美国的保险业十分兴隆发达,规模堪与银行业相比,其业务从人寿保险、健康保险到汽车保险、责任保险无所不有,关系着千家万户、方方面面。这个行业的大本营在哈特福德(Hartford),近四十家保险公司的总部聚集于此,雇用职工达4万人之多。而这个城市本身只有12.4万居民,众多的保险企业为哈特福德带来了“美国保险业之都”的称誉。 The insurance industry in the United States is very prosperous and developed. Compared with the banking industry, its insurance business covers everything from life insurance, health insurance to automobile insurance and liability insurance, and it affects every household and every aspect. The industry headquarters is home to nearly 40 insurers in Hartford, employing about 40,000 people. The city itself has only 124,000 inhabitants, and numerous insurance companies have earned Hartford the reputation of “the capital of the U.S. insurance industry.”