试析近代买办对民族保险业的投资和经营

晚清时期,随着西方保险业的传入、近代保险思想在华的传播和民族资本主义工商业的迅猛发展,中国的民族保险业应运而生。买办是活动于近代中西贸易之间的新型商人,自身的投机性、民族性和保险业的高额利润使其成为投资于民族保险业的首批华商。买办对民族保险业的投资和经营,给中国保险业的成长注入了活力,为民族工商业的发展创造了有利的经济环境,但买办经营的局限性也显现其中。

The Compradors'''' Investment and Management of the Insurance from 1840 to 1919 in China

National insurance in China took birth with the introduction of western insurance, the spreading of the idea of insurance in China and the prosperity of the national industry and commerce. The compradors were a new type of businessmen who were active in the trade between the west and Chinese businessmen. 'They became the first Chinese investors of the national insurance because of their adventurousness, nationality and the high interest in the industry. The compradors ' investment and management of the national insurance added some new energy to the development of the insurance of China and they created favorable economic circumstance for the development of the national industry and commerce. However, the limitation of the management was also exposed.