Alternatives to Managing Risk

  • Class number: 9191
  • Term: Spring 2009
  • Instructor: Patrick J. Salve; Douglas K. Simpson

This seminar will explore legal and financial issues arising in the alternative insurance markets, emphasizing emerging issues including terrorism coverage, finite risk and coverage for catastrophic exposures. Traditional insurance products have lost market share to alternative risk vehicles as market and regulatory forces push risk-bearers toward new ways to transfer and spread risk. At the same time, international terrorism and increasing losses due to natural catastrophes threaten the solvency of conventional insurance markets. Together, these forces drive a convergence of banking, finance and insurance, and therefore the emergence of significant legal issues.

Course Schedule

  • Date: Thursday 6:30-9:15PM
  • Location: LB422

Course Information

  • Catalog number-Section number: 7673-10
  • Course Type: Seminar
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Credits (min/max): 3/3
  • Notes: The actual enrollment limit of this course is 15. 4 seats have been set aside for evening students, 5 for LL.M. students.
  • Subjects:

Enrollment

  • Enrollment status: Closed
  • Current enrollment/capacity: 16/16
  • Reserve population/capacity: 0/0
  • Waitlist enrollment/capacity: 0/50

Grading

  • Grade basis: Graded
  • Satisifies Writing Requirement: No
  • Exam type: NO EXAM