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Insurance Law - LAWS8080

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210, 5740 or 9230

Excluded: JURD7380

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course provides an advanced analysis of law and policy covering general insurance. An understanding of insurance law is important to anyone who negotiates commerical contracts as well as those involved in insurance matters. This course studies the mix of case law and statutory regulation (including codes) that makes up contemporary insurance law. Please note that this course does not cover life insurance or health insurance.

LLM Specialisations

Corporate and Commercial Law
Corporate, Commercial and Taxation Law

Recommended Prior Knowledge

None

Course Objectives

A candidate who has successfully completed this course should be able to:

Understand the role of insurance
Understand the law as it relates to the formation and content of insurance contracts
Have a critical familiarity with the issues that arise in disputes under insurance contracts
Understand the regulation of general insurance and in particular the differing roles of APRA and ASIC

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