Insurance Management
Lecture, 1.00 ECTS
Course content
The course deals with the structure and the processes of the insurance business and deals with special aspects of the organization of insurance:
The core contents should include:
[1] organizational structure
[2] Legal forms of VU
[3] Insurance groups
[4] Process organization (value chain)
[5] Sales of an insurance company (functions of insurance distribution, customer group definition, product policy, pricing policy, distribution channels, remuneration of distribution (commission systems), IDD)
[6] Insurance business processes (inventory management, customer service, settlement, claims / performance)
[7] New business models in insurance / digitization
[8] Islamic Finance (Takaful)
Learning outcomes
After completing the module, students will be familiar with the functions, legal framework, the structure of the organization of banks and insurance companies and understand their business models.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources / tools
Bücher: Farny, Versicherungsbetriebslehre;
Farny u.a. (Hg.), Handwörterbuch der Versicherung;
Schierenbeck, Hölscher, BankAssurance;
Albrecht, Peter: Zur Risikotransformationstheorie der Versicherung: Grundlagen und ökonomische Konsequenzen;
Schradin, Heinrich: Erfolgsorientiertes Versicherungsmanagement - Betriebswirtschaftliche Steuerungsansätze auf risikotheoretischer Grundlage;
Thommen/Achleitner: Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre;
Hartmann-Wendels u.a., Bankbetriebslehre;
Becker, Peppmeier: Bankbetriebslehre;
Grill, W./Perczynski, H.: Wirtschaftslehre des Kreditwesens;
Schierenbeck, H.: Ertragsorientiertes Bankmanagement;
Bacher: Bankmanagement;
Mode of delivery
VO
Prerequisites and co-requisites
None
Assessment methods and criteria
Final examination including continuous in-lecture assessment