Insurance Law

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4002420EEW for working students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

NOTE: registration for this course is only possible for working students. Day students can register for courses whose code ends with an R. At Inschrijven / studentenadministratie@vub.be you must be registered at the VUB as a working student for the current academic year.

Taught in

Dutch

Partnership Agreement

Under agreement for exchange of courses

Faculty

Faculty of Law and Criminology

Department

Economic Law

Educational team

Ralph De Wit (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

39 contact hours Lecture
100 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

The course consists of two main parts.

The first part focuses on the general principles of insurance law. To this end attention is primarily devoted to the Insurance Act of 4 April 2014, which is of paramount importance as it applies to all types of insurance contracts, including those which are specifically regulated. Particular emphasis is on the importance of the classification into assets insurance, liability insurance and personal insurance, since the law provides specific sets of rules for each of these categories.

The second part of the course deals with the most common specifically regulated insurance contracts: fire insurance, family liability insurance, car insurance, life insurance and legal protection insurance. Furthermore attention is given to the insurance of industrial risks and transport.

Course material

Handbook (Required) : Algemene beginselen van het Belgisch verzekeringsrecht, Colle, Ph, 7de, Antwerpen, Intersentia, 9780000140078, 2023
Handbook (Required) : Handboek bijzondere gereglementeerde verzekeringscontracten, Colle, Ph, 7de, Antwerpen, Intersentia, 9789400014756, 2019
Handbook (Recommended) : Essentiële wetboeken verzekeringen, Bernauw - Colle - Jocqué - Weyts, 14de, Antwerpen, Intersentia, 000751, 2023

Additional info

Teaching method: classic ex cathedra lectures, in which explanation and clarification is offered regarding the mandatory study materials (two books):

Ph. Colle, Algemene beginselen van het Belgische Verzekeringsrecht, Antwerpen, Intersentia, 2019, 278 p.
Ph. Colle, Handboek bijzonder gereglementeerde verzekeringscontracten, Antwerpen, Intersentia, 2019, 398 p.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The course's aim is to provide the student with a general overview of (private) insurance law.

The student must not only master the theoretical subject matter, but she/he must obtain effective insight and be able to apply it to simple practical cases.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Oral Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The examination consists of general theoretical questions as well as (possibly) concise practical cases from which the student should be able to deduce the legal problem.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context