[摘要]只有保险业自身和谐,才能在构建和谐社会中发挥重要作用。在推进和谐社会建设中,保险业要研究自身的站位和着力点,发挥自身的风险分摊、损失补偿和社会管理功能。市场是保险同业人赖以生存的基础,只有大家齐心协力爱护市场、建设市场、发展市场,集合各种形式所有制的保险主体共同发展,才能挖掘保险业潜力,为和谐社会建设贡献自己的力量。 [关键词]和谐社会;保险功能;责任保险;市场建设 [中图分类号] F840.32 [文献标识码] A [文章编号]1004-3306(2007)02-0033-02 Abstract: The insurance industry can play its role in creation of a harmonious society only when it is harmonious itself. In the promoting of the construction of a harmonious society, the insurance industry should make a careful study of its role and focus, and fully display its strengths in risk spreading, loss compensation and social management. The market is where all insurance companies operate. Only by concertedly taking care of the market, building up the market and developing the market, and seeking mutual development of insurance companies of all types of ownership, can the industry fully explore its potential of development and contribute duly to the construction of a harmonious society. Key words:harmonious society; social function; liability insurance; market construction