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Law of Insurance
Last Updated Date:   11 July 2024


8 Units,  Semester 2

Course Description:
This course deals with the principles and doctrines underpinning the formation and validity of insurance policies. It seeks to help students critically analyse and appreciate the concepts of risk management, the protection of commercial businesses assets as well as the protection of individuals against unforeseen contingencies and losses that may arise.

The topics include nature of general insurance contracts, formation of insurance contracts, peculiar insurance doctrines (such as non-disclosure, warranties and subrogation), claims procedure, doctrine of indemnity and measuring your losses; additionally, the role of Artificial Intelligence in disrupting and interfacing with orthodox insurance principles will also be considered. The techniques of successfully claiming under the policy and contesting the insurer's wrongful denial of claims will be covered ― including the critical analysis of theoretical underpinnings of the important insurance doctrines, the over-arching themes and underlying tensions in the entire sphere of insurance law.

Course Convenor: A/P Yeo Hwee Ying

Co-teacher(s): NA

Course Codes: LL4407 / LL5407 / LL6407 / LLJ5407

Contact Hours: Two, 3hr Seminars

Workload: 6 hours

Mode of Assessment: Class Participation - 5%; Assignment/Exercises - 20% [Release: Fri, 21 Feb (12pm); Due: Fri, 4 Apr (9am)] & Final Exam - 75%

Preclusions: Nil

Prerequisites: NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or common law equivalent. In particular, must have completed the equivalent of NUS Contract Law (common law jurisdiction).

Examination Date: Tuesday, 29 April 2025 (PM)

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