SemesterSpring Semester, 2018
DepartmentSophomore Class of Department of Risk Management and Insurance
Course NameRisk Management and Insurance
InstructorSHIU YUNG-MING
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
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週次



Week



課程主題



Topic



課程內容與指定閱讀



Content and Reading Assignment



教學活動與作業



Teaching Activities and Homework



學習投入時間



Student workload expectation



課堂講授



In-class Hours



課程前後



Outside-of-class Hours



1



Introduction to this course



syllabus



Lecture; Q&A; discussion



3



3



2



Risk and its treatment



Ch1



Lecture; Q&A; discussion



3



3



3



Insurance and risk



Ch2



Lecture; Q&A; discussion



3



3



4



Introduction to risk management



Ch3



Lecture; Q&A; discussion



3



3



5



Enterprise risk management and related topics



Ch4



Lecture; Q&A; discussion



3



3



6



Holiday



N/A



N/A



3



 



7


First mid-term exam

TBA



Exam



3



3



8


Insurance company operations

 



Ch6



Lecture; Q&A; discussion



3



3



9



Financial operations of insurers



Ch7



Lecture; Q&A; discussion



3



3



10



Fundamental legal principles



Ch9



Lecture; Q&A; discussion



3



3



11



Analysis of insurance contracts



Ch10



Lecture; Q&A; discussion



3



3



12


Second mid-term exam

 



TBA



Exam



3



3



13



Life insurance



Ch11



Lecture; Q&A; discussion



3



3



14



Life insurance contractual provisions



Ch12



Lecture; Q&A; discussion



3



3



15



Buying life insurance



Ch13



Lecture; Q&A; discussion



3



3



16



Annuities and individual retirement accounts



Ch14



Lecture; Q&A; discussion



3



3



17



Employee benefits: group life and health insurance



Ch16



Lecture; Q&A; discussion



3



3



18



期末考



TBA



Exam



3



3



Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

N/A


Requirement/Grading

The course is assessed by 3 examination (60%), and oral presentations, and class participation and attendance (40%).



Students are evenly divided into 7 groups for the oral presentation. Each group may have to do the presentation more than once. In the presentation, presentation group needs to present and lead discussion of end-of-chapter application questions for the chapter assigned. It is important to involve and engage students in the discussion.


Textbook & Reference

Rejda, G. E. and McNamara, M. J., 2017, Principles of Risk Management and Insurance, 13th edition, Pearson.


Urls about Course
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