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Optimal dividend bands revisited: a gradient-based method and evolutionary algorithms

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  • Hansjörg Albrecher
  • Brandon Garcia Flores

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We reconsider the study of optimal dividend strategies in the Cramér-Lundberg risk model. It is well-known that the solution of the classical dividend problem is in general a band strategy. However, the numerical techniques for the identification of the optimal bands available in the literature are very hard to implement and explicit numerical results are known for very few cases only. In this paper we put a gradient-based method into place which allows to determine optimal bands in more general situations. In addition, we adapt an evolutionary algorithm to this dividend problem, which is not as fast, but applicable in considerable generality, and can serve for providing a competitive benchmark. We illustrate the proposed methods in concrete examples, reproducing earlier results in the literature as well as establishing new ones for claim size distributions that could not be studied before.

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  • Hansjörg Albrecher & Brandon Garcia Flores, 2023. "Optimal dividend bands revisited: a gradient-based method and evolutionary algorithms," Scandinavian Actuarial Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 2023(8), pages 788-810, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:sactxx:v:2023:y:2023:i:8:p:788-810
    DOI: 10.1080/03461238.2022.2147862
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    1. Hansjoerg Albrecher & Pablo Azcue & Nora Muler, 2023. "Optimal dividend strategies for a catastrophe insurer," Papers 2311.05781, arXiv.org.

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