Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, Hernot-Watt University, Riccarton, Carrie, Edinburgh, Scotland;Astr Insurance Company SA, 6 Merlin Street, Athens 134, Greece
Abstract:
In this paper we use martingale techniques to derive upper bounds for the probability of ruin for a risk process. The important difference between our results and previous results in this area is that our model for the risk process explicitly allows for delay in claims settlement.