Course: Business and Enterprises Insurance

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Course title Business and Enterprises Insurance
Course code KSY/POPIM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Öhm Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures (topics): 1. Global problems and their risk. 2. Czech Insurance Market. Institutions. 3. Risk - definition, classification, different concepts. 4. Risk management as a specific science discipline. 5. Qualitative approach to dealing with risks. 6. Quantitative approach to dealing with risks I. 7. Quantitative approach to dealing with risks II. 8. Property insurance products for business and enterprises. 9. Technical risks. Related specific products of business and enterprises insurance. 10. Specific insurance products of industry and business risks II. 11. Business interruption insurance. Credit insurance. 12. Fundamentals of insurance law. 13. The role of the state in covering business and enterprises risks. Seminars (topics): 1. Semestral projects assignment, selection of research goals. 2. Czech insurance market in terms of global problems. 3. Methods of risk assessment. 4. Consultations on semestral projects, comments on methodology. 5. Current issues of insurance markets. 6. Discussion with an expert. 7. Semestral project presentations and discussion on the researched goal.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to introduce students to the possibilities of managing risks not only in SMEs, but also in big corporations. Students should be able to analyse risk situations in an enterprise and should suggest possible solutions for decreasing or eliminating the risks.
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and course programme.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of the subject of Principles of Insurance Industry.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Exam: oral.
Recommended literature
  • Böhm A. Ekonomika a řízení pojišťoven v podmínkách po vstupu České republiky do Evropské Unie.. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7357-020-0.
  • BOHMAN, L.,DRYJOVÁ, L., WAWERKOVÁ, M. Zákon o pojistné smlouvě. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7201-504-4.
  • Ducháčková, E. Principy pojištění a pojišťovnictví. Praha:Ekopress, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86929-51-4.
  • FOTR, J. a J. HNILICA. Aplikovaná analýza rizika. Praha: GRADA, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-5104-7..
  • MARTINOVIČOVÁ, D. Pojištění podnikatelských rizik. Ostrava, 2007. ISBN 978-80-87071-08-3.


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