Dividend payments with a threshold strategy in the compound Poisson risk model perturbed by diffusion

In the absence of dividends, the surplus of an insurance company is modelled by a compound Poisson process perturbed by diffusion. Dividends are paid at a constant rate whenever the modified surplus is above the threshold, otherwise no dividends are paid. Two integro-differential equations for the expected discounted dividend payments prior to ruin are derived and closed-form solutions are given. Accordingly, the Gerber–Shiu expected discounted penalty function and some ruin related functionals, the probability of ultimate ruin, the time of ruin and the surplus before ruin and the deficit at ruin, are considered and their analytic expressions are given by general solution formulas. Finally the moment-generating function of the total discounted dividends until ruin is discussed.     

On a Dual Risk Model Perturbed by Diffusion with Dividend Threshold

In the dual risk model, the surplus process of a company is a L′evy process with sample paths that are skip-free downwards. In this paper, the authors assume that the surplus process is the sum of a compound Poisson process and an independent Wiener process. The dual of the jump-diffusion risk model under a threshold dividend strategy is discussed. The authors derive a set of two integro-differential equations satisfied by the expected total discounted dividend until ruin. The cases where profits follow an exponential or mixtures of exponential distributions are solved. Applying the key method of the Laplace transform, the authors show how the integro-differential equations are solved. The authors also discuss the conditions for optimality and show how an optimal dividend threshold can be calculated as well.     

The Risk Model with Interest,Liquid Reserves and a Constant Dividend Barrier

In this paper, we consider the compound Poisson surplus model with interest, liquid reserves and a constant dividend barrier. When the surplus of an insurer is below a fixed level, the surplus is kept as liquid reserves, which does not earn interest. When the surplus attains the level, the surplus will receive interest at a constant rate. When the surplus hits another fixed higher lever, the excess of the surplus over this higher level will be distributed to the shareholders as dividends. We derive a system of integro-differential equations for the Gerber-Shiu discounted penalty function and obtain the solutions to these integro-differential equations. In the case where the claim sizes are exponential distributed, we get the exact solutions of zero discounted Gerber-Shiu function. We also get the integro-differential equation for the expectation of the discounted dividends until ruin which is the key to discuss the optimal dividend barrier. And we give the exact solution in the special case with exponential claim sizes.     

Constant barrier strategies in a two-state Markov-modulated dual risk model

In this paper,we consider the dividend problem in a two-state Markov-modulated dual risk model,in which the gain arrivals,gain sizes and expenses are influenced by a Markov process.A system of integrodifferential equations for the expected value of the discounted dividends until ruin is derived.In the case of exponential gain sizes,the equations are solved and the best barrier is obtained via numerical example.Finally,using numerical example,we compare the best barrier and the expected discounted dividends in the two-state Markov-modulated dual risk model with those in an associated averaged compound Poisson risk model.Numerical results suggest that one could use the results of the associated averaged compound Poisson risk model to approximate those for the two-state Markov-modulated dual risk model.     

The compound Poisson process perturbed by a diffusion with a threshold dividend strategy

In this paper, we consider the compound Poisson process perturbed by a diffusion in the presence of the so‐called threshold dividend strategy. Within this framework, we prove the twice continuous differentiability of the expected discounted value of all dividends until ruin. We also derive integro‐differential equations for the expected discounted value of all dividends until ruin and obtain explicit expressions for the solution to the equations. Along the same line, we establish explicit expressions for the Laplace transform of the time of ruin and the Laplace transform of the aggregate dividends until ruin. In the case of exponential claims, some examples are provided. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

阈值分红策略下带常利率的对偶风险模型

研究了常利率下基于对偶复合泊松模型带阈值的分红策略,给出了公司在破产时累积红利期望现值函数的两个积分-微分方程,分情况讨论了收益服从指数分布时的显示表达式,以及服从一般分布时的拉普拉斯变换表达式.     

The expectation of aggregate discounted dividends for a Sparre Anderson risk process perturbed by diffusion

In this paper, we study the expectation of aggregate dividends until ruin for a Sparre Andersen risk process perturbed by diffusion under a threshold strategy, in which claim waiting times have a common generalized Erlang(n) distribution. For this strategy, we assume that if the surplus is above certain threshold level before ruin, dividends are continuously paid at a constant rate that does not exceed the premium rate, and if not, no dividends are paid. We obtain some integro-differential equations satisfied by the expected discounted dividends, and further its renewal equations. Finally, applying these results to the Erlang(2) risk model perturbed by diffusion, where claims have a common exponential distributions, we give some explicit expressions and numerical analysis. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Dividend problems in the dual model with diffusion and exponentially distributed observation time

Consider dividend problems in the dual model with diffusion and exponentially distributed observation time where dividends are paid according to a barrier strategy. Assume that dividends can only be paid with a certain probability at each point of time, that is, on each observation, if the surplus exceeds the barrier, the excess is paid as dividend. In this paper, integro-differential equations for the expected discounted sum of dividends paid until ruin and the Laplace transform of ruin time are derived. When the gains are exponentially distributed, explicit expressions for the ruin probability, the expected discounted sum of dividends paid until ruin, the Laplace transform of ruin time and the expectation of ruin time are also obtained.     

On the time value of absolute ruin with tax

Consider a compound Poisson surplus process of an insurer with debit interest and tax payments. When the portfolio is in a profitable situation, the insurer may pay a certain proportion of the premium income as tax payments. When the portfolio is below zero, the insurer could borrow money at a debit interest rate to continue his/her business. Meanwhile, the insurer will repay the debts from his/her premium income. The negative surplus may return to a positive level except that the surplus is below a certain critical level. In the latter case, we say that absolute ruin occurs. In this paper, we discuss absolute ruin quantities by defining an expected discounted penalty function at absolute ruin. First, a system of integro-differential equations satisfied by the expected discounted penalty function is derived. Second, closed-form expressions for the expected discounted total sum of tax payments until absolute ruin and the Laplace-Stieltjes transform (LST) of the total duration of negative surplus are obtained. Third, for exponential individual claims, closed-form expressions for the absolute ruin probability, the LST of the time to absolute ruin, the distribution function of the deficit at absolute ruin and the expected accumulated discounted tax are given. Fourth, for general individual claim distributions, when the initial surplus goes to infinity, we show that the ratio of the absolute ruin probability with tax to that without tax goes to a positive constant which is greater than one. Finally, we investigate the asymptotic behavior of the absolute ruin probability of a modified risk model where the interest rate on a positive surplus is involved.     

Parisian ruin with a threshold dividend strategy under the dual Lévy risk model

We consider the threshold dividend strategy where a company’s surplus process is described by the dual Lévy risk model. Namely, the company chooses to pay dividends at a constant rate only when the surplus is above some nonnegative threshold. Classically, such a company is referred to be ruined immediately when the surplus level becomes negative. Recently, researchers investigate the Parisian ruin problem where the company is allowed to operate under negative surplus for a predetermined period known as the Parisian delay. With the help of the fluctuation identities of spectrally negative Lévy processes, we obtain an explicit expression of the expected discounted dividends until Parisian ruin in terms of the relevant scale functions and certain probabilities that need to be evaluated for each specific Lévy process. The optimal threshold level under such a threshold dividend strategy is deduced. Applications and numerical examples are given to illustrate the theoretical results and examine how the expected discounted aggregate dividends and the optimal threshold level change in response to different Parisian delays.     

On the Gerber-Shiu Function and Optimal Dividend Strategy for a Thinning Risk Model

In this paper, the risk model under constant dividend barrier strategy is studied, in which the premium income follows a compound Poisson process and the arrival of the claims is a p-thinning process of the premium arrival process. The integral equations with boundary conditions for the expected discounted aggregate dividend payments and the expected discounted penalty function until ruin are derived. In addition, the explicit expressions for the Laplace transform of the ruin time and the expected aggregate discounted dividend payments until ruin are given when the individual stochastic premium amount and claim amount are exponentially distributed. Finally, the optimal barrier is presented under the condition of maximizing the expectation of the difference between discounted aggregate dividends until ruin and the deficit at ruin.     

马氏相依风险模型红利折现的矩

该文讨论常数红利边界下的马氏相依模型的矩的问题. 首先, 推导出破产前全部红利的折现期望、红利折现的高阶矩所满足的积分-微分方程组及相应的边界条件. 然后, 通过构造特殊的初始条件, 利用Laplace变换, 在给定的一类索赔分布下, 得到上面方程组的显式解. 最后, 给出两状态下指数索赔的数值计算结果.     

The perturbed compound Poisson risk model with constant interest and a threshold dividend strategy

In this paper, we consider the compound Poisson risk model perturbed by diffusion with constant interest and a threshold dividend strategy. Integro-differential equations with certain boundary conditions for the moment-generation function and the nth moment of the present value of all dividends until ruin are derived. We also derive integro-differential equations with boundary conditions for the Gerber-Shiu functions. The special case that the claim size distribution is exponential is considered in some detail.     

随机保费模型下绝对破产概率的可微性以及渐近性（英文）

本文研究了具有随机保费收入的风险模型的Gerber-Shiu罚金函数的可微性以及渐近性质,随机保费收入通过一个复合泊松过程刻画.本文得到了Gerber-Shiu函数所满足的积分微分方程,给出了Gerber-Shiu罚金函数二次可微与三次可微的充分条件.当所讨论的罚金函数是三次可微的时候,前述积分微分方程可以转化为一般的常微分方程.利用常微分方程的标准方法,当个体随机保费和随机理赔都是指数分布的时候,得到了绝对破产概率在初始盈余趋向于无穷大时的渐近性质.     

Optimal choice of dividend barriers for a risk process with stochastic return on investments

We consider a risk process with stochastic return on investments and we are interested in expected present value of all dividends paid until ruin occurs when the company uses a simple barrier strategy, i.e. when it pays dividends whenever its surplus reaches a level b. It is shown that given the barrier b, this expected value can be found by solving a boundary value problem for an integro-differential equation. The solution is then found in two special cases; when return on investments is constant and the surplus generating process is compound Poisson with exponentially distributed claims, and also when both return on investments as well as the surplus generating process are Brownian motions with drift. Also in this latter case we are able to find the optimal barrier b^*, i.e. the barrier that gives the highest expected present value of dividends. Parallell with this we treat the problem of finding the Laplace transform of the distribution of the time to ruin when a barrier strategy is employed, noting that the probability of eventual ruin is 1 in this case. The paper ends with a short discussion of the same problems when a time dependent barrier is employed.     

The expected discounted penalty function for the perturbed compound Poisson risk process with constant interest

In this paper, we consider the Gerber-Shiu expected discounted penalty function for the perturbed compound Poisson risk process with constant force of interest. We decompose the Gerber-Shiu function into two parts: the expected discounted penalty at ruin that is caused by a claim and the expected discounted penalty at ruin due to oscillation. We derive the integral equations and the integro-differential equations for them. By solving the integro-differential equations we get some closed form expressions for the expected discounted penalty functions under certain assumptions.     

An elementary approach to discrete models of dividend strategies

The paper studies a discrete counterpart of Gerber et al. (2006). The surplus of an insurance company (before dividends) is modeled as a time-homogeneous Markov chain with possible changes of size +1,0,−1,−2,−3,…. If a barrier strategy is applied for paying dividends, it is shown that the dividends-penalty identity holds. The identity expresses the expected present value of a penalty at ruin in terms of the expected discounted dividends until ruin and the expected present value of the penalty at ruin if no dividends are paid. For the problem of maximizing the difference between the expected discounted dividends until ruin and the expected present value of the penalty at ruin, barrier strategies play a prominent role. In some cases an optimal dividend barrier exists. The paper discusses in detail the special case where the distribution of the change in surplus does not depend on the current surplus (so that in the absence of dividends the surplus process has independent increments). A closed-form result for zero initial surplus is given, and it is shown how the relevant quantities can be calculated recursively. Finally, it is shown how optimal dividend strategies can be determined; typically, they are band strategies.     

On the expected discounted penalty functions for two classes of risk processes under a threshold dividend strategy

In this paper, the discounted penalty (Gerber-Shiu) functions for a risk model involving two independent classes of insurance risks under a threshold dividend strategy are developed. We also assume that the two claim number processes are independent Poisson and generalized Erlang (2) processes, respectively. When the surplus is above this threshold level, dividends are paid at a constant rate that does not exceed the premium rate. Two systems of integro-differential equations for discounted penalty functions are derived, based on whether the surplus is above this threshold level. Laplace transformations of the discounted penalty functions when the surplus is below the threshold level are obtained. And we also derive a system of renewal equations satisfied by the discounted penalty function with initial surplus above the threshold strategy via the Dickson-Hipp operator. Finally, analytical solutions of the two systems of integro-differential equations are presented.     

Differentiability of dividends function on jump-diffusion risk process with a barrier dividend strategy

We consider a dividends model with a stochastic jump perturbed by diffusion. First, we prove that the expected discounted dividends function is twice continuously differentiable under the condition that the claim distribution function has continuous density. Then we show that the expected discounted dividends function under a barrier strategy satisfies some integro-differential equation of defective renewal type, and the solution of which can be explicitly expressed as a convolution formula. Finally, we study the Laplace transform of ruin time on the modified surplus process.     

On the expected discounted penalty function for the compound Poisson risk model with delayed claims

In this paper, we consider an extension to the compound Poisson risk model for which the occurrence of the claim may be delayed. Two kinds of dependent claims, main claims and by-claims, are defined, where every by-claim is induced by the main claim and may be delayed with a certain probability. Both the expected discounted penalty functions with zero initial surplus and the Laplace transforms of the expected discounted penalty functions are obtained from an integro-differential equations system. We prove that the expected discounted penalty function satisfies a defective renewal equation. An exact representation for the solution of this equation is derived through an associated compound geometric distribution, and an analytic expression for this quantity is given for when the claim amounts from both classes are exponentially distributed. Moreover, the closed form expressions for the ruin probability and the distribution function of the surplus before ruin are obtained. We prove that the ruin probability for this risk model decreases as the probability of the delay of by-claims increases. Finally, numerical results are also provided to illustrate the applicability of our main result and the impact of the delay of by-claims on the expected discounted penalty functions.