(1) discipline construction. Since the rise of insurance education in China, there has been great controversy about its understanding and orientation in academic circles. One view is that the insurance discipline is a part of "big finance" and belongs to the financial professional discipline. Insurance and finance are closely related, especially under the background of mixed operation of financial industry, the insurance industry pays more and more attention to the use of funds, and the extensive application of actuarial technology emphasizes the "big finance" attribute of insurance discipline, which is conducive to strengthening the financial and mathematical foundation in insurance teaching, rationally allocating financial teaching resources and cultivating more financial and insurance talents for the country. Under the guidance of this idea, the insurance major was merged into the financial major, and most of the courses involved were financial and insurance knowledge. Another view is that insurance discipline should not be simply defined as financial discipline, which involves not only knowledge of economy, finance, mathematics and statistics, but also legal and various professional and technical knowledge. Therefore, the insurance subject is a compound subject and needs extensive teaching. Due to the differences in understanding and positioning, insurance majors are divided into different disciplines such as finance college, economics college, audit college, business college and insurance college.

(2) Curriculum. At present, the courses offered by insurance colleges in China can be divided into five categories: one is basic knowledge and basic skills, such as mathematics, foreign languages, computers and their applications, applied statistics, accounting and so on. The second is basic theory, such as macro and micro economics, political economy, philosophy, law and so on. Third, professional basic theories, such as insurance, monetary banking, finance, risk management, international finance, etc. Fourth, specialized insurance courses, such as property insurance, life insurance, marine insurance, reinsurance, actuarial life insurance, interest theory, health insurance, etc. (3) teacher allocation. After 25 years of development, China's insurance education has attracted more and more talents, and the number of teachers has become increasingly strong. According to statistics, as of 2004, there were 86 insurance colleges in China, with a total of 1 194 staff, including 160 professors, 4 13 associate professors, 45/kloc-0 lecturers and/kloc-0 assistants.

(4) Compilation of teaching materials. During the Eighth Five-Year Plan period, the People's Bank of China took the lead in compiling a set of Financial Textbooks for Colleges and Universities, in which the insurance textbooks not only reflected the popularization of insurance foundation, but also reflected the professional characteristics of property insurance, personal insurance and other types of insurance, which played an important role in the early insurance education and the training of insurance professionals in China. During the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, the Ministry of Education started the compilation of "2 1 century-oriented curriculum textbooks", and a number of new insurance backbone textbooks appeared and were selected for teaching. The new textbook not only inherits the theoretical basis of predecessors, but also summarizes and absorbs the development achievements of China's insurance theory and practice, and also draws lessons from the latest research contents of the international insurance industry. Other schools actively learn from the research results of foreign insurance theory and adopt excellent insurance original works in Europe and America for teaching. The situation of "a hundred flowers blossom" appeared in the main insurance textbooks, which enriched the content and vision of insurance teaching.

(5) personnel training. The number of colleges and universities offering insurance undergraduate majors or directions has increased year by year, and the number of students majoring in insurance has also increased significantly. By the end of 2004, there were 20,849 students in insurance colleges nationwide, including 242 doctors, 483 masters/kloc-0, 566 bachelors/kloc-0, 8,062 junior college students and 496 technical secondary schools.

(6) Education mode. At present, some experts divide domestic insurance education into several insurance education modes represented by Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Nankai University and Wuhan University. See Table 2) Due to the different conditions such as school history and resource endowment, these models show different characteristics.

In addition to the above model, there is a special insurance education model, namely the insurance vocational college model located in Changsha, Hunan. The College was restructured from China Insurance Management Cadre College, and was established in 1986. At present, it is headed by China Life Insurance (Group) Company and China Reinsurance (Group) Company, and its business is managed by Hunan Education Department, which integrates academic education and on-the-job training. Among them, adult higher education has two forms: full-time full-time and correspondence, with undergraduate and junior college levels * * 10. There are more than 20 majors and nearly 3000 students in general higher education.

Training objectives

This major trains senior insurance talents who meet the requirements of modernization and internationalization of China's insurance industry and have theoretical knowledge and business skills in insurance, insurance business and management, financial investment and so on. , and can engage in marketing, commercial insurance business management, social insurance fund operation management, insurance supervision and other practical and scientific research work.

Training requirements

Students in this major should master the basic theories and knowledge of economic disciplines; Master the basic insurance theory, business knowledge and skills systematically; Familiar with the laws, regulations and policies in China insurance field; Understand the history, present situation and development trend of insurance theory and practice at home and abroad; Strong ability to analyze and solve practical problems and preliminary scientific research ability; Proficient in a foreign language, with strong foreign language reading ability and considerable foreign language listening, speaking, writing and translation ability, able to use foreign languages to obtain professional information; Can skillfully use computers to engage in business work.

Cultivate characteristics

Through theoretical teaching, students can systematically master the basic knowledge, basic theory and insurance business skills, and gain theoretical knowledge in economy, management, finance and finance. Through practical teaching, students' comprehensive insurance business ability and basic skills of securities investment are cultivated.

main course

Political economy, microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, international economics, accounting, statistics, foreign languages, advanced mathematics, monetary banking, insurance principles, risk management, property insurance, life insurance, reinsurance, actuarial principles, non-life insurance actuarial, life insurance actuarial, insurance enterprise management, insurance fund management and operation, financial management, economic law, civil law, insurance law and maritime law.

Opportunities for further study

Accounting, international trade, statistics, business management and other disciplines related to this major all have the right to grant master's degrees, and these majors all have research directions related to this major. The college also has a doctoral degree authorization point for economic system analysis and management.

Employment situation

Graduates of this major have a good employment situation. Graduates can engage in the marketing and management of insurance business in Chinese and foreign commercial insurance companies; Can be engaged in macro insurance management in social security institutions, central banks, relevant regulatory agencies and other government economic management departments; You can also engage in related management and research work in foreign trade companies and other enterprises and institutions.

National Insurance Universities Rank School Name Level Number of Kaiben Professional Schools 1 Central University of Finance and Economics 5★852 Nankai University 5★853 China Renmin University 5★854 university of international business and economics 5★855 Southwestern University of Finance and Economics 4★856 Wuhan University 4★857 Zhongshan University 4★858 East China University of Science and Technology 4★859 Shandong University 4★85 10 Tianjin University 0/0 Liaoning University 4★85 12 Shanxi University of Finance and Economics 4★85 13 Peking University 4★85 14 Fudan University 4★85 15 Hebei University of Economics and Business 4★85 16 Zhongnan University of Economics and Law 4★ 85/kloc-0.