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Lecturer(s)
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Černohorská Liběna, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
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Tučková Simona, Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Introduction and history of the insurance industry and insurance. Risks and insurance. Types of insurence. Commercial insurance. Reinsurance. Business risks of insurance companies. Life insurance. Non-life insurance. Insurance regulation. Insurance market.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Methods of individual activities, Skills training
- Participation in classes
- 14 hours per semester
- Writing a seminar paper
- 50 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 86 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to acquaint students with basic concepts of insurance, helping them to focus on insurance and individual insurance, including understanding of commercial insurance and insurance risk management.
A student who has successfully completed a subject can: explain the historical context and importance of insurance; characterize commercial insurance; characterize collateral and its significance; characterize the business risks of insurance companies; characterize life insurance and its types; characterize non-life insurance and its types; explain the meaning of insurance regulation. A student who successfully completed the subject will: orientate in the field of insurance; to focus on the offer of insurance products; analyze the development of the insurance market; to interpret the importance of individual insurance for economic entities. A student who successfully completed the subject is able to: to use their expertise and skills to solve the problems of insurance risks; comprehensibly and convincingly to experts and laymen information about the kind of professional problems in the field of insurance and their own opinion on their solution. Vyučovací metody
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Didactic test
Assignment - active participation in seminars, presentation of the semestral work. Examination - written and oral.
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Recommended literature
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A.M. Best Company. Understanding the Insurance Industry: An overview for those working with and in one of the world's most interesting and vital industries.. New Jersey, 2014. ISBN 979-8756289831.
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Černohorský, J. Finance: od teorie k realitě. Praha, 2020. ISBN 978-80-271-2215-8.
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Gmentová Eva. Pojištění v kostce. 2020. ISBN 978-80-906748-7-5.
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Rejda, E.G., MaNamara, M. Principles of Risk Management and Insurance.. Harlow, 2022. ISBN 978-1-292-34974-9.
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