[摘要]当前,开拓农村人身保险市场存在许多问题,主要有:对开拓农村保险市场重要性认识不足;对发展农村保险市场没有特别的政策支持;在农村开展业务困难;农村业务风险大;销售渠道单一;产品不适应农民的需要;对农村营销员管理办法不符合农村业务的实际情况;保险服务难以到位。应采取的措施是:提高认识;加快农村网点建设步伐;拓宽销售渠道;改进保险产品设计;改革代理人管理办法;强化业务推动措施;做好保险服务工作;提高保险信誉;各级政府和各保险总公司都要支持农村保险业务。 [关键词]农村人身保险;网点建设;销售渠道;产品设计;代理人管理 [中图分类号] F840.66 [文献标识码] A [文章编号]1004-3306(2007)03-0040-02 Abstract: There are a number of issues concerning the development of rural personal insurance market today. The major issues are, for example, lack of understanding of the importance of exploring the rural personal insurance market, absence of specific policy support on the development of this market, difficulty of underwriting insurance business in rural areas, higher risks of rural business, sole distribution channel, products incompatible with the needs of rural population, management rules on agents incongruent with rural situations, unsatisfactory services, etc. Measures should be taken include enhancing understanding of the importance of this business, building up rural distribution network, expanding distribution channels, upgrading insurance products, reforming agent management rules, strengthening business promotion efforts, improving service quality, uplifting the creditability image of the industry and finally, the local governments and head offices of insurers should provide strong support. Key words:rural personal insurance; distribution network construction; distribution channels; product design; agent management