Universität Wien

040765 VK IM: Risk and Insurance 2 (2013W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Summary

1 Diboky
2 Borrmann

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
Registration information is available for each group.

Groups

Group 1

preliminary talk and first lesson: Tuesday, 1st of October 2013, 6 - 8 pm, HS 15, Oskar Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Wien, 2nd floor.

Please find all relevant information about our courses at our website:
http://bwl.univie.ac.at/finpum/teachings/

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 01.10. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 16.01. 16:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Friday 17.01. 16:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Saturday 18.01. 08:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 23.01. 16:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 24.01. 16:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Reading list

H.D. Skipper / W.J. Kwon: Risk Management and Insurance – Perspectives in a Global Economy; Blackwell,
2007. (SK)
All other articles will be available from my homepage (http://www.homepage.univie.ac.at/franz.diboky/).

Group 2

preliminary talk and first lesson: Monday, 7th of October 2013, 2:00- 4:00 pm, HS 15, Oskar Morgenstern-Platz 1, second floor

Please find all relevant information about our courses at our website:
http://bwl.univie.ac.at/finpum/teachings/

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 07.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 26.11. 08:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 28.11. 14:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 03.12. 08:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 05.12. 14:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 06.12. 08:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 10.12. 08:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 12.12. 14:00 - 19:00 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Reading list

Eeckhoudt, L. / Gollier, C. / Schlesinger, H. (2005): Economic and Financial Decisions under Risk; Princeton University Press.

Harrington, S. / Niehaus, G. (2003): Risk Management and Insurance; 2nd ed., McGraw Hill.

Skipper, H. / Kwon, W.J. (2007): Risk Management and Insurance: Perspectives in a Global Economy; Blackwell Publ.

and selected articles.


Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Selected Topics in International Risk Management, Insurance Economics and Global Insurance Markets

Assessment and permitted materials

Grading is based on scoring points. The maximum points achievable are 100. You pass the course with at least
51 points. Points are earned in four ways:
Presentation (40 points)
Each (group of) student(s) has to prepare a ppt presentation (app. 20 minutes per presenter) based on a book
chapter or on one article from an academic journal and has to present the topic to the audience at the
scheduled date (see Session Schedule below). Furthermore, you have to write a summary of your book
chapter/article (length: 2-3 printed A4 pages) and hand it in on the date of your talk.
Questions (30 points)
Each student has to answer the list of questions provided to you at the beginning of the course. All questions
can be answered by reading the book chapters or articles. You are required to send your answers by email
until Fri, Jan 24.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

After completion of the course “Risk and Insurance 2”, you should
· be able to understand additional factors shaping the risk environment internationally,
· have gained an even deeper knowledge of enterprise risk management in a global economy and
· have gained an even deeper knowledge of insurance in a global economy.
· be able to apply this knowledge to practical problems.

Examination topics

lectures, discussions, presentations by students

Association in the course directory

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