Course Unit Code | 154-0302/03 |
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Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 5 ECTS credits |
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Type of Course Unit * | Compulsory |
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Level of Course Unit * | First Cycle |
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Year of Study * | Third Year |
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Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter Semester |
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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Language of Instruction | Czech |
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Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| ZME40 | prof. Dr. Ing. Zdeněk Zmeškal |
| BOR30 | Ing. Martina Borovcová, Ph.D. |
Summary |
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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 |
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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
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Course Contents |
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1. Introduction to insurance.
2. Insurance – basic concept and insurance activities. Insurance systems (commercial and social insurance).
3. History of insurance and insurance development – basic developmental periods, insurance development in Czech Republic.
4. Insurance classification - Insurance classification from the basic points of view (business lines, territorial competence, insured risks, insurance benefits, etc.).
5. Insurance policy - contractual insurance, requisites of insurance policy, policy conditions, effect of insurance and termination.
6. Life insurance - characteristics, basic concept, role of life insurance in economics, premium, life insurance contracts. Term insurance.
7. Life insurance – pure endowment insurance, various types of life policies, endowment insurance. Participating policies, unit-linked policies and universal life policies.
8. Contracts of 3rd pension pillar – pension plan (characteristics, pension management companies, transformed funds, types of benefits, types of pensions, current situation in CZ).
9. Contracts of 3rd pension pillar– supplementary pension savings (characteristics, pension management companies, participation funds, types of benefits, types of pensions, current situation in CZ).
10. Nonlife insurance - characteristics, types of nonlife insurance. Role of nonlife insurance in economics.
11. Nonlife insurance – property insurance. Property insurance for physical persons, business risk insurance and industrial insurance, agricultural risks insurance.
12. Nonlife insurance – liability insurance. Mandatory liability insurance, mandatory contractual liability insurance, facultative contractual liability insurance. Motor third party insurance.
13. Nonlife insurance – insurance of persons. Accident insurance, private health insurance.
14. Assessment of insurance market – qualitative and quantitative ratios of assessing insurance market.
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Recommended or Required Reading |
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Required Reading: |
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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
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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
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Recommended Reading: |
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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.
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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.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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Lectures |
Assesment methods and criteria |
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Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points (Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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Credit and Examination | Credit and Examination | 100 (100) | 51 |
Credit | Credit | 25 (25) | 13 |
Obhajoba projektu | Project | 25 | 13 |
Examination | Examination | 75 (75) | 38 |
Písemka | Written test | 15 | 8 |
Ústní zkouška | Oral examination | 60 | 30 |