Insurance Law

  • Credits: 4
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 2C
  • Semester: winter
  • Year: 1
  • Faculty of Economic Informatics

Teachers

Included in study programs

Actuarial Science

Teaching results

The aim of the subject of insurance law is to provide a university student of economics with the necessary theoretical basis for mastering the basic institutes and issues related to insurance law from a theoretical and practical point of view so that they can use them in their future profession.
The subject of insurance law focuses on the acquisition of basic institutes of insurance law, specifically on the analysis of insurance law, principles of insurance law, individual types of insurance, insurance risk, legislation on insurance contracts, the status of insurance participants, duration of insurance, etc.
The teaching of the subject of insurance law focuses on the private and public law context of insurance law.

Indicative content

The teaching of the subject of insurance law focuses on the private and public law context of insurance law.

Support literature

ADAMKO, J. (2018). Poistenie a poistný trh. Vybrané kapitoly. Prešov: Michal Vaško – Vydavateľstvo.
JOHN, N., WESTON-SIMONS, Ch., HODGSON, L. (2022). Insurance Law Handbook. London: Bloomsbury Professional.
JERRY, H., R. II (2023). Advanced Introduction to Insurance Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
JURKOVIČOVÁ, L., KROPAJ, M., VAČOKOVÁ, L., WINKLER, M., SLEZÁKOVÁ, A., VETERNÍKOVÁ, M., HOLUB, D., MAGUROVÁ, H. (2020). Poistné právo pre ekonómov. Bratislava: Wolters Kluwer.
STEMPEL, W., J., KNUSTEN, S., E., SWISHER, N., P. (2020). Principles of Insurance Law. Durham: Carolina Academic Press.
WINKLER, M. – HOLUB, D. – JURKOVIČOVÁ, L. - KROPAJ, M. - MAGUROVÁ, H. - SLEZÁKOVÁ, A – VAČOKOVÁ, L. – VETERNÍKOVÁ, M.: Basics of Law. Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2020, 290 s., ISBN 978-80-225-4781-9.

Syllabus

1. Basic legal concepts in insurance law. 2. Insurance law - origin and development. 3. Insurance law - development of the 20th century. and current legislation. 4. Legal regulation of insurance law of the Slovak Republic - analysis. 5. INSURANCE CONTRACTS - PART I (General definition of IC) 6. INSURANCE CONTRACTS - II. PART (Basic concepts and subjects of IC) 7. INSURANCE CONTRACTS - III. PART (Requirements and conclusion of the IC) 8. Rights and obligations of the participants in the insurance relationship. 9. Change and termination of the insurance relationship. 10. INDIVIDUAL TYPES OF INSURANCE ACCORDING TO THE CIVIL CODE - Part 1 11. INDIVIDUAL TYPES OF INSURANCE ACCORDING TO THE CIVIL CODE - Part 2 12. INDIVIDUAL TYPES OF INSURANCE ACCORDING TO THE CIVIL CODE - Part 3 13. INDIVIDUAL TYPES OF INSURANCE ACCORDING TO THE CIVIL CODE - Part 4

Requirements to complete the course

10 % seminars activity,
30 % semester work,
60 % written exam.

Student workload

Student´s workload of individual educational activities: 104
Attendance of seminars: 26
Elaboration of a semester work: 26
Peparation for the seminar: 26
Preparation for the exam: 26

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Slovak

Date of approval: 06.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 02.11.2023