[摘要]经过长期的发展演进,保险业逐步形成了自身的运行规律和发展逻辑,成为一种具有诸多生态学特征的、有生命力的现代组织活动。运用生态学的方法和成果研究保险活动,从市场主体、调节机制、发展环境等方面揭示保险领域内部的生态现象,对于分析观察保险业各种问题、正确把握保险行业运行规律、促进保险业持续、健康发展具有重要意义。 [关键词]自然生态;保险生态;发展环境 [中图分类号] F840.32 [文献标识码] A [文章编号]1004-3306(2006)07-0016-03 Abstract: With many years of evolution and development, the insurance industry has gradually formed its own rule and logic of development and has become a modern organic organization with many ecologic characteristics. It is of important significance to study the insurance industry by applying ecologic methodologies and conclusions to areas such as market entities, modulating mechanism and external environment to locate the ecological phenomena inherent in the insurance industry. This approach will help to observe and analyze various issues of the industry, correctly understand the industry’s rule of operation, and promote its healthy and continued development. Key words:natural ecology; insurance ecology; development environment