[摘要]自1980年恢复办理国内业务以来,我国的保险业经历了一个迅速发展的过程。最初的保险市场是中国人保独家经营,经过20多年的发展,我国保险市场的竞争主体不断增加,已经形成了一个体系相对成熟、具有高度竞争性的保险市场。保险协作在某种意义上提高了市场的运行效率。保险协作主要体现在保险行业主体之间的协作、保险行业与非保险行业主体之间的协作等方面。 [关键词]保险协作;寡头竞争;市场效率 [中图分类号] F840.32 [文献标识码] A [文章编号]1004-3306(2007)07-0030-03 Abstract: Ever since China resumed domestic insurance business from 1980, the insurance industry has gone through a period of fast growth. Originally, there was only one insurance company, namely, PICC, operating in China’s insurance market. Twenty years later, the number of insurers has increased significantly and a more mature and highly competitive insurance market has emerged. The formation of the current competitive landscape is mostly due to some insurers’ market size orientation with no regard of business profitability. Cooperation will, to some extent, enhance market efficiency. There are cooperation within the insurance sector, cooperation between the insurance sector and the car service and repair businesses, and cooperation between the insurance industry and the postal savings institutions. Key words:insurance cooperation; oligopoly competition; market efficiency