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Students will develop skills related to insurance services
including life, health and property insurance as they
gain product knowledge of the industry. Students will
examine the characteristics of insurance policies and
learn insurance terminology used to explain insurance
risks and benefits. Students will examine characteristics
to distinguish between policy types and coverage, and
create and/or complete insurance-related documents to
process information.
The following competitive events are examples of events
that can be integrated into this course. Additional
events may also be appropriate depending on the scope,
content and structure of the course. These are suggestions for using competitive events in your classroom.
They are not intended to restrict you or your students to certain competitive events.
Any DECA member can enter any competitive event.
Sample
Competitive Events Description
Business Services Marketing Series is a short business scenario. Individual students will be challenged to perform functions and tasks in providing services to businesses on a fee or contract basis or providing services directly to the consumer by assuming the role of customers, employees, supervisors and managers.
The Business Law and Ethics Management Team Decision Making Event is a case study event in a role–play format. Team members are given a real-world, decision-making case study situation involving competing social values that may reasonably be argued from either side.
Business and Financial Services Marketing Research Event asks teams of one to three students to do actual marketing research in a finance related business. The topic is identified by DECA each year. The students present their findings in a written report and satisfying the desire to make productive or enjoyable use of leisure time.
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