再保险,作为保险的保险,是保险行业发展的必然产物。同保险起源于海上保险一样,再保险也起源于海上保险的再保险,后来发展至火灾保险的再保险和人身保险的再保险以及其他财产保险的再保险。再保险和保险一样,对分散风险,保障经济和稳定社会方面起着积极而重要的作用。英国的再保险法律制度,除少量受成文法调整外,绝大多数是普通法中的判例制度。经过长期积 Reinsurance, insurance as insurance, is the inevitable product of the insurance industry. Like insurance originated in marine insurance, reinsurance also originated in marine insurance reinsurance, and later developed into fire reinsurance and life insurance reinsurance and other property insurance reinsurance. Reinsurance, like insurance, plays a positive and important role in diversifying risks, safeguarding the economy and stabilizing society. In the United Kingdom, the legal system of reinsurance, except for a small amount of statutory adjustment, is mostly the common law jurisprudence system. After a long period plot