Foundation in Liability Insurance

HRD Training Prog No	10001376814
Date & Time	2 – 3 June 2025, 9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Registration Deadline	26 May 2025
Learning Format	Virtual Instructor Led Classroom

Overview

Participants will learn about the basics of Liability Insurance to understand when the need for Liability Insurance arises; apply principles of insurance in Liability Insurance; understand the provisions of various coverage and identify its underwriting factors.

At the end of the programme, participants should be able to:

• Relate the Malaysian Legal System to the English Common Law
• Distinguish between Common Law Equity and Statute
• Express the General Principles of Liability
• Relate the General Principles of Insurance as applicable to Liability Insurance
• Define, discuss, and relate the Law of Negligence & Law of Nuisance as applicable to Liability Insurance
• Define and relate Strict Liability and discuss the nature of Vicarious Liability
• Differentiate between Libel and Slander
• Recognise the various Business Liability Insurance Products
• Identify the Risk of Liability arising from the use of premises for business risk & Goods Manufactured and Supplied
• Recognise Liability Insurance arising from Professional Negligence and differentiate between General Negligence and Professional Negligence
• Identify risks arising from Officers of a Company
• Recognise Liability Insurance arising from personal activity, including social sports and house/property owners

Recommended For

• New Entrants into casualty underwriting, Junior Casualty underwriter, and Liability Claims personnel
• Insurance Company sales and marketing personnel, Loss adjusters, Brokering, Personnel, and Agents
• Noninsurance personnel whose work involves the need to have knowledge of Law of Tort
• Anyone who wants an understanding of the basic fundamentals of the Law of Torts relating to Liability Insurance