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System of Insurance I.

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Course Unit Code154-0302/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
ZME40prof. Dr. Ing. Zdeněk Zmeškal
BOR30Ing. Martina Borovcová, Ph.D.
VAL35Ing. Jiří Valecký, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject is the fundamentals for insurance studies. The content should be fundamental information on insurance area and its function as a system. The aim is to teach students the insurance area in its social and commercial form, characteristics and specifics of national insurance market and its participants. Attention is paid to personal, property and public liability
insurance products availability on the Czech insurance market.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The overall aim of the course is to get students acquainted with the fundamentals of insurance and its functioning as a system. In short, at the end of this course students will have a fundamental knowledge of terms and concepts used in insurance business, and should be able:
• to describe subjects and principles of insurance
• to distinguish between different products of life and non-life insurance
• to identify the role of the domestic and European insurance markets
Course Contents
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.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
DUCHÁČKOVÁ, Eva. Pojištění a pojišťovnictví. 1. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2015. 306 s. ISBN 978-80-87865-25-5.
DUCHÁČKOVÁ, Eva a Jaroslav DAŇHEL a kol. Pojistné trhy. 1. vyd. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2012. 252 s. ISBN 978-80-7431-078-2.
THOYTS, Rob. Insurance Theory and Practice. 1st ed. Abingdon: Routledge, 2010. 323 s. ISBN 978-0-415-55905-8.
Aktuální platná legislativa

DUCHÁČKOVÁ, Eva. Pojištění a pojišťovnictví. 1. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2015. 306 s. ISBN 978-80-87865-25-5.
DUCHÁČKOVÁ, Eva a Jaroslav DAŇHEL a kol. Pojistné trhy. 1. vyd. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2012. 252 s. ISBN 978-80-7431-078-2.
THOYTS, Rob. Insurance Theory and Practice. 1st ed. Abingdon: Routledge, 2010. 323 s. ISBN 978-0-415-55905-8.
Aktuální platná legislativa

Recommended Reading:
CIPRA, Tomáš. Pojistná matematika: teorie a praxe. 2. aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2006. 411 s. ISBN 80-86929-11-6.
ČEJKOVÁ, Viktória. Pojistný trh. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2002. 118 s. ISBN 80-247-0137-5.
ŠULC, Jaroslav. Penzijní připojištění. 2. aktualiz. a rozšíř. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2004. 196 s. ISBN 80-247-0772-1.
KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ Z ČAP Životní pojištění. Praha: Grada, 2002.
KOPECKÝ, K. Povinné ručení: pojištění odpovědnosti z provozu vozidla. Praha: Grada, 2002.

CIPRA, Tomáš. Pojistná matematika: teorie a praxe. 2. aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2006. 411 s. ISBN 80-86929-11-6.
ČEJKOVÁ, Viktória. Pojistný trh. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2002. 118 s. ISBN 80-247-0137-5.
ŠULC, Jaroslav. Penzijní připojištění. 2. aktualiz. a rozšíř. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2004. 196 s. ISBN 80-247-0772-1.
KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ Z ČAP Životní pojištění. Praha: Grada, 2002.
KOPECKÝ, K. Povinné ručení: pojištění odpovědnosti z provozu vozidla. Praha: Grada, 2002.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
ExaminationExamination100 51