因子分析在我国寿险市场研究中的应用

入世后我国进—步开放了市场,这使得我国巨大的保险市场尤其是寿险市场将面临严峻的挑战。如何在开放与竞争的环境中扩大市场份额,取得更大的发展,是我国寿险业面临的一个重要课题。本文对我国寿险业市场结构进行分析,认为目前中国寿险市场结构属寡头垄断型,市场集中度极高,然后用因子分析法考察了我国寿险公司的市场绩效和市场竞争能力。     

Life insurance in a portfolio context

The ownership of life insurance may be modeled as a portfolio problem in which the return on the life insurance contract is negatively correlated with the return on a claim to future wage income. The mean-variance model developed in the paper uses such a framework to express the optimal amount of insurance in terms of two components: the expected value of the wage claim and the risk/return characteristics of the insurance contract. The model thus offers an appealing way to formulate the life insurance problem in a portfolio context. Implications of the model for the functioning of a life insurance market are examined and the existence of accidental death contracts is explained.     

基于EPU指数的我国寿险市场需求影响因素分析

近年来我国寿险市场发展迅速,已成为全球第二大寿险市场.自2008年金融危机以来国际国内均对经济政策EPU指数施以更多关注.从定性和定量两个角度分析EPU指数对我国寿险市场需求的影响,运用向量自回归模型实证分析EPU指数对寿险市场需求的影响程度,基于实证分析结论为寿险市场健康发展提出相应的政策建议.     

具有储蓄功能的养老保险精算模型

本文建立了一个综合养老保险精算模型 ,把几种保险产品统一在模型中 ,模型包括延期支付的年金部分 ,终身寿险部分和还本部分 ,保险公司可以根据不同的实际情况 ,调整参数 ,通过不同参数的组合 ,获得不同的养老保险产品 .还本部分的引入 ,使得这种保险产品具有储蓄的性质     

权益连结生存人寿保险合同的局部风险最小对冲策略

权益连结生存人寿保险合同是保险金依赖于某类特定股票的价格的保险合同 .本文主要利用Schweizer[3]引入的不完全市场的局部风险最小理论确定单位关联人寿保险合同的局部风险最小对冲策略 .     

Optimal asset allocation for a general portfolio of life insurance policies

Asset liability matching remains an important topic in life insurance research. The objective of this paper is to find an optimal asset allocation for a general portfolio of life insurance policies. Using a multi-asset model to investigate the optimal asset allocation of life insurance reserves, this study obtains formulae for the first two moments of the accumulated asset value. These formulae enable the analysis of portfolio problems and a first approximation of optimal investment strategies. This research provides a new perspective for solving both single-period and multiperiod asset allocation problems in application to life insurance policies. The authors obtain an efficient frontier in the case of single-period method; for the multiperiod method, the optimal asset allocation strategies can differ considerably for different portfolio structures.     

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.     

中国经济增长与寿险消费的协整研究

采用1982-2007年的寿险消费和收入数据,运用协整分析方法,考虑数据结构突变的可能性.研究发现,通过设立虚拟变量,成功检测到数据序列的协整关系,并建立误差修正模型.利用该模型对中国年度寿险消费进行预测,提出着手解决寿险业发展面临的问题,以实现与经济增长的良性互动.     

Reserve-dependent benefits and costs in life and health insurance contracts

Premiums and benefits associated with traditional life insurance contracts are usually specified as fixed amounts in policy conditions. However, reserve-dependent surrender values and reserve-dependent expenses are common in insurance practice. The famous Cantelli theorem in life insurance ensures that under appropriate assumptions surrendering can be ignored in reserve calculations provided that the surrender payment equals the accumulated reserve. In this paper, more complex reserve-dependent payment patterns are considered, in line with insurance practice. Explicit formulas are derived for the corresponding reserve.     

Time-risk Discount Valuation of Life Contracts

In this paper a new approach is developed to value life insurance contracts by means of the method of backward stochastic differential equation. Such a valuation may relax certain market limitations. Following this approach, the values of single decrement policies are studied and Thiele‘s-type PDEs for general life insurance contracts are derived.     

多生命状态增额寿险的双随机模型

In this paper the dual random model of increasing life insurance for multiple-life status is discussed. The rnth moment of the present value of benefits are calculated and the respective expressions of the moments under joint life status or last- survivor status are presented.Fur-thermore,the limiting distribution of average cost of a portfolio of increasing life insurance for multiple-life status is studied.     

论保险投资新政对寿险公司投资收益的影响

近年来,保险监管部门颁布了多项保险投资新政,保险资金运用上的限制得到了放松.保险投资新政的实施对寿险公司投资收益有着怎样的影响呢?运用双重差分模型(DID模型),定量估计了保险投资新政实施前后的寿险公司投资收益的具体变化,并分析了何种因素对寿险公司的投资收益有显著影响.研究发现,保险投资新政对寿险公司的总投资收益率的提高有着积极的影响,保险投资新政对不同规模的寿险公司投资收益的影响存在着差异,仅考虑政策的调整因素,大型寿险公司的总投资收益率增量超过中小型寿险公司1.13%,综合考虑其它指标的影响后,其总投资收益率增量仍然超过中小型寿险公司0.097%.实证结果为保险监管部门的政策实施以及寿险公司的经营提供了新思路.     

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。     

A sensitivity analysis of typical life insurance contracts with respect to the technical basis

In [Christiansen, M.C., 2007. A sensitivity analysis concept for life insurance with respect to a valuation basis of infinite dimension. Insurance: Math. Econom. doi:10.1016/j.insmatheco.2007.07.005] a sensitivity analysis concept was introduced for the prospective reserve of individual life insurance contracts as functional of the technical basis parameters such as interest rate, mortality probability, disability probability, et cetera. On the basis of that concept, the present paper gives in addition the sensitivities of the premium level.Applying these approaches, an extensive sensitivity analysis is carried out: A study of the basic life insurance contract types ‘pure endowment insurance’, ‘temporary life insurance’, ‘annuity insurance’ and ‘disability insurance’ identifies their diverse characteristics, in particular their weakest points concerning fluctuations of the technical basis. An investigation of combinations of these insurance contract types shows what synergy effects can be expected by creating insurance packages.     

MIN-MAD life: A multi-period optimization model for life insurance company investment decisions

This paper presents a model, called the MIN-MAD Life Model, for managing the investments of a life insurance company over a multiperiod planning horizon. The MIN-MAD Life Model is a linear programming under uncertainty model based on Markowitz portfolio theory. Given the insurance company's current position and its forecasts of possible future developments with their associated probabilities, the model helps determine the set of efficient investment decisions over the planning horizon subject to market constraints and to the insurance company's legal and policy constraints. The senior executives of the life insurance company need examine only the set of efficient investment decisions to determine their optimal investment decisions.     

A general asset-liability management model for the efficient simulation of portfolios of life insurance policies

New regulations and a stronger competition have increased the importance of stochastic asset-liability management (ALM) models for insurance companies in recent years. In this paper, we propose a discrete time ALM model for the simulation of simplified balance sheets of life insurance products. The model incorporates the most important life insurance product characteristics, the surrender of contracts, a reserve-dependent bonus declaration, a dynamic asset allocation and a two-factor stochastic capital market. All terms arising in the model can be calculated recursively which allows an easy implementation and efficient simulation. Furthermore, the model is designed to have a modular organization which permits straightforward modifications and extensions to handle specific requirements. In a sensitivity analysis for sample portfolios and parameters, we investigate the impact of the most important product and management parameters on the risk exposure of the insurance company and show that the model captures the main behaviour patterns of the balance sheet development of life insurance products.     

寿险品种优化理论模型

分析了寿险品种创新依附于寿险定价的实际情况.以个体公平的现代产品创新理念,创建独立的寿险品种创新方法体系,并利用遗传算法原理给出了寿险品种优化设计的理论模型,使复杂的寿险品种创新过程得以量化,从而变得简洁直观,并富有方便的可操作性,适合计算机并行处理.这一模型蕴涵了动态的思维方式,利用它可随时对寿险品种进行调整.     

Risk-minimization for life insurance liabilities with basis risk

In this paper we study the hedging of typical life insurance payment processes in a general setting by means of the well-known risk-minimization approach. We find the optimal risk-minimizing strategy in a financial market where we allow for investments in a hedging instrument based on a longevity index, representing the systematic mortality risk. Thereby we take into account and model the basis risk that arises due to the fact that the insurance company cannot perfectly hedge its exposure by investing in a hedging instrument that is based on the longevity index, not on the insurance portfolio itself. We also provide a detailed example within the context of unit-linked life insurance products where the dependency between the index and the insurance portfolio is described by means of an affine mean-reverting diffusion process with stochastic drift.     

Dynamic hybrid products in life insurance: Assessing the policyholders’ viewpoint

Dynamic hybrid life insurance products are intended to meet new consumer needs regarding stability in terms of guarantees as well as sufficient upside potential. In contrast to traditional participating or classical unit-linked life insurance products, the guarantee offered to the policyholders is achieved by a periodical rebalancing process between three funds: the policy reserves (i.e. the premium reserve stock, thus causing interaction effects with traditional participating life insurance contracts), a guarantee fund, and an equity fund. In this paper, we consider an insurer offering both, dynamic hybrid and traditional participating life insurance contracts and focus on the policyholders’ perspective. The results show that higher guarantees do not necessarily imply a higher willingness-to-pay, but that in case of dynamic hybrid contracts, a minimum guarantee level should be offered in order to ensure that the willingness-to-pay exceeds the minimum premium the insurer has to charge when selling the contract. In addition, strong interaction effects can be found between the two products, which particularly impact the willingness-to-pay of the dynamic hybrids.     

Actuarial applications of the linear hazard transform in life contingencies

In this paper, we study the linear hazard transform and its applications in life contingencies. Under the linear hazard transform, the survival function of a risk is distorted, which provides a safety margin for pricing insurance products. Combining the assumption of α-power approximation with the linear hazard transform, the net single premium of a continuous life insurance policy can be approximated in terms of the net single premiums of discrete ones. Moreover, Macaulay duration, modified duration and dollar duration, all measuring the sensitivity of the price of a life insurance policy to force of mortality movements under the linear hazard transform, are defined and investigated. Some examples are given for illustration.