LAWS341-13S1 (C) Semester One 2013

Insurance Law

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2013
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 19 May 2013

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

Restrictions

LAWS327 before 2005

Co-requisites

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Cynthia Hawes

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
InClass Test 27 Mar 2013 40%
Final Examination 60%


Assessment will be by way of an inclass test and a final examination.

The inclass test will be held on Wednesday 27 March 2013, 11.00am - 12.30pm in lecture room E5.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $682.00

International fee $3,263.00

* 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 .

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