Module: Insurance Management (5303-220)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Jörg Schiller (verantwortlich)

Degree Program:

• Business Administration and Economics (Bachelor, since 01.10.2017)
  4. Semester, semi-elective
• Business Administration and Economics (Bachelor, since 01.10.2017)
  4. Semester, elective

Relation to other Modules:

GBWL 1: Principles of Business Administration, GBWL 4: Financial Process

Prerequisites for Attendance:

none

Sprache:

German

ECTS:

6 credits

Frequency:

every summer semester

Length of the Module:

1 semester

Final examination:

written exam

Length of the examination:

60 minutes

Workload:

180 hours: 45 hours lecture (in-class studies) 135 hours self-study (preparing/reviewing), exercises and exam

Professional competences:

The students have in-depth knowledge of risk theory and insurance techniques. They know and understand the various possibilities of structuring insurance contracts, the principally insurable risks and the demand for individual insurance coverage, as well as the institutional particularities of insurance markets and insurance regulation. They are able to relate the learned contents and to point out solutions regarding the issues of the insurance industry. The students learn to argument in an economically founded manner and they have acquired essential infomation and capabilities for problem-solving for the further studies.

Comments:

Please visit our website www.insurance.uni-hohenheim.de for more information. Lecture and exercise notes will be available on ILIAS at the beginning of the semester.

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