Insurance Law

Course Number:
Law 250

Hours:
3

Course Type:
Upper-Level

Writing Requirement:
None

Skills Requirement?:
No

Final Exam?:
Yes

Description:
This course studies private liability and first-party insurance as well as public insurance programs. Topics can include the relationship between insurance and theories of risk management, the interpretation of insurance contracts, stacking, misrepresentation and nondisclosure, breach-related litigation, the effect of ERISA on employer-provided insurance benefits, the legislative and administrative regulation of insurance, and the administration of such public insurance programs as the social Security disability program.

Prerequisites:

None.

Instructor(s):
D. Hornstein

Semester(s):
Spring