Sectors of Insurance Activities

A compulsory course of the third semester of the Master’s Programme “Banking-Insurance and Finance”.

Course details

Code: MBAF14
Semester: 3rd
Credits: 5 ECTS
Teaching hours: 2 per week (lectures and practical exercises)
Course type: Specialisation Course (ME)
Prerequisites: none
Language of teaching and examinations: Greek and/or English
Offered to Erasmus students: yes, upon relevant request
Mode of delivery: distance learning, synchronous and asynchronous
Total workload: 150 hours
Taught by: Georgios Hanos

Learning outcomes

Which students will acquire after successful completion of the course

On successful completion of the course, the student will acquire knowledge and skills providing them with

Full opportunities to acquire comprehensive, supervisory and all-round knowledge of the whole range of branches of insurance activity and insurance technique, as well as of the whole range of functions of the modern insurance undertaking, and likewise of individual departments of banks with insurance-related work or bancassurance functions
Suitable opportunities to acquire sound insurance and managerial foundations, so as to support their advancement to senior positions in the management hierarchy of modern insurance undertakings and banks

Syllabus

The institution of insurance and insurance technique
Life and health insurance
Pension insurance and variable-return insurance schemes
Group insurance
Property insurance
Liability insurance
Motor insurance
Assessment of insurance risks, reinsurance and procedural protocols
Agricultural insurance
Insurance of commercial and industrial risks
Marine insurance

Assessment

Assessment is carried out in two ways: the preparation of assignments, counting for up to 30% of the total mark — the structure and presentation of the text, the quality of the analysis and the bibliographical references are taken into account above all — and a written final examination, counting for 70%. Language of assessment: Greek.