Introduction : insurance and insurance contracts -- Sources of South African insurance law -- Object of an insurance contract : insurable interest -- Basis of an insurance contracts -- Essentials of an insurance contract -- Formation of an insurance contract -- Requirements for the validity of an insurance contract -- Misrepresentation and misselling -- Contents, proof and rectification -- Interpretation of an insurance contract -- Nature and operation of obligations stemming from an insurance contract -- Parties and participants -- Risk -- Premium -- Warranties -- Vesting and qualification of insured's claim -- Institution and resolution of claims against insurers -- Subrogation and salvage -- Rights and duties of parties under a third-party contract -- Rights of creditors to attach policies -- Transfer of rights and duties from an insurance contract -- Termination of obligations arising from an insurance, and reinsurance -- Agents representatives and intermediaries -- Short-term insurance -- Long-term insurance.