BKF_POJ1 Insurance Industry

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
26/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Ing. Svatopluk Nečas, Ph.D. (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 26. 2. 8:00–11:50 P201, Sat 12. 3. 12:00–15:50 P403, 16:00–19:50 P403
Prerequisites
The course is framed as the first enter to the problems of insurance science for the students of the field Finance. Course freely builds on the knowledge gained in the study courses of the mentioned field. No special presumptions are required.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objective of the course is to explain basics of the insurance and reinsurance theory, the relationship between insurance and risk, insurance relationship and related processes, insurance classification and branches of Insurance, incl. selected products of insurance especially for physical persons.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:
- explain basics of insurance and reinsurance theory, relationship between insurance and risk, classification of insurance;
- analyze insurance relationship and related processes,
- define and analyze branches of insurance, incl. selected products of insurance especially for physical persons
- explain the fundamentals of insurance and intermediary activity, incl. details adjusted by law in the Czech Republic;
- delineate the structure of insurance industry and commercial insurance companies especially in the Czech Republic a characterize their processes;
- formulate fundamentals, function and importance of selected international insurance institutions.
Syllabus
  • 1. Insurance, the beginning of the insurance and the system of insurance, the past and the present, insurance and risk, insurance principles
  • 2. Insurance relationship, insurance terminology
  • 3. Classification of insurance
  • 4. Non-life insurance and its products
  • 5. Life insurance and its products
  • 6. Legal regulations governing insurance
  • 7. Commercial insurance company and its activities
  • 8. Liquidation of insurance event (selected issues of theory and practice)
  • 9. Reinsurance, the function and signification
  • 10. System of insurance, its structure and subjects. International institutions in the system of insurance
  • 11. Distribution in the insurance industry
  • 12. Insurance market, current issues in insurance industry
  • Tutorials are organised in three four-hour blocs. Details on individual points of the syllabus, including related records of lectures or tutorials, are given in the interactive syllabus.
Literature
    required literature
  • Zákon č. 170/2018 Sb., o distribuci pojištění a zajištění, ve znění pozdějších předpisů
  • Zákon č. 277/2009 Sb., o pojišťovnictví, ve znění pozdějších předpisů
  • Zákon č. 89/2012 Sb., občanský zákoník, ve znění pozdějších předpisů
  • Zákon č. 168/1999 Sb., o pojištění odpovědnosti z provozu vozidla, ve znění pozdějších předpisů
  • VÁVROVÁ, Eva. Pojišťovnictví I. Vyd. 1. Brno: Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2013, 104 s. ISBN 978-80-7375-784-7
  • Aktuální studijní materiály předmětu Akademické psaní. https://www.econ.muni.cz/akap/
  • KARFÍKOVÁ, Marie, Vladimír PŘIKRYL and Roman VYBÍRAL. Pojišťovací právo. 2. přepracované vydání. Praha: Leges, 2018, 432 stran. ISBN 9788075022714. info
  • NOVOTNÝ, Petr, Monika NOVOTNÁ, Petra BUDÍKOVÁ, Jitka IVIČIČOVÁ, Kristina KEDROŇOVÁ, Ilona ŠTROSOVÁ and Monika ŠTÝSOVÁ. Smluvní právo. 2., aktualizované vydání. Praha: Grada, 2017, 232 stran. ISBN 9788027106097. URL info
  • DUCHÁČKOVÁ, Eva. Pojištění a pojišťovnictví. 1. vydání. Praha: Ekopress, 2015, 305 stran. ISBN 9788087865255. info
  • Pojištění v novém občanském zákoníku : komentář : [§ 2756-2872]. Edited by Lucie Jandová - Petr Šlauf - Jaroslav Svejkovský. Vyd. 1. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2014, xix, 353. ISBN 9788074005305. info
    recommended literature
  • Zákon č. 278/2009 Sb., o změně zákonů v souvislosti s přijetím zákona o pojišťovnictví
  • BUŠTA, Pavel a Vladimír PŘIKRYL. Zákon o pojištění odpovědnosti z provozu vozidla s komentářem a souvisejícími předpisy. Praha: Venice Music Production, 2014. 220 s. ISBN 978-80-9042-705-1
  • PASTORÁKOVÁ, Erika, Tomáš ONDRUŠKA and Monika JURKOVIČOVÁ. Dejiny poisťovníctva. Prve vydanie. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2020, 169 stran. ISBN 9788075989987. info
  • ČEJKOVÁ, Viktória, Svatopluk NEČAS and Dana MARTINOVIČOVÁ. POISTNÝ TRH teória i prax (INSURANCE MARKET theory and practice). 1st ed. Bratislava: Iura Edition, spol. s r. o., 2011, 222 pp. edícia Ekonómia. ISBN 978-80-8078-399-0. info
  • DUCHÁČKOVÁ, Eva and Jaroslav DAŇHEL. Teorie pojistných trhů. 1. vyd. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2010, 216 s. ISBN 9788074310157. info
  • Česko-anglický slovník pojišťovnictví. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2007, 447 s. ISBN 9788024718170. URL info
  • CIPRA, Tomáš. Pojistná matematika : teorie a praxe. 2., aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2006, 411 s. ISBN 8086929116. info
  • ČEJKOVÁ, Viktória and Svatopluk NEČAS. Pojišťovnictví. 2., přepracované. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 131 pp. ISBN 80-210-3990-6. info
  • MAJTÁNOVÁ, Anna. Pojišťovnictví :teorie a praxe. 1. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2006, 288 s. ISBN 8086929191. info
  • DAŇHEL, Jaroslav. Pojistná teorie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2005, 332 s. ISBN 8086419843. info
  • ČEJKOVÁ, Viktória and Dana MARTINOVIČOVÁ. Pojišťovnictví. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2004, 158 s. ISBN 8021035250. info
  • Anglicko-český slovník pojišťovnictví. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2003, 516 s. ISBN 8024702487. info
  • Životní pojištění. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2002, 104 s. ISBN 8024701464. info
  • BLAND, David. Pojištění : principy a praxe. 1. vyd. Praha: Česká asociace pojišťoven, 1997, 1 sv. info
  • Vybrané kapitoly z pojišťovnictví. 1. vyd. Praha: Česká asociace pojišťoven, 1996, 176 s. info
Teaching methods
tutorials (discussion to course topics)
Assessment methods
Requirements for approaching the exam:
1. Processing and submission of WCT (work corrected by tutor) with classification as passed. In the case of classification failed a student will not be admitted to the exam. In the case of classification passed may the WCT be reflected in the final classification (bonus up to 1 point), according to an assessment of the teacher.
The final exam and final classification
The exam has a written form.
The final mark is made up of the result of exam test (maximum 20 points), eventually also classification of WCT (a bonus of up to 1 point).
Rating scale:
A: 92 - 100% (18,4 - 20 points),
B: 84 - 91% (16.8 - 18.3 points),
C: 76 - 83% (15.2 - 16.7 points),
D: 68 - 75% (13.6 - 15.1 points),
E: 60 - 67% (12 - 13.5 points),
F: less than 60% (less than 12 points).
Warning: Any copying, recording or leaking tests, use of unauthorized tools, aids and communication devices, or other disruptions of objectivity of exams will be considered non-compliance with the conditions for course completion as well as a severe violation of the study rules. Consequently, the teacher will finish the exam by awarding grade "F" in the Information System, and the Dean will initiate disciplinary proceedings that may result in study termination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: tutorial 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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