Insurance models and their applicability

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	English
Code	154-9528/01
Abbreviation	PMVAa
Course title	Insurance models and their applicability
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Finance
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Tomáš Tichý, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Analysis of insurance sector, competition and concentration
2. Financial statements, reporting, efficiency and performance evaluation
3. Business strategy models, marketing and sale analysis and network structure
4. Mergers and valuation of insurance companies
5. SOLVENCY and other regulation approaches
6. Risk management in life insurance (premium, benefits, etc.)
7. Risk management in non-life insurance (premium, benefits, etc.)
8. Financial risk (investment, operational, …) management in insurance
9. Management of technical provisions
10. Social security and pension funds
11. Reinsurance and risk transferring models

Literature

CRUZ, M. The Solvency II Handbook. Risk Books, 2009.
DOFF, R. Risk Management for Insurers: Risk Control, Economic Capital and Solvency II. Risk Books, 2007.
SANDSTROM, A. Handbook of Solvency for Actuaries and Risk Managers: Theory and Practice. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2010.

Advised literature

HULL, J. C. Risk Management and Financial Institutions. Willey, 2012.
INGERSOLL, J. E. Theory of Financial Decision-Making. Totowa: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000.
SANDSTROM, A. Solvency: Models, Assessment and Regulation. Boca Raton: CRC/Chapman, 2005.

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