Insurance Law

SLN #: 13987
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 016
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Bryson
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Course Description:
Insurance law is one of the most practical, commonly experienced areas of law practice. Insurance plays a significant, and increasingly important, role in tort litigation, business litigation, business planning, commercial transactions and estate planning.

In order to be as practically useful as possible, this course provides an overview of a wide variety of insurance law principles. The class will explore various types of insurance coverage including fire and property insurance, life, health and disability insurance, liability insurance, automobile insurance, and the coordination of multiple coverages. The students will learn to understand the policy forms and significant issues that arise in these insurance policy contexts.

The Instructor has over thirty years of law practice experience and will share real-world examples of insurance law cases and issues.

Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible/Upper-Level Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Simulation Course: No
Experiential Learning: No
Seminar: No
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class - Completely Secure
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies

* The law school has a policy that is used to calculate credit hours. Please see the Statement of Student Policies.