[摘要]我国保险业自20世纪80年代初期恢复以来,一直保持着较快的发展速度,在保险业的持续高速增长中,保险创新发挥了巨大的推动作用。不过,中国保险业的创新行为并不是一种原创性的创新,而是一种模仿性、吸纳性创新,保险业迈向市场化的任何一步通常都被看作是一种创新。这也显示出中国保险业的相对弱势。面对经济全球化、信息一体化的趋势,以及国内保险市场的国际化竞争格局,同外资保险业相比,我国保险业的创新能力明显不足,风险防范乏力。中国保险业要想做大做强,并在日益激烈的市场竞争中立于不败之地,惟有进一步加强创新。 [关键词]保险业;创新;风险防范 [中图分类号] F840.3 [文献标识码] A [文章编号]1004-3306(2005)11-0026-03 Abstract: China’s insurance industry has been experiencing rapid development since it was resumed in 1980s, in which insurance innovation acts as the driving force. But, the innovation is not a pattern of pristine innovation, but an innovation based on imitation and absorbability, and every step toward the marketoriented operation is regarded as innovation, which shows the comparative disadvantages of China’s insurance industry. The trend of economic globalization, information integration and the internationalization of domestic insurance market give prominence to the weakness of innovation ability and risk prevention ability of China’s insurance industry, especially when comparing with foreign insurance companies. To get bigger and stronger and not been washed out by furious marketcompetition, China’s insurance industry’s only choice is to strengthen its ability of innovation. Key words: insurance industry; innovation; risk management