Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

Insurance II.

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	154-0520/02
Abbreviation	INS II.
Course title	Insurance II.
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Finance
Course coordinator	prof. Dr. Ing. Zdeněk Zmeškal

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction
2. Risk in insurance,risk management
3. Insurance benefits, insurance
4. insurance, its activities and impact on financial results
5. Insurance regulation.
6. Financial statements, solvency, financial ratios in insurance,
7. Insurance reserves
8. Investment management in insurance, legal acts
9. Internal structure and processes in insurance, its marketing
10. Reinsurance
11. Finite and financial reinsurance
12. Alternative trisk transfer ATR, trends in insurance

Literature

DORFMAN, M. S., CATHER, D. Introduction to risk management and insurance. 10th ed. Harlow: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2012. 496 p. ISBN 0-13-144958-3.
OLIVIERI, A., PITACCO, E. Introduction to insurance mathematics: technical and financial features of risk transfers. 2nd ed. Berlin: Springer, 2015. 526 p. ISBN 978-3-319-21376-7.
WÜTHRICH, M.V., MERZ, M. Stochastic Claims Reserving Methods in Insurance. Chichester: Wiley, 2008. 424 p. .

Advised literature

DICKSON, D. C. M. Insurance Risk and Ruin. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. 294 p. ISBN 978-1-107-15460-5.
SANDSTRÖM, A. Handbook of solvency for actuaries and risk managers: theory and practice. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2011. 1055 p. ISBN 978-1-4398-2130-5.
WÜTHRICH, M. V., MERZ, M. Financial modeling, actuarial valuation and solvency in insurance. Berlin: Springer, 2013. 432 p. ISBN 978-3-642-31391-2.

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