Competition among non-life insurers under solvency constraints: A game-theoretic approach

We formulate a noncooperative game to model competition for policyholders among non-life insurance companies, taking into account market premium, solvency level, market share and underwriting results. We study Nash equilibria and Stackelberg equilibria for the premium levels, and give numerical illustrations.     

A multiperiod model for estimating the cost of deposit insurance under the Basel III minimum capital requirement

Under the Basel III regime, a commercial bank is considered adequately capitalized if it maintains a ratio of capital to total risk-weighted assets or capital adequacy ratio (CAR) of at least 8%. We model a commercial bank that complies with Basel III's minimum capital requirement on an interval $[0,T]$ for $T>0$. The bank model is achieved via a specific rate of capital influx that fixes the bank's CAR at the minimum prescribed level of 8%. On the basis of this capital influx rate, we derive models for the bank's asset portfolio and capital dynamics required for maintaining the CAR at the minimum prescribed level. For the aforementioned bank, we further study a deposit insurance (DI) pricing problem with a coverage horizon equal to $T$ years. More specifically, we employ a multiperiod DI pricing model to approximate the cost of DI for the bank on the interval $[0,T]$, where the constant (minimum) CAR is maintained. We study the behaviours of the models leading to the constant (minimum) CAR, and the behaviour of the DI premium estimate by means of numerical simulations. In the simulation study pertaining to the DI premium estimate specifically, we determine the effects of changes in the bank's initial leverage level (deposit-to-asset ratio), the DI coverage horizon, and the volatility of the asset portfolio on the DI premium estimate.     

A health insurance pricing model based on prevalence rates: Application to critical illness insurance

The Italian health insurance market is currently undersized. The paucity of assured data and the discontinuous statistical surveys carried out by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) represent one of the main obstacles to the insurance market development. The paper sets forth a parametric model to estimate technical basis for health insurance policies when data are limited and only aggregated information on mortality and morbidity is available. The probabilistic framework is based on a multiple state continuous and time inhomogeneous Markov model. We provide an estimate of transition intensities from the healthy state to the sickness state when only prevalence rates of sickness are available, according to an extension and modification of the methodology proposed in Olivieri (1996) for Long Term Care insurance. We assume that mortality intensity of both healthy and sick lives is modelled by two independent Gompertz–Makeham models.     

A methodology for integrated critical spare parts and insurance management

Critical spare‐parts stock optimization has become a relevant topic for academy and industry. In most articles, the problem has been stated as a trade‐off between economic risks of shortages and financial costs. Risk optimization in this context has been mainly studied from a logistics point of view. The most common decision variables have been stock levels, stock location, and reorder points. In this context, buying insurance to cover shortage cost can be a complementary (or exclusive) measure for risk mitigation. Insurance optimization traditionally has been studied from a microeconomic and financial perspective. The main decision variable has been the indemnity function, and occasionally, the insurance premium. Its use in the context of physical asset management has not been observed to the best of our knowledge. This creates an opportunity to link inventory optimization techniques with insurance optimization for shortage losses. In this work, we present a novel approach to jointly manage the shortage risk of a critical non‐repairable component in a unique critical system. We develop an original model to integrate critical spare‐parts stock optimization with insurance optimization techniques. The result is a decision model to select the optimal stock and insurance policy that maximizes the decision maker's expected utility. This allows for a business‐centered integrated perspective in critical parts decisions. We present a case study representative of the mining industry, illustrating the complementary nature of selecting optimal stock levels and contracting an optimal insurance. Our results show that contracting an insurance can lead to policies preferred by a risk‐averse decision maker. The case study shows that this may even occur lowering stock levels and increasing profits. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

机关事业单位基本养老保险的精算应计负债

通过养老金测算的平行四边形框架建立养老保险的精算模型应计负债,测算机关事业单位基本养老保险在2015年初的精算应计负债.提高退休年龄、利率、缴费率和工资增长率都会降低精算应计负债,退休年龄的影响非常强,利率的影响也很强.提高养老金增长率、工龄工资增长率和同年度养老金随年龄增长率都会增加精算应计负债,养老金增长率的影响很强.为控制机关事业单位基本养老保险精算应计负债,可适时适度提高退休年龄,创造条件提高投资收益率,通过全社会创新提高社会生产力来提高工资增长率,与此同时可降低缴费率.     

基于个体公平原则的寿险产品定价模型

在无套利框架的基础上,讨论基于个体公平原则下的寿险产品定价问题,即运用倒向随机微分方程理论,将投保人和保险人置于同一系统中进行考虑:首先,根据双方的随机投资决策目标分别建立无套利寿险定价模型和动态资产份额定价模型,得出两个特殊线性倒向随机微分方程的显式解;然后,建立基于个体公平原则的寿险定价模型,从投保人和保险人双方的角度对寿险产品进行公平定价,得出了从供需双方考虑的投资回报定价公式;最后,利用所建立的模型进行案例分析,计算出基于个体公平原则的保费及保险公司的投资策略.该寿险产品定价模型不仅考虑了保险人的意愿,还同时考虑了投保人的实际情况,因此,按此定价理念开发出的保险产品,不仅可以提高产品研发的成功率,而且使得研发出的新产品更能在竞争激烈的保险市场中站稳脚步.     

Polynomial diffusion models for life insurance liabilities

In this paper we study the pricing and hedging problem of a portfolio of life insurance products under the benchmark approach, where the reference market is modelled as driven by a state variable following a polynomial diffusion on a compact state space. Such a model can be used to guarantee not only the positivity of the OIS short rate and the mortality intensity, but also the possibility of approximating both pricing formula and hedging strategy of a large class of life insurance products by explicit formulas.     

A Matlab-based rapid method for computing lattice-subspaces and vector sublattices of : Applications in portfolio insurance

This paper provides the construction of a powerful and efficient computational method, that translates Polyrakis algorithm [I.A. Polyrakis, Minimal lattice-subspaces, Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 351 (1999) 4183–4203, Theorem 3.19] for the calculation of lattice-subspaces and vector sublattices in . In the theory of finance, lattice-subspaces have been extensively used in order to provide a characterization of market structures in which the cost-minimizing portfolio is price-independent. Specifically, we apply our computational method in order to solve a cost minimization problem that ensures the minimum-cost insured portfolio.     

基于巨灾模型的巨灾保险组合研究

巨灾风险所造成的巨大损失已经威胁到人类社会的可持续发展.巨灾保险是分散巨灾损失的一种途径,利用巨灾模型研究被保风险的累积损失和个人损失分布的数学性质,且考虑损失率是巨灾强度的函数.通过巨灾模型和保险公司破产概率的计算和数值仿真,得到不能仅仅依靠保费的选择而分散巨灾风险.     

随机利率下两全保险最佳年限的确定模型

寿险模型中利率的随机性问题是近几年来保险精算学中研究的热点和重点问题。本文从降低保险公司所面临风险的角度出发,在随机利率条件下给出确定两全保险的最佳年限模型。