Elective Course
Insurance Law
The course covers insurance related topics including: formation of the insurance contract; a brief treatment of regulatory guidelines which impact the insurance industry; evaluation of: first versus third party coverages; tortious breach of insurance contract problems; insurance contract provisions including without limitation insuring clauses, exclusions, conditions, declarations, and endorsements; select problems in the casualty, life and liability insurance contexts. Additionally, the course will examine policy goals of legislatures and courts in the enactment, and construction, of insurance statutes.
Prerequisite: None