Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
3305002100INDRODUCTION TO INSURANCECompulsory123
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Insurance and risk concepts Basic principles of insurance and basic concepts related to insurance Types of insurance contracts Institutions and organizations in the Turkish insurance sector
Name of Lecturer(s)
Öğr. Gör. Selim Takur
Learning Outcomes
11-Basic Concepts of Insurance will be recognized.
2"2-.Wage, premium and schedule which are used in insurance will be learned.
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Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
"1- Insurance, Fees, Premium Concepts 1.1.Description of insurance 1.2. Definition of fee 1.3.Definition of premium 2- Concept of Subrogation Rights 3- Concept of double insurance 4- Insurance types and application 4.1.Life insurance 4.2.earthquake insurance 4.3.Vehicle insurance 5- The Concept of Reinsurance 6- Types of Reinsurance 6.1.Facultative Reinsurance 6.2.Automatic Reinsurance Agreements 6.3.Pool Agreements 7- Principles of Compensation 8- Legal Values in compensation. 9- Applicable Types of Insurance."
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1"The basic concepts of insurance, and hazard insurance-law of large numbers "
2"Insurance definition, importance, functions, parties, harvested organs "
3"Insurance contract-policy "
4"Insurance costs-premiums, the insurance tariff "
5"Insurable interest, the maximum good faith, the principles of compensation "
6"Insurable interest, the maximum good faith, the principles of compensation "
7"Right of subrogation "
8" Double insurance, principle of close cause "
9"Types of insurance "
10"The fire and engineering insurance. Accident insurance "
11"Treaty, proportional reinsurance, non-proportional reinsurance, Retrasyon, Pool "
12"Transport and agricultural insurance "
13"Damage "
14Reinsurance
Recommended or Required Reading
Source : Insurance : Ferudun Kaya , Beta Publishing, 2011 / 2nd Edition / Istanbul
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14342
Self Study14228
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11010
Individual Study for Final Examination188
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)90
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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