Insurance Law

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The LLM support program at the American University of Technology.

Course Description

The course covers the key components of the formation of the insurance contract, claims and the regulation of insurance business and insurance intermediaries. Although it does not cover marine insurance in its own right, reference will be made to the Marine Insurance Act 1906 and to the case-law decided thereunder relevant to non-marine insurance contracts. The course is concerned with English law, but reference will be made to developments in other common law jurisdictions (e.g. the USA, Canada and Australia) in order to see how insurance law issues may receive different judicial/legislative responses elsewhere. You do not need a background in contract law for this course, which is suitable for someone from a non-common law background, but those who do have such a background will be familiar with some aspects (e.g. the analysis of offer and acceptance in the formation of a contract). However, the course not only goes beyond the type of analysis employed by courses on the general principles of contract law (e.g. the course looks at regulation), it will also quickly become clear that an insurance contract has a number of features that mark it out from most other types of contract. For example, it is one of the few contracts where parties are under a duty of utmost good faith.  

The Course Is Composed of 4 Modules

Module A: Elements of Insurance
Module B: Insurance Contract Formation
Module C: Insurance Contract and its Terms
Module D:  Claim Process

We will provide you with the required study guides written by eminent UoL professors and researchers, leaders in the field, with up to date reading materials, including articles and case law. Students registered in the LLM program will receive additional textbooks and will be assisted with additional sessions focusing on past UoL-LLM examinations. 

Lawyers, academics interested in human rights, members of national and international institutions involved in human rights issues.