Abstract:The uniqueness of insurance contracts and characteristics of insurance funds determine that insurance products are financial products with functions of protection, value appreciation, profit participation and investment. But the most significant difference between insurance products and banking, securities or mutual fund products is that in case of the occurrence of specified events insured by the insurance contract, the insured will receive an insurance benefit dozens of times, or even hundreds of times of the premium paid as a guarantee for financial integrity of him or ter. This is where the insurance industry differs from other types of financial services businesses. It also makes the insurance industry have an inborn advantage over the banking or securities industries. Along with development of insurance products, their functions are positioned farther and farther away from this fundamental characteristic. This paper proceeded from this phenomenon of deviation, analyzed its impacts on both parties to insurance contracts, and predicted from the actual situations that insurance products should return to their fundamental functions. Key words:insurance products; positioning; deviation; returning [编辑:郝焕婷]保险研究2008年增刊2