本教材共分为10章,内容包括风险与保险、保险与保险的职能、保险的基本原理、国外保险市场、保险公司的组织形式、再保险、保险监管等。为了便于学生学习,特意在每章编排了英语词汇,同时也编排了课文注解、练习等。学生通过对本教材的学习,能提高阅读金融与保险英文原著的能力,获得有关金融与保险的理论并熟悉相关实务,从而为未来的学习和工作打下坚实的基础。
本教材是金融保险专业学生的必读教材,亦可作为涉外保险工作者的培训教材、各保险公司高层次专业人员出国培训教材以及专业英语选拔考试专用参考教材,同时也适用于高等院校英语专业的学生以及热爱保险的学生。

Chapter1 Risk and Insurance
Section1 The Concept of Risk
Section2 Thet Concet of Insurance
Chapter2 The Basic Principle of Insurance-Insurable Interest
Section1 The Definition of Insurable Interest
Section2 The Application of Insurable Interest
Section3 When Must Insurable Interest Exist?
Section4 Common Features Insurable Interest
Chapter3 The Basic Principle of Insurance-Indemnity and Contribution
Section1 Indemnity
Section2 Contribution
Chapter4 Subrogation and Proximate Cause
Section1 Subrogation
Section2 Proximate Cause
Chapter5 Utmost Good Faith
Section1 Definition of Utmost Good Faith
Section2 Duration of the Duty of Disclosure
Section3 Representations and Warranties
Section4 Breach of the Doctrine of Utmost Good Faith
Section5 Remedies for Breach of Utmost Good Faith
Chapter6 Insurance Contract
Section1 Definition of General Contract
Section2 Definition of Insurance Contract
Section3 The Form of Insurance Contract
Section4 The Main Body,and the Objects of Insurance Contract
Section5 The Contents of Insurance Contract
Section6 The Conclusion of Insurance Contract
Chapter7 Insurance Market
Section1 London Insurance Market
Section2 London Insurance Companies
Section3 London Insurance Organizations
Section4 Insurance Intermediaries
Section5 Recent Changes in London Insurance Market
Chapter8 Reinsurance
Chapter9 The Structure of Foreign Insurance Companies
Chapter10 Regulations of Insruance Industry
Appendix
参考书目