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Insurance
Class Term:
Spring Term 2016-2017
Catalog Number:
5324
Class Number:
28358
Class Schedule:
Monday
10:30 am
12:20 pm
Room:
LAW G20
Professor
Lecture
Credits:
2 (2 Contact, 0 Field)
Priority:
General Enrollment Course
Full Year Course:
No
Category:
Standard Courses
Additional Information
The format for class will be lectures, with class participation primarily on a questions-and-answer basis. Classroom participation is strongly encouraged and will be a basis for grading as below.
Grading Details
The grade will be based upon an in-class final examination composed of essay questions. Students who participate meaningfully in classroom discussion will be eligible for an increase in their letter grades by one-half. Participation will be evaluated based upon questions that will be pre-assigned for discussion.
Description
The course will focus on insurance law and theory and the role of the state and federal courts in shaping insurance law based on perceptions of public policy (e.g., should public policy preclude coverage for punitive damages? For intentional torts? For “criminal” acts that result in unintended consequences?). The course will survey significant categories of insurance, particularly liability and property insurance, as well as the Bermuda form of casualty insurance, aviation, cyber, life, automobile, and reinsurance. The course will cover the duties of liability insurers to defend their insureds in lawsuits and to make reasonable settlements of claims against their insureds. Insurance concepts will be examined in the context of recent events, such as the Sony Pictures cyber attack, the Macondo well blow-out, aviation disasters, the Great East Japan tsunami and earthquake, and the World Trade Center attack.