保险公司的投资活动迄今已有300多年的历史。早在1683年,英国火险社用地租作担保以抵偿火险索赔,被认为是保险公司进行投资活动的开端。到18世纪,随着股票市场等资本市场的发展,保险公司开始拓宽投资渠道,把保险资金投资于股票、政府公债、诸如东印度公司等公司债券以及以股票? The investment activities of insurers have been more than 300 years old. As early as 1683, the British Fire Agency used land rent as collateral to cover fire insurance claims and was considered the beginning of an insurance company’s investment activities. By the 18th century, with the development of capital markets such as the stock market, insurers began to broaden investment channels by investing insurance funds in stocks, government bonds, corporate bonds such as East India Company, and in equities?