LAWS341-07S2 (C) Semester Two 2007

Insurance Law

11 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 July 2007
End Date: Thursday, 15 November 2007
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 29 July 2007
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 October 2007

Description

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

This course will examine a number of issues in insurance law which may include:
•  the nature and function of insurance,
•  the special nature of insurance contracts and the duty of utmost good faith,
•  formation issues in insurance contracts,
•  the need for an insurable interest,
•  insurance industry regulation,
•  the role of the insurance ombudsman,
•  insurance intermediaries, and
•  the effect of fraud in making a claim.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

LAWS327 before 2005

Co-requisites

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Robyn Merrett

Lecturer

Cynthia Hawes

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 28 Sep 2007 20%
Final Examination 80%


Assessment is by final examination (80%) and internal assessment (20%).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $382.00

International fee $1,715.00

* 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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