Insurance refers to the commercial insurance behavior in which the applicant pays the insurance premium to the insurer according to the contract, and the insurer bears the responsibility of paying the insurance premium for the property losses caused by the possible accidents agreed in the contract, or when the insured dies, suffers from disability, illness or reaches the age and time limit agreed in the contract.
From the perspective of economics, insurance is a financial arrangement to share the loss of accidents; From the legal point of view, insurance is a contractual act, a contractual arrangement in which one party agrees to compensate the other party for losses.
From a social point of view, insurance is an important part of the social and economic security system and a "subtle stabilizer" for social production and social life; From the perspective of risk management, insurance is a method of risk management.