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Insurance (INS)

INS 102 Personal Insurance Planning (3) Introduction to the principles and practices of personal insurance planning. May not be used to satisfy Smeal College baccalaureate degree requirements.
Effective: Fall 1983
Prerequisite: third-semester standing  

INS 199 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2007
 

INS 296 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

INS 297 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

INS 299 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2007
 

INS 301 Risk and Insurance (3) Introduction to the principles and methods of handling business and personal risks; emphasis on insurance techniques.
Effective: Fall 1983
Prerequisite: fourth-semester standing  

INS 305 Property and Casualty Insurance (3) Insurance coverages available for protection of property; fire and allied lines, consequential losses, casualty coverages, fidelity and surety bonds.
Effective: Fall 1983
Prerequisite: INS 301  

INS 310W Property and Liability Insurance Market (3) Property and liability insurance industry and company operations.
Effective: Spring 1996
Prerequisite: INS 301  

INS 320 Life Insurance (3) Protection and savings features of the life insurance contract as they affect the individual; business uses of life insurance.
Effective: Fall 1983
Prerequisite: INS 301  

INS 395 Internship (1-18) Supervised off-campus, nongroup instruction including field experiences, practica, or internships. Written and oral critique of activity required.
Effective: Spring 1999
Prerequisite: prior approval of proposed assignment by instructor  

INS 399 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2007
 

INS 400 Estate Planning (3) Creation, conservation, and distribution of property rights, emphasizing investments, insurance, wills, trusts, and taxation.
Effective: Spring 1996
Prerequisite: B A 301 orINS 301  

INS 401 Fundamentals of Private Pensions (3) Analysis of pension regulation, funding, vesting, retirement annuities under insured and self-insured plans, actuarial cost analysis, plan termination insurance.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite: ACCTG 211, B A 301, ECON 002, SCM 200  

INS 405 Corporate Risk Management (3) Insurance management for corporate organizations; self-insurance, risk transfer, and other alternatives to insurance.
Effective: Spring 1996
Prerequisite: B A 301 orINS 301  

INS 410 Compound Interest and Annuities--Certain (3) Compound interest and annuity functions; equations of value; determination of yield rates; construction of tables.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: MATH 141  

INS 411 Life Contingencies I (3) A study of the mathematical theory of life contingencies; single-life functions and their applications.
Effective: Fall 1989
Prerequisite: INS 410, STAT 414  

INS 412 Life Contingencies II (3) Joint-life and survivor-life functions, population life tables, and multiple decrement theory, with applications to disability and retirement problems.
Effective: Summer 1984
Prerequisite: INS 411  

INS 427 Optimization for Business Decisions (3) Optimization models quickly and efficiently analyze a large number of scenarios to find the best course of action for business applications.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: MATH 110 orMATH 140 and eitherSCM 200 orSTAT 200  

INS 494 Research Project (1-12) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
Effective: Summer 2003
 

INS 494H Research Project (1-12) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
Effective: Summer 2008
 

INS 496 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative Projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

INS 497 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

INS 497A Basic Property & Casualty Ratemaking (3) This course is intended to give a basic introduction to actuarial methods and concepts used to develop manual rates for property and casualty insurance.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
 

INS 497B Financial Models for Actuarial Science (3) This course covers material in the Society of Actuaries Actuarial Models - FE exam, such as interest rate models, valuation of derivative securities, and risk management techniques, and particularly their application to insurance, pensions, and investments.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
 

INS 497C The Economics of Biotechnology, Phamaceuticals and Health Inusrance (3) The course provides an overview of the economic and management issues facing the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Topics covered will include R&D, financing, alliances and joint ventures, M&A, production, marketing and the important role of public and private medical insurance on product development, pricing and product demand.
Effective: Spring 2010 Ending: Spring 2010 Future: Spring 2010
 

INS 499 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2007
 

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