Syllabus

This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of insurance as a risk management tool and the basic principles governing the creation, sale and enforcement of the most common forms of insurance. The course will present both economic and legal aspects of insurance in order to ensure a thorough understanding of insurance as both social and individual necessity.
The legal part of the course will give the students the broadest possible exposure to the issues lawyers confront regularly in this area of practice.

The course is recommended to students who want to explore insurance law and regulation in details for their professional purposes but also to students who wish to gain practical skills of understanding and using insurance contracts for their individual purposes.

The course gives strong foundation for the topics covered by European / Swiss Law of Insurance Markets, therefore students are recommended to attend the course before choosing European Law of Insurance Markets.