Principles of Insurance

Catalog description

This course blends an insurance industry survey with applied insurer and agency operations and the major lines of business. Through practitioner perspectives, the course starts with a panoramic view of the insurance sector, including property-casualty, life and health, and reinsurance. The discussions then move into the insurance industry regulations and day-to-day mechanics that make insurers work: underwriting, ratemaking basics, reinsurance structures, claims adjusting, and loss control, etc. Line-of-business modules cover life & health insurance, property & liability insurance, etc.