Abstract: This article focuses on the practical needs of the insurance industry reform for the cultivation of innovative talents, exploring the integration path and effective link of teaching reform in insurance majors in universities to empower the development of the insurance industry and the cultivation of innovative talents. This article first deeply analyzes the development and talent profile of China's insurance industry, highlighting the profound significance of insurance professional teaching reform. Based on this, it proposes a multidimensional collaborative practice path from six aspects: updating curriculum concepts, updating knowledge systems, promoting industry education integration through school enterprise cooperation, rooting in risk management education, empowering teaching reform with interdisciplinary development paradigms, and building a systematic innovation and entrepreneurship practice platform. It is hoped that this will promote the optimization of the training program for composite and innovative talents in China's insurance industry in the high-quality development stage, and meet the needs of industry talents.

Key words: Insurance industry, Reform in teaching, Innovation, Talent cultivation, Collaborative development, Practical path