The need for advanced academic training in insurance was widely felt and identified both by academics and representatives of the industry across Europe and the world.

The Jean Monnet Module on EU Insurance Law: Challenges in the SDG Era (EUInsLSDG) aims at filling a double gap: by providing advanced training that prepares the next generation of top-qualified legal professionals in insurance, ready to enter the market equipped with the instruments to face the challenges of our time, as well as preparing early-stage researchers, by encouraging state-of-the-art academic research in this field in those areas where both the regulators and the regulated require research outputs that will help them substantiate future decisions.

This module also tries to foster awareness of the insurance sector’s potential to contribute decisively towards the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.

 

Language of instruction:

English

Teaching hours:

18 hours. Estimated total workload: 84 hours = 3 ECTS

Timetable:

Friday from 3pm to 5pm CET, 2pm to 4pm GMT, from 31st March to 2nd June 2023.

Fees:

150€ (reduced rate of 75€ for students).

Funding:

This course is part of the Jean Monnet Module “EU Insurance Law: Challenges in the SDG Era” (ref. no. 101085125), funded by the European Union (Erasmus+ Programme).

 

Learning outcomes:

In this course, students will be able to explore the relationship between EU Insurance Law, SDGs and Human Rights through a series of talks delivered by experts. All attendants will be able to identify potential threats and opportunities for the SDGs and Human Rights in the insurance markets. They will also be ready to provide a quick response when exposed to these scenarios. In addition, all assistants will gain an understanding of how the very nature of an organization define the interaction between these three spheres (EU Insurance Law, SDGs and Human Rights). Hence, they will get the integrative vision that is needed to confront these issues from a human rights perspective.

 

Teaching methods:

This module will be organized in nine different sessions. Different speakers with various backgrounds (professors, NGOs, insurance sector, etc) will go into depth regarding the interaction between a particular set of SDGs and the Insurance sector. Students will be asked to prepare in advance by going through the reading list provided. After the panel’s initial interventions, assistants would be required to provide their comments and ask questions. Each session will be moderated by one of the coordinators.

 

Assessment methods:

A certificate of attendance will be available to all those present in at least seven sessions. All students who wish to be awarded a certificate of successful completion of the course will be assessed by means of a discussion paper and on the basis of their class participation. Topics will be chosen by students with the agreement of the coordinators of the module. A list of indicative topics will be provided upon enrolment.

 

Bibliography:

To be provided upon enrolment.

 

Legislation:

Principles of European Insurance Contract Law (PEICL).
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016 on insurance distribution (Insurance Distribution Directive).
Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II Directive).
Directive 2004/113/EC of the Council of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (Gender Discrimination Directive).

 

Judicial decisions:

European Court of Justice:
Rodrigues de Andrade, C-514/16, EU:C:2017:908.
Vnuk, C-162/13, EU:C:2014:2146.
Ambrósio Lavrador, C-409/09, EU:C:2011:371.
Test-Achats, C-236/09, EU:C:2011:100.