Postgraduate
Graduate Diploma in Insurance Law
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Professional development and career progression
Through this Graduate Diploma you will:
- Contribute to improve insurance law standards and education
- Advance your skills in the sector
- Be prepared for an advancement of career
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Scholarships are available to students from a diverse range of backgrounds, including academic achievement, financial need, educational disadvantage, leadership and community service, artistic or sporting achievements, and being from a rural or remote area.
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Scholarships
Scholarships are available to students from a diverse range of backgrounds, including academic achievement, financial need, educational disadvantage, leadership and community service, artistic or sporting achievements, and being from a rural or remote area.
Cost of living
Admission requirements
If you’re interested in furthering your career by studying this postgraduate degree, find out the admission details below.
Admission Requirements
2(a) (i) a bachelor's degree in a cognate area, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and (ii) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent; or
3(a) (i) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and (ii) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent; and (iii) at least two years of relevant professional experience.
Ranking and Selection Process
English competency
English is the language of instruction and assessment at UWA and you will need to meet the English language requirements of the University to be eligible for a place.
This course has higher ELC requirements. Applicants presenting with the IELTS Academic require an overall score of at least 7.0 and no band less than 6.5. For more information visit ELC requirements.
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Course details
About the course
With streams in life insurance and general insurance, this course will give you a strong grounding in the theory and practice of Insurance Law. You will study the core unit Insurance Claims and Dispute Resolution and choose from a range of option units, allowing you to design the best course for you.
Quick details
- Not available
- Full-time
- Part-time
- On-campus
- Semester 1 and Semester 2 (mid-year intake is for part-time study only)
- Postgraduate
- 21380
- 083851C
Course structure
Postgraduate coursework degrees and combined (coursework and research) degrees comprise a number of units. Refer to the course structure for more information.
The UWA Law School is certified by the Australian Law School Standards.
Course coordinator: Greg Pynt
Greg is a Barrister and Mediator, and has taught Insurance Law at UWA since 1991. He graduated from UWA with a Bachelor of Laws in 1977 and after working in London for six years, he became a partner in Mallesons Stephen Jacques (now King & Wood Mallesons). He then set up Pynt + Partners in 1996 and joined Francis Burt Chambers in 2013.
Greg won the Australian Insurance Law Association Insurance Prize in 2000 and is an AILA Honorary Life Member.
He is the author of Australian Insurance Law: A First Reference, LexisNexis, now in its 4th Edition, and is also the general editor of the Insurance Law Journal and an Honorary Fellow at UWA.
4 reasons to study this course
1. This course is the first of its kind in Australia, tailored to insurance professionals.
2. Those working in the insurance law field can upskill through this short postgraduate course. Admission does not require a university degree - two years' professional experience is substantial for entry.
3. Classes are taught by senior leaders, many of whom are flying in from interstate.
4. Should you wish to simply upskill with a single unit, you may enrol in Select Topics in Insurance Law and receive credit and a certificate without this full Graduate Diploma.
National experts
The 4-day intensive unit Select Topics in Insurance Law will be run between 6-9 September 2021. A range of local and interstate insurance law experts will be presenting, including:
- Ian Enright (Founding Chairman, Australian College of Insurance Studies)
- Fred Hawke (Consultant, Clayton Utz)
- Mark Doepel (Partner, Sparke Helmore)
Work integrated learning
Western Australia's premier Law School
The UWA Law School is ranked in the top 100 law schools in the world (QS 2021, THE WUR 2021). You will join and contribute to 90 years of excellence: we were the first law school established in WA and the fifth oldest in Australia.
Our graduates include a Prime Minister, a Governor of Western Australia, State Ministers, Justices of the Supreme Court of WA, a Young Australian of the Year, Rhodes Scholars, and more.
While we have a long and proud history, we're also a closely-knit, creative and progressive Law School, fostering critical thought, ethical scholarship and practice, a deep connection to our Indigenous past and present, and supportive student culture based upon wellbeing and inclusion.