• Australian College of Insurance Studies

    Be taught by experts Insurance education designed to give you the knowledge and insight required to contribute to and advance within the industry.

Courses & Enrolment

Our program spans classes that introduce the basic principles and framework of the industry to advanced courses that engage with the complex regulatory, corporate and contractual matters of insurance law.

How to Enrol

Enrol with the University or Industry Organisation

All enrolments and course fees are managed by our education partners. Students enrol directly with the education partner and are assessed according to the education partner’s protocols. All student fees are paid to the education partner according to their course fee structure.

Study Options in the University Program

Degree Programs

You can enrol in a degree with one of our university partners and undertake ACIS courses as part of your degree. For example, Master of Laws students are eligible to undertake ACIS units as part of their degree.

Single Courses

You can enrol with one of our university partners in a single course without committing to a full degree. Single courses can be undertaken with or without assessment: you will receive academic credit for assessed study and you will receive a certificate verifying your participation upon completion of non-assessed study.

Course Information Table

Course NameStudy OptionsSubject Details Teaching DatesEnrolmentAttendanceUniversity
General Insurance
  • CPD/Executive Education
  • Subject taken as part of degree
This postgraduate course examines key concepts associated with general insurance as a risk transfer loss spreading arrangement. It includes analysis of the common law and relevant equitable principles, and closely examines of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth). Presentations and tutorial discussion will focus on areas of interest because of their complexity, controversy or topicality. The following topics are covered:
  1. Insurance: purpose, nature and practice
  2. Market and participants
  3. Types of insurance products
  4. General insurance regulation
  5. Introduction to insurance history
  6. Insurance contract formation and policy
  7. Introduction to the Insurance Contracts Act 1984
  8. Selling and intermediaries
  9. Pre-contract disclosure and representations
  10. Construction and effect of terms
  11. Insureds, third party beneficiaries and claimants
  12. Duration, cancellation and interim insurance
  13. First party insurance: indemnity and property
  14. Third party liability insurance: public liability insurance
  15. Maintenance of an insurance contract
  16. Utmost good faith: post-contract
  17. Insurance contracts act 1984: section 54
  18. Claims
  19. Causation
  20. Subrogation and contribution
  21. Remedies
TBA 2026
(5-day intensive)		TBA
  • On campus
  • Live attendance via online classroom

TBA
Commercial Insurance Law
  • CPD/Executive Education
  • Subject taken as part of graduate or postgraduate study at the Melbourne Law School
This course focuses on the legal context and considerations of property, crime and financial liability insurance, including categories of loss and liability, disputed coverage and claims handling issues. The course is relevant to operational business risk management and will cover insurance products such as material damage and resultant business interruption, public and products liability, professional indemnity, errors and omissions, crime and trade credit insurance. The following topics are covered:
  1. What is insurance and how does it work? How does it compare/contrast with other modes of risk transfer/funding?
  2. Commercial property and business interruption insurance
  3. Public and product liability insurance: the nature of "occurrence-based" liability insurance
  4. Financial liability insurances, professional indemnity and directors & officers insurance (PIDO), errors and omissions insurance (ENO), civil liability
  5. Trade credit, insolvency insurance and cyber-risk insurance
  6. Strategies and tactics for dealing with insurers: resolving underwriting and claim disputes
For more details, see the University of Melbourne Handbook.
    		9-13 November 2026
    (5-day intensive)    		Open now
    • On campus

    University of Melbourne

    Industry Partners

    With special thanks to Clyde & Co, the world’s pre-eminent insurance law firm, for its provision of pro bono legal services.

    With special thanks to Clayton Utz for its ongoing support of the program and its partners’ involvement as faculty members.

    With special thanks to CGU for its provision of sample policy documents for our students to use as learning resources.