[摘要]保险委付是指保险事故的发生致使保险标的处于推定全损状态时,被保险人明确表示将保险标的的全部权利转移给保险人,而请求保险人赔偿全部保险金的行为。海上保险委付应海上风险的特殊性及海上保险的特殊需要,为谋求实际便利而生,是海上保险关系制度化的产物。海上保险委付制度根植于保险学基础与民法学基础中,究其保险学基础,在于保险损失补偿原则;究其民法学基础,在于意思自治及其限制。纵观世界保险业发展史,海上保险委付自问世以来即以其保障被保险人利益、发挥物的效用、促进海上保险业发展三大卓越品格与价值,对各国海上保险业和保险立法发挥着不容忽视的影响力。 [关键词]海上保险委付;理论基础;制度价值 [中图分类号] D922.284 [文献标识码] A [文章编号]1004-3306(2007)10-0085-03 Abstract: Insurance abandonment refers to that occurrence of insured event lead to the insured property in a state of constructive total loss, and the insured explicitly transfers the total rights on the property to the insurer and request the latter to compensate with the total amount of insurance benefit. The insurance abandonment clause is created for the convenience of operation in response to the uniqueness of marine risks and the special requirements of marine insurance. It is a product of the institutionalization of marine insurance relationship. Insurance abandonment has its root in the basis of the science of insurance and civil law. It takes the loss compensation principle from the science of insurance and the selfgovernance and restriction principles from the civil law. Over the history of the insurance industry in the world, the insurance abandonment clause has a significant impact on various countries′ marine insurance industry and insurance legislation due to its characteristics and values regarding protecting the insured′s benefits and promoting the insurance industry′s development. Key words:marine insurance abandonment; theoretical analysis; system value