The Marine Insurance law deals with the rules and regulations regarding marine insurance. The course is purely contract law, and includes the Nordic Marine Insurance Plan 2013 , Conditions relating to Insurance for the Carriage of Goods, and P&I Insurance conditions. The course is divided into two main parts. The first part relates to the rules that are common for all or most marine insurance branches. The second part relates to the rules for the individual branch, i.e. hull insurance, insurance on interest, war risk insurance, loss of hire insurance, P&I insurance and cargo insurance.
Prerequisites
Recommended previous knowledge
Please note that lectures and curriculum for this course is aimed at students at master degree level.
However, the achievement requirements are adjusted for students who take the subject at bachelor degree level.
Application procedure
Students who are admitted to study programmes or individual courses at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for by registering a study plan in StudentWeb.
International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
Nordic applicants that are accepted to study programmes or individual courses at UiO can be admitted to this course.
Learning outcomes
You will learn how the marine insurance market is organized in different types of contracts and what is covered under these contracts. You will also learn what kind of issues the insurance contracts address. The aim is a good understanding of the concept of marine insurance and the content of a marine insurance contract.
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