CQUniversity Unit Profile
FINC19019 Insurance Planning
Insurance Planning
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General Information

Overview

This unit examines the role of insurance and risk management in client focused financial planning. You will analyse the insurance needs of clients and construct a strategic insurance and risk management plan. You will examine general and life insurance products and their suitability for a client's situation.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 2
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 10
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

There are no requisites for this unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 2 - 2018

Distance

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Class and Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Class Timetable

Bundaberg, Cairns, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton, Townsville
Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

Assessment Overview

1. Practical Assessment
Weighting: 50%
2. Examination
Weighting: 50%

Assessment Grading

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.

Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Based on last ACER report

Feedback

Student request feedback to assignment items to be provided within 2 weeks.

Recommendation

Feedback to assignment items will be provided within 2 weeks.

Unit Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
  1. Explain the principles and legal framework of the Australian insurance industry
  2. Analyse insurance needs of clients to solve risk management problems
  3. Research and select appropriate insurance products
  4. Construct strategic insurance and risk management plan.
Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes
N/A Level
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Professional Level
Advanced Level

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes

Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Practical Assessment - 50%
2 - Examination - 50%

Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes

Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
4 - Information Literacy
5 - Team Work
6 - Information Technology Competence
7 - Cross Cultural Competence
8 - Ethical practice
9 - Social Innovation
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes

Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Practical Assessment - 50%
2 - Examination - 50%
Textbooks and Resources

Textbooks

Prescribed

Insurance and Risk Management

Edition: 3rd (2016)
Authors: John Teale
John Teale
US
ISBN: 978-0-646-95447-9
Binding: Paperback

Additional Textbook Information

This book only comes in a paperback version. Thus, there is no eBook version available.

IT Resources

You will need access to the following IT resources:
  • CQUniversity Student Email
  • Internet
  • Unit Website (Moodle)
Referencing Style

All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)

For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.

Teaching Contacts
Angelique McInnes Unit Coordinator
a.mcinnes@cqu.edu.au
Schedule
Week 1 Begin Date: 09 Jul 2018

Module/Topic

Introduction and the nature of risk management

Chapter

1 and 2

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 2 Begin Date: 16 Jul 2018

Module/Topic

Insurance and risk

Chapter

3

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 3 Begin Date: 23 Jul 2018

Module/Topic

Regulation and compliance

Chapter

4

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 4 Begin Date: 30 Jul 2018

Module/Topic

Concepts underlying insurance law

Chapter

5

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 5 Begin Date: 06 Aug 2018

Module/Topic

Understanding insurance contracts and claims

Chapter

6 and 7

Events and Submissions/Topic

Vacation Week Begin Date: 13 Aug 2018

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 6 Begin Date: 20 Aug 2018

Module/Topic

Introduction to life insurance

Chapter

8

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 7 Begin Date: 27 Aug 2018

Module/Topic

 Life insurance products

Chapter

 12

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 8 Begin Date: 03 Sep 2018

Module/Topic

Introduction to general insurance and general insurance products

Chapter

9 and 13

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 9 Begin Date: 10 Sep 2018

Module/Topic

Taxation

Chapter

10

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 10 Begin Date: 17 Sep 2018

Module/Topic

Personal risk management

Chapter

11

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 11 Begin Date: 24 Sep 2018

Module/Topic

Mandated and health insurance

Chapter

14

Events and Submissions/Topic

Insurance Statement of Advice Due: Week 11 Monday (24 Sept 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 12 Begin Date: 01 Oct 2018

Module/Topic

Revision

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Review/Exam Week Begin Date: 08 Oct 2018

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Exam Week Begin Date: 15 Oct 2018

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Term Specific Information

Please start the Practical Assessment as soon as possible. The Practical Assessment cannot be completed in a couple of weeks like most of your other unit assessments.

Assessment Tasks

1 Practical Assessment

Assessment Title
Insurance Statement of Advice

Task Description

This is an individual assessment.


Important detailed information for your assessment is on the Moodle site.


Before you begin please read the:

  1. instructions for completing and submitting your assessment.
  2. case study background.


Task requirements

  1. Identify the client's objectives, needs and financial situation by reviewing the case study background and fact find information provided. Input this information into XPlan software and download the created Fact Find document.
  2. Using the reflective analysis questions provided, develop and document appropriate insurance strategies and recommendations to achieve the client's financial and lifestyle protection goals.
  3. Prepare a written Statement of Advice using the template provided and financial planning software XPlan, Microsoft-Excel and/or related software [which we will make available to you via Moodle].
  4. Present the strategies and recommendations to the client in a one A4-page summary document.
  5. Assume you negotiated acceptance of the financial plan with the client by documenting the conversation in a file note in XPlan.
  6. Assume you offered to provide ongoing service to the client, and file note the outcome of this conversation in XPlan.


We provide:

  1. Fact find information assumedly obtained during a meeting with the client.
  2. Reflective analysis questions to assist in the analysis phase of the financial planning process.
  3. Statement of Advice template, which you must use to present your recommendations to the client.


From the above task, it is clear this is a practical assessment dealing with a real world financial planning client insurance need. Please start this assessment as soon as possible, because for some of you it will require learning numerous new skills. Learning how to use new software [for instance, XPlan or COIN] may need sometime and practice. Your lecturer is available via Facebook Closed Group, Moodle discussion forum and Q&A forum, and mobile phone messaging, as well as email to address any concerns or difficulties during the term as you work on your Assessment. Please refer to Moodle and download all three files relating to this Assessment’s requirements. Please read these long documents carefully.



Assessment Due Date

Week 11 Monday (24 Sept 2018) 11:45 pm AEST


Return Date to Students

Week 12 Friday (5 Oct 2018)


Weighting
50%

Assessment Criteria

Find on Moodle a comprehensive marking criteria sheet. We award marks for:

  1. Completing and downloading in Microsoft-Word format the Fact Find within the context of the client's objectives, needs and financial situation in the financial planning software.
  2. Documenting reflective analysis answers in Microsoft-Word to demonstrate critical in-depth analysis, plus effective use of the calculation and software tools to underpin the insurance recommendations.
  3. Statement of Advice completion using the Microsoft-Word template provided.
  4. One-page client summary presentation document in a Microsoft-Word document.
  5. File note created in the financial planning software and downloaded into Microsoft-Word documenting the financial plan negotiations with the client  and outcome.


Referencing Style

Submission
Online

Submission Instructions
Please submit five separate files via Moodle as per the Assessment Criteria List above.

Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • Analyse insurance needs of clients to solve risk management problems
  • Research and select appropriate insurance products
  • Construct strategic insurance and risk management plan.


Graduate Attributes
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Critical Thinking
  • Information Literacy
  • Team Work
  • Information Technology Competence
  • Cross Cultural Competence
  • Ethical practice

Examination

Outline
Complete an invigilated examination

Date
During the examination period at a CQUniversity examination centre

Weighting
50%

Length
180 minutes

Exam Conditions
Closed Book

Materials
Dictionary - non-electronic, concise, direct translation only (dictionary must not contain any notes or comments).
Calculator - all non-communicable calculators, including scientific, programmable and graphics calculators are authorised
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