LAWS341-12S1 (C) Semester One 2012

Insurance Law

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2012
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 4 March 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 20 May 2012

Description

The main principles of insurance law with specific reference to life and property insurance.

This course aims to provide a sound understanding of the key principles of insurance law.  It will examine the nature, formation and construction of an insurance contract; the insured’s duty of good faith and the effect of misstatements.  It will also examine key aspects of the insurer’s rights and obligations when a claim is made by the insured including: determining whether a loss is covered under the terms of the insurance contract; whether it falls within exclusion clauses in the contract; the effect of a deliberate loss; fraudulent claims; the measure of indemnity; and rights of subrogation.  Reference will be made to issues arising out of the Christchurch earthquakes where relevant.

Prerequisites

(i) LAWS101; and (ii) LAWS110 from 2013

Restrictions

LAWS327 before 2005

Co-requisites

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Robyn Merrett

Lecturer

Cynthia Hawes

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Essay 18 May 2012 30%
Final Examination 70%


The assessment for this course to be advised.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $655.00

International fee $3,138.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Faculty of Law .

All LAWS341 Occurrences

  • LAWS341-12S1 (C) Semester One 2012
  • LAWS341-12S2 (C) Semester Two 2012 - Not Offered