32608 - Private Insurance Law

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide knowledge of the regulations governing the insurance contract and the individual types of insurance. The criterion used is the constant comparison between the normative data codicistico and the result appears in the current law, in the light of the case law. Teaching, therefore, will make use of AT of the judgments, for the understanding of which calls for strong institutional knowledge bases. The primary objective of the course is to provide students with skills to rebuild a branch of a law that was born as a special part of commercial law, regulated in the Civil Code, now is largely in the Insurance Code.

Course contents

The general concept of insurance 

The insurance company, the ausuliari

 The insurance contract

Proof of insurance contract

Insurance in the name of others, on behalf of the entitled

The statements of the insured

The risk

The duration of the contract

The award

Fraudulent claims

Insurance against damage

The criterion indemnity

Over / under insurance

Coinsurance and the plurality of insurers

The obligations of the insurer

The insurer's subrogation 

The liability insurance

Alienation of the insured

The life insurance

Reinsurance

Health insurance

The accident insurance

Compulsory insurance

Readings/Bibliography

M. Franzoni (a cura di), Diritto dlele assicurazioni, coordinato da C. Miriello, Bologna, Zanichelli, ultima edizione

A. Donati - G. Volpe Putzolu, Manuale di Diritto delle Assicurazioni, Milano, Giuffrè, latest edition.

Teaching methods

Lessons are held on a six-monthly basis.

Assessment methods

Classes are held twice a year.
The exam will take place exclusively in oral form.

The evaluation of the test will be carried out taking into account:

the knowledge of institutional profiles,

the ability to analyze the jurisprudential and doctrinal guidelines,

the ability to make connections between the different parts of the program,

the ability to develop critical arguments; exposure, exposure accuracy.

Prerequisites
The exam can be taken only after you have passed the exams of Civil Law and Commercial Law.
Thesis
The dissertations are assigned by the prof. Massimo Franzoni, preferably to students who have attended the course and passed the exam. The paper must be handed to the teacher at least one month before the scheduled date of the deposit in the Secretariat.

Office hours

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