance.
7. Pension insurance.
8. Non-life insurance.
9. Non-life insurance.
10. Non-life insurance.
11. Social insurance.

Literature

HARRINGTON, Scott and Gregory NIEHAUS. Risk Management and Insurance. 2nd ed. Mcgraw Hill, 2004.
KWON, W. Jean and Harold D. SKIPPER. Risk Management and Insurance: Perspectives in a Global Economy. Wiley-Blackwell, 2007.
THOYTS, Rob. Insurance Theory and Practice. Routledge, 2010.

Advised literature

DORFMAN, Mark S. Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance. Prentice Hall, 2005.
OLIVIERI, Annamaria and Ermanno PITACCO. Introduction to Insurance Mathematics: Technical and Financial Features of Risk Transfers. Springer, 2011.
WÜTHRICH, Mario V. and Michael MERZ. Financial Modeling, Actuarial Valuation and Solvency in Insurance. Springer, 2013.

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