A new method to break down insurance costs into risk and uncertainty.
problem Understanding and quantifying insurance costs in uncertain environments.
method An axiomatic approach to decompose premium principles into risk and deviation measures.
result Maximal risk and minimal deviation measures can be uniquely identified in decompositions.
The net-premium principle is considered to be the most genuine and fair premium principle in actuarial applications. However, an insurance company, applying the net-premium principle, goes bankrupt with probability one in the long run, even if the company covers its entire costs by collecting the respective fees from i…
We consider the concept of equilibrium in economic systems from statistical mechanics viewpoint. A new method is suggested for computing the premium on this basis. The Bühlmann economic premium principle is derived as a special case of our method.
A new insurance and reinsurance pricing scheme based on realized loss.
problem Determining fair and risk-adjusted insurance premiums.
method Performance-based variable premium scheme with random initial premium adjusted based on realized loss.
result The variable premium scheme reduces reinsurer's total risk exposure compared to expected-value premium.
Optimal insurance strategy for maximizing RDEU under various premium principles.
problem Maximizing a risk-averse individual's RDEU with insurance priced by a distortion-deviation principle.
method Proved necessary and sufficient conditions for the optimal solution, considered ambiguity orders, and analyzed specific examples.
result Conditions for no insurance or deductible insurance to be optimal.
The risk premium of a policy is the sum of the pure premium and the risk loading. In the classification ratemaking process, generalized linear models are usually used to calculate pure premiums, and various premium principles are applied to derive the risk loadings. No matter which premium principle is used, some risk …
Study optimal reinsurance contracts to prevent moral hazard under non-concave premium principles.
problem Preventing moral hazard in reinsurance contracts under non-concave premium principles.
method Develops optimal reinsurance contracts under a diffusion risk model with incentive compatibility constraints and extended distortion premium principles.
result An optimal reinsurance contract exists and is characterized by solving a double obstacle problem.
We present in this paper a new premium computation principle based on the use of prior information from multiple sources for computing the premium charged to a policyholder. Under this framework, based on the use of Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) operators, we propose alternative collective and Bayes premiums and des…
The paper examines how risk reduction and insurance choices interact under convex premium principles.
problem Interaction between self-protection and insurance demand under convex premium principles.
method Investigates optimal prevention efforts and insurance shares using distortion risk measures.
result Self-protection and insurance are complementary, but ex ante moral hazard can turn this into a substitution effect.
We investigate a variety of stability properties of Haezendonck-Goovaerts premium principles on their natural domain, namely Orlicz spaces. We show that such principles always satisfy the Fatou property. This allows to establish a tractable dual representation without imposing any condition on the reference Orlicz func…
The study analyzes how bonus-malus systems and delayed claims settlement affect insurance companies' financial stability.
problem Analyzing the impact of bonus-malus systems and delayed claims settlement on insurance companies' financial stability.
method Examined a discrete-time risk model with time-varying premiums, evaluating two types of claims and settlement delays.
result Delayed settlement of by-claims leads to lower ruin probabilities under specific assumptions.
We consider the insurance company as a physical system which is immersed in its environment (the financial market). The insurer company interacts with the market by exchanging the money through the payments for loss claims and receiving the premium. Here in the equilibrium state we obtain the premium by using the canon…
We use the maximum entropy principle for pricing the non-life insurance and recover the Bühlmann results for the economic premium principle. The concept of economic equilibrium is revised in this respect.
The paper explores optimal insurance contracts using various deviation measures.
problem Optimal insurance contracts with mean-deviation measures.
method Study of convex signed Choquet integrals and standard deviation as deviation measures, analyzing premium principles like expected value, Value-at-Risk, and Expected Shortfall.
result Characterization of optimal indemnities and deductibles under different premium principles.
In this paper, we study an insurer's reinsurance-investment problem under a mean-variance criterion. We show that excess-loss is the unique equilibrium reinsurance strategy under a spectrally negative Lévy insurance model when the reinsurance premium is computed according to the expected value premium principle. Furthe…
The paper examines optimal insurance design using Lambda-Value-at-Risk.
problem Optimal insurance design based on Lambda-Value-at-Risk.
method Analyzes optimal insurance solutions using Lambda-Value-at-Risk and closed-form expressions.
result Truncated stop-loss indemnity is optimal under certain conditions.
Study models weather index insurance pricing by insurers and farmers, finding flexible pricing kernels boost profits.
problem Monopoly pricing of weather index insurance with risk and flexibility considerations.
method Bowley-type sequential game with insurer and farmer, using neural networks for farmer's payoff.
result Flexible pricing kernels increase insurer profits closer to indemnity insurance levels.
Characterizes measures preserving compound mixed renewal process properties.
problem Preserving compound mixed renewal process properties under different probability measures.
method Characterization of progressively equivalent probability measures.
result Any compound mixed renewal process can be converted into a compound mixed Poisson process through a change of measures.
Study optimal reinsurance strategies in a game between insurer and two reinsurers.
problem Optimal reinsurance strategies in a competitive market.
method Stochastic game theory, Stackelberg model, Nash game, time-inconsistent control problem, extended Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation.
result Equilibrium reinsurance strategies and premiums found for exponential claim size.
We develop a pricing rule for life insurance under stochastic mortality in an incomplete market by assuming that the insurance company requires compensation for its risk in the form of a pre-specified instantaneous Sharpe ratio. Our valuation formula satisfies a number of desirable properties, many of which it shares w…
Optimal insurance minimizes ruin probability with non-decreasing functions.
problem Minimizing ruin probability with insurance premiums and non-decreasing functions.
method Reformulated problem with inverse survival function as control variable.
result Deductible insurance with maximum limit is optimal.
Model evaluates insurance risk using thermodynamic principles.
problem Risk of lapses due to adverse selection in insurance.
method Collective model with diffusion process influenced by statistical mechanics.
result Derives level premium to evaluate insurance risk.
The paper solves an insurance problem using mean-variance and rank-dependent utility theory.
problem Formulating and solving an insurance problem with rank-dependent utility and mean-variance premium principle.
method Formulated as a non-concave maximization problem, then turned into a concave quantile optimization problem, solved using calculus of variations.
result An optimal insurance contract is derived and numerically computed.
Recent theoretical results establish that time-consistent valuations (i.e. pricing operators) can be created by backward iteration of one-period valuations. In this paper we investigate the continuous-time limits of well-known actuarial premium principles when such backward iteration procedures are applied. We show tha…
Distortion (Denneberg 1990) is a well known premium calculation principle for insurance contracts. In this paper, we study sensitivity properties of distortion functionals w.r.t. the assumptions for risk aversion as well as robustness w.r.t. ambiguity of the loss distribution. Ambiguity is measured by the Wasserstein d…
Optimal insurance contracts are designed to screen risk preferences and risk types under asymmetric information.
problem Designing optimal insurance contracts under asymmetric information and risk types.
method Constructing a menu of contracts that maximizes mean-variance utilities, subject to truth-telling constraints.
result Equilibrium contracts exhibit nonlinear pricing with decreasing risk loadings, inducing self-selection.
New method for risk quantification using quantile processes and measure distortions.
problem Risk quantification and valuation in financial markets.
method Develops a novel stochastic valuation principle based on probability measure distortions induced by quantile processes.
result Introduces a system of subjective probability measures that indexes a stochastic valuation principle susceptible to probability measure distortions.
The study reveals unspanned risks in equity option risk premiums, explaining negative premiums for certain options.
problem Explaining negative risk premiums for certain equity option types.
method Developed a decomposition of equity option risk premiums, operationalized the pricing kernel process, and incorporated unspanned risks.
result Empirical evidence supports the presence of unspanned risks, explaining negative risk premiums for certain options.
The paper is motivated by a problem concerning the monotonicity of insurance premiums with respect to their loading parameter: the larger the parameter, the larger the insurance premium is expected to be. This property, usually called loading monotonicity, is satisfied by premiums that appear in the literature. The inc…
Examines US equity risk premiums amid COVID-19.
problem Analyzing equity risk premiums during the pandemic.
method Not specified in the abstract.
result Not specified in the abstract.
Develops asset pricing models with mean field game theory for heterogeneous agents.
problem Tackles equilibrium asset pricing in incomplete markets with heterogeneous agents.
method Uses mean field game theory and mean field backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs).
result Derives equilibrium risk premium and shows market clearing in the large population limit.
In this paper, we study two classes of optimal reinsurance models from perspectives of both insurers and reinsurers by minimizing their convex combination where the risk is measured by a distortion risk measure and the premium is given by a distortion premium principle. Firstly, we show that how optimal reinsurance mod…
Study aims to measure and mitigate biases in motor insurance pricing.
problem Ethical biases in motor insurance pricing that affect fairness and regulatory compliance.
method Statistical methodologies and data analysis to measure and mitigate biases.
result Developed tools to measure and mitigate ethical biases in motor insurance pricing.
In this work we investigate the optimal proportional reinsurance-investment strategy of an insurance company which wishes to maximize the expected exponential utility of its terminal wealth in a finite time horizon. Our goal is to extend the classical Cramer-Lundberg model introducing a stochastic factor which affects …
Dynamic reinsurance minimizes insurer's cost of capital over time.
problem Minimizing insurer's cost of capital in a dynamic reinsurance setting.
method Dynamic extension of the static optimal reinsurance problem, viewed as a risk-sensitive Markov Decision Process.
result Existence of a stationary Markovian optimal reinsurance policy under an infinite planning horizon.
Botswana's agricultural credit scheme is unsustainable and needs reform.
problem The current scheme is unsustainable and based on flawed actuarial principles.
method Proposes a new subsidy and premium rate setting method considering non-drought years.
result A sustainable agricultural credit guarantee scheme is recommended.
We determine the optimal amount of life insurance for a household of two wage earners. We consider the simple case of exponential utility, thereby removing wealth as a factor in buying life insurance, while retaining the relationship among life insurance, income, and the probability of dying and thus losing that income…
Improved control approach for correlated bandits with better performance.
problem General multi-armed bandit problem with correlated elements.
method Introducing entropy regularisation to obtain a smooth asymptotic approximation of the value function, leading to a semi-index approximation of the optimal decision process.
result Performance of Asymptotic Randomised Control (ARC) algorithm compares favorably with other approaches.
Proposes a fix for IRS calculation of Obamacare tax credits.
problem IRS iteration leads to divergent sequences for some self-employed taxpayers.
method Introduces a bisection procedure to calculate premium tax credits.
result Bisection procedure works for simple tax returns and those receiving credits in advance.
Derives a size premium from automated market makers in decentralized AI subnets.
problem Determining the profitability and risk of decentralized AI subnets.
method Analyzes daily data on 128 subnets, tests the size premium, and calculates transaction costs.
result The size premium is reduced by a halving of token emissions but remains profitable only below a certain asset threshold.
Endogenous reinsurance pricing in large insurance markets
problem Endogenous reinsurance pricing in large insurance markets
method Stackelberg leader and insurer equilibrium analysis
result Characterization of insurers' equilibrium retention and Stackelberg equilibria
Introduces an unobservable intrinsic electricity price to link storage theory with risk premium.
problem Connecting storage theory with risk premium in electricity markets.
method Introduces an unobservable intrinsic electricity price and derives prices for various contracts.
result Finds an overall negative risk premium in empirical analysis.
We investigate, focusing on the ruin probability, an adaptation of the Cramer-Lundberg model for the surplus process of an insurance company, in which, conditionally on their intensities, the two mixed Poisson processes governing the arrival times of the premiums and of the claims respectively, are independent. Such a …
New model solves equity premium puzzle with risk aversion coefficient.
problem Equity premium puzzle in financial markets.
method Developed a new model incorporating investor risk behavior, tested with specific coefficients.
result Validated model with empirical studies, confirming coefficient of 1.033526.
SPAC data shows premium investors get better terms, non-premium get quid pro quo deals.
problem Agency problems and informational frictions in securities issuance.
method Analysis of SPAC data to identify premium and non-premium investors.
result Non-premium investors engage in quid pro quo relationships with issuers and intermediaries.
We present an analytical study of an insurance company. We model the company's performance on a statistical basis and evaluate the predicted annual income of the company in terms of insurance parameters namely the premium, total number of the insured, average loss claims etc. We restrict ourselves to a single insurance…
Analyzes premium data of Indian non-life insurers, finding GEV distribution best fits Lognormal and GEV extremes.
problem Modeling premiums of non-life insurance companies in India.
method Empirical analysis using Lognormal, GEV, and GPD distributions.
result Generalized Extreme Value distribution best fits premium data for ten Indian non-life insurers.
New model solves equity premium puzzle.
problem Equity premium puzzle regarding risk behavior of investors.
method Developed a new tool called the sufficiency factor to analyze risk behavior of investors.
result Validated the new model with a coefficient of relative risk aversion of 1.033526.