Checking date: 24/04/2025 11:01:00


Course: 2025/2026

Insurance Market
(12186)
Master in Law of Regulated Sectors (Plan: 311 - Estudio: 294)
EPD


Coordinating teacher: GARCIA MANDALONIZ, MARTA

Department assigned to the subject: Private Law Department

Type: Electives
ECTS Credits: 3.0 ECTS

Course:
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Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
Students do not need to have completed a specific subject for optimal learning.
Objectives
-Knowing how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in the context of the insurance market. -Be able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgements based on the information linked to the contents of this subject of the insurance market. -Communicate their conclusions and the knowledge that supports them in a clear manner. -Know how to identify conflicts of interest and know the techniques for their resolution in the insurance field. -Know and know how to apply in practice the organisational, management and commercial environment of the regulated activities. -Know and evaluate the different responsibilities linked to the exercise of professional activity in regulated sectors, including the functioning of legal assistance. -To master and apply the relevant tools for advising companies dedicated to the insurance field.
Learning Outcomes
Description of contents: programme
1. The legal basis and discipline of the insurance market. 2. Regulation of the insurance market. 2.A. Insurance and reinsurance activity. 2.B. Insurance and reinsurance intermediation. 2.C. New business models: Digitalisation, Robotisation, Blockchain, Insurtech and Artificial Intelligence. 2.D. Pension Plans and Pension Funds. 3. Insurance Market Supervisory Authority. 3.A. Regulation of the conditions for accessing and exercising the insurance and reinsurance activity. 3.B. Regulation of the conditions for taking up and pursuit of the activity of intermediation. 3.C. Regulation of the conditions for accessing and exercising the activity of Pension Plans and Pension Funds. 4. Supervision of insurance activity. 5. Intervention of the insurance activity. 5.A. System of infringements and penalties. 5.B. Revocation of authorisation. 6. Insurance and welfare contracts. 6.A. Contracts of insurance of damage. 6.B. Contracts of insurance of persons. Registration of insurance contracts covering death. 6.C. Pension plans and other provident contracts. 6.D. Reinsurance 7. Crisis and insolvency of insurance companies.
Learning activities and methodology
TRAINING ACTIVITIES Individual work for the study of theoretical and practical materials prepared and provided by the lecturer. Theoretical-practical face-to-face classes. Tutorials Case studies Group work TEACHING METHODOLOGIES -Lectures by the lecturer with the support of computer and audiovisual media, in which the main concepts of the subject are developed and the bibliography is provided to complement the students' learning. -Critical reading of texts recommended by the subject teacher: press articles, reports, manuals and/or academic articles, either for subsequent discussion in class or to expand and consolidate knowledge of the subject. -Solving case studies, problems, etc. posed by the teacher individually or in groups. -Presentation and discussion in class, under the moderation of the teacher, of topics related to the content of the subject, as well as practical cases. -Preparation of individual or group work and reports. -Reading of theoretical and practical teaching materials prepared and provided by the lecturer in class or on the virtual educational platform. Use of Artificial Intelligence tools selectively allowed in this subject. The faculty may indicate a list of works and exercises that the student can perform using AI tools, specifying how they should be used, and how the student should describe the use made of them. If the use of AI by the student gives rise to academic fraud by falsifying the results of an exam or work required to accredit academic performance, the provisions of the Regulation of the University Carlos III of Madrid of partial development of the Law 3/2022, of February 24th, of University Coexistence will be applied. Tutorial regime: Weekly tutorials, by appointment with the lecturer.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination/test 40
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 60

Calendar of Continuous assessment


Basic Bibliography
  • STARITA, M. G.; MALAFRONTE, I.. Capital requirements, disclosure and supervision in the European Insurance Industry. New Challenges towards Solvency II. Palgrave Machillan. 2014

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.