Module LAWM079 for 2017/8
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
LAWM079: Marine Insurance
This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
While the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is anticipated that the following topics will be covered:
- History of marine insurance, from the Bubble Act 1720 to the present day
- The role of Lloyd’s, insurance companies, P&I Clubs and brokers
- The types of risks covered by marine policies and the wordings available
- Formation of policies using the Market Reform Contract
- Key formation concepts, including insurable interest and utmost good faith
- Forms of loss and the measure of indemnity
- The rights of insurers, including subrogation, contribution and abandonment
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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36 | 264 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 30 | 10 x 3 hour Lectures/seminars |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 6 | Small group presentations on previously assigned topics aimed to make assessment more vivid and more diverse. Students will be required to make small group presentations on chosen topics (allocated time: 15 minutes for each group) (2 x 3 hour Seminars dedicated to presentations) |
Guided independent study | 180 | Post-lecture/seminar reading |
Guided independent study | 84 | Preparation for formative/summative essays and summative presentations |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
BAILII http://www.bailii.org/
I-law http://www.i-law.com/
English and Scottish Law Commissions, 2006-2013, 9 issues papers and three consultative documents
http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk/areas/insurance-contract-law.htm
Australian Insurance Law Reform Committee Report No 91, 2001 http://www.alrc.gov.au/report-91
Insurance Act 2015 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/4/contents/enacted
Marine Insurance Act 1906 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/6/41/contents