According to the status quo of the development of engineering insurance in our country,the author first analyzed ability requirements for the practitioners in the trade of engineering insurance;second,on the basis of ability requirements,the author summarized that the major of engineering insurance is an interdisciplinary course based on such majors as civil engineering,applied mathematics,science of insurance and engineering administration.As the business of engineering insurance has relatively high requirements for practitioners,the author at last put forward that professionals in engineering insurance should be fostered through postgraduate educmion.