Since 2009,China has implemented the pilot policy of central financial premium subsidy for forest insurance,the area and scale of forest insurance premiums have been expanding,and Henan Province has begun to implement the pilot work of forest insurance since 2012.Taking Henan Province as an example,this paper summarizes the development of forest insurance and the current development dilemma.The results show that since the pilot,the coverage rate of forest insurance in Henan Province has increased steadily,but the development of public welfare forest insurance and commercial forest insurance is relatively unbalanced,the insured area and participation rate of com-mercial forest insurance have been at a low level for a long time,the current forest insurance products are difficult to meet the actual risk management needs,the overall loss ratio of forest insurance is low,and the insurance risk compensation function and product innovation ability need to be improved ur-gently.Therefore,this paper puts forward countermeasures and suggestions from the aspects of opti-mizing the operation mechanism of forest insurance,innovating insurance products,improving insur-ance pricing methods,and improving the quality of insurance services,so as to provide reference for the high-quality development of forest insurance in Henan Province and the whole country.