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Risk and return of reinsurance contracts under copula models

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  • Martin Eling
  • Denis Toplek

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The aim of this article is to study the influence of nonlinear dependencies on the payoff of reinsurance contracts and the resulting effects on a non-life insurer's risk and return profile. To achieve this, we integrate several copula models and reinsurance contracts in a dynamic financial analysis framework and conduct numerical tests within a simulation study. Depending on the reinsurance contract and the copula concept employed, we find large differences in risk assessment for the ruin probability and for the expected policyholder deficit. This has important implications for management decisions, as well as for regulators and rating agencies that use these risk measures for deriving capital standards and ratings.

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  • Martin Eling & Denis Toplek, 2009. "Risk and return of reinsurance contracts under copula models," The European Journal of Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(7-8), pages 751-775.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurjfi:v:15:y:2009:i:7-8:p:751-775
    DOI: 10.1080/13518470902864092
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    1. Sarra Ghaddab & Manel Kacem & Christian Peretti & Lotfi Belkacem, 2023. "Extreme severity modeling using a GLM-GPD combination: application to an excess of loss reinsurance treaty," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 65(3), pages 1105-1127, September.
    2. Queensley C Chukwudum, 2018. "Extreme Value Theory and Copulas: Reinsurance in the Presence of Dependent Risks," Working Papers hal-01855971, HAL.

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