[摘要]随着《国务院关于保险业改革发展的若干意见》的出台,金融混业经营的步伐越来越快,投资渠道进一步开放。在现行环境下,中国保险监管机构如何结合国际保险监管的发展,全面监管保险公司风险以及保险公司如何科学地管理风险,对这些问题的研究,已经迫在眉睫。目前,许多行业开始利用经济资本的技术,描述、量化和管理公司所面临的风险。对保险公司而言,经济资本不仅能有效解决旧的偿付能力监管问题,而且,保险公司还可以运用经济资本加强风险管理和资本管理,使资本分配更有效率,使绩效评估更加合理和完善,使保险产品的定价更为科学并优化产品价值管理。 [关键词]经济资本;保险监管;风险管理 [中图分类号] F840.32 [文献标识码] A [文章编号]1004-3306(2006)12-0047-03 Abstract: Along with the issue of “State Council’s Opinions on Reform and Development of the Insurance Industry”, the pace of crossoperation among financial services industries has picked up and investment channels keeps broadening. Under this environment, it has become an urgent task for the insurance regulators and insurance companies to study the question of how to manage insurance risks scientifically with a consideration of experiences and practices of foreign insurance regulators and companies. Currently, many industries have adopted the economic capital technique to describe, quantify and manage their risks. For insurance companies, the method of economic capital can not only solve the problems engendered by the solvency margin regulation method, but can strengthen insurers’ risk management and capital management, making capital allocation more efficient, performance appraisal more rational, product pricing more scientific, and product value management more optimized. Key words:economic capital; insurance regulation; risk management