MKF_POJ2 Insurance Industry 2

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Svatopluk Nečas, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RSDr. Oldřich Mašek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Svatopluk Nečas, Ph.D.
Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Iva Havlíčková
Supplier department: Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Sat 17. 3. 12:50–19:30 P201, Sun 29. 4. 8:30–11:50 P201
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: - to extend students' knowledges about business risks insurance
- to define particular products of business risks insurance
- to use the options for the right adjustment of these products
- to determine the varieties of these products offered on the insurance market
- to understand the principles of settlement of claims within these insurance products
- to analyze the current problems of business risks insurance in the Czech Republic
- to extend students' knowledges about pension systems of selected countries
Syllabus
  • 1. Pension systems of selected countries I. (types of systems, reform approaches from the view of international institutions, corporative system – Germany, Austria)
  • 2. Pension systems of selected countries II. (residual system – Great Britain, USA)
  • 3. Pension systems of selected countries III. (institutionally redistributive system - Sweden; reform in Chile; situation in the Czech Republic)
  • 4. Business Risks Insurance – its principles, components and differences from the Civil Insurance (natural hazards, theft, vandalism, real estate, building components, glass, inventory, operational or production facilities, leased or borrowed items, accepted items, valuables, works of art and antiques)
  • 5. Liability Insurance (defect of a product, accepted item or used property of another, reimbursement of health insurance costs, fire or explosion)
  • 6. Technical Risks Insurance (shutdown of machinery or electronic equipment)
  • 7. Liability Insurance for damage caused by business and members of company bodies
  • 8. Liability Insurance for damage caused by defective products, providing proffesional services or as a result of a major accident
  • 9. Environmental insurance
  • 10. Freight Insurance (insurance of things during road transport, insurance of consignments or valuables during road transport; liability Insurance of a road carrier or freight forwarder)
  • 11. Agricultural Insurance (crops, livestock, forests)
  • 12. Export Credit Insurance
  • 13. The risk management and the settlement of claims specifics in the sphere of business risks insurance
  • Tutorials organised in three four-hour blocks will cover above mentioned topics as follows:
  • 1. Topics No. 1 - 3
  • 2. Topics No. 4 - 9
  • 3. Topics No. 10 - 13
Literature
    required literature
  • Páleník, Vladislav. Základy pojišťování především průmyslových a podnikatelských rizik. Praha : Linde Praha, a.s., 2007. Počet stran:: 240. ISBN: 978-80-7201-644-0
  • BÖHM, Arnošt. Pojištění pohledávek v mezinárodním obchodě. 1. vyd. [Praha]: Professional Publishing, 2009, 150 s. ISBN 9788074310041. info
  • JANATA, Jiří. Pojištění a management majetkových podnikatelských rizik. Vyd. 1. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2004, 87 s. ISBN 8086419649. info
  • VOSTATEK, Jaroslav. Sociální a soukromé pojištění. Vyd. 1. Praha: CODEX Bohemia, 1996, 601 s. ISBN 80-85963-21-3. info
  • DUCHÁČKOVÁ, Eva. Principy pojištění a pojišťovnictví. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ekopress, 2003, 178 s. ISBN 808611967X. info
  • DAŇHEL, Jaroslav. Pojistná teorie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2005, 332 s. ISBN 8086419843. info
    recommended literature
  • ČEJKOVÁ, Viktória, František ŘEZÁČ and Aleš ZUZAŇÁK. Pojištění pro podnikatele (Insurance for Enterpreneurs). 1998th ed. Břeclav: Moraviapress, 1998, 212 pp. ISBN 80-86181-13-8. info
Teaching methods
tutorials (discussion to course topics)
Assessment methods
Type of teaching: tutorials
Requirements for admission to the exam:
Submission of seminar papers (referred to as POT) with the assessment passed, otherwise (assessment failed) a student will not be admitted to the exam.
The exam has a written form.
The final mark is made up of the result of an exam test (maximum 10 points).
Grading scale:
A: 92 – 100 % (9.2 – 10 points),
B: 84 – 91 % (8.4 – 9.1 points),
C: 76 – 83 % (7.6 – 8.3 points),
D: 75 – 68 % (6.8 – 7.5 points),
E: 60 – 67 % (6.0 – 6.7 points),
F: less than 60% (less than 6 points).
Warning: Any frauds or attempted frauds during the exam (such as the use of „cheat sheets“ or other illicit materials, copying, allowing copying, obtaining the tests, etc.) or activities endangering the objectivity of the exam will be classified as a nonobservance of requests for course completion and will be assessed by the teacher in IS MU as "F".
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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