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Mortality: a statistical approach to detect model misspecification

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  • Jean-Charles Croix

    (SAF - Laboratoire de Sciences Actuarielle et Financière - UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - Université de Lyon)

  • Frédéric Planchet

    (SAF - Laboratoire de Sciences Actuarielle et Financière - UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - Université de Lyon)

  • Pierre-Emmanuel Thérond

    (SAF - Laboratoire de Sciences Actuarielle et Financière - UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - Université de Lyon)

Abstract

The Solvency 2 advent and the best-estimate methodology in future cash-flows valuation lead insurers to focus particularly on their assumptions. In mortality, hypothesis are critical as insurers use best-estimate laws instead of standard mortality tables. Backtesting methods, i.e. ex-post modelling validation processes , are encouraged by regulators and rise an increasing interest among practitioners and academics. In this paper, we propose a statistical approach (both parametric and non-parametric models compliant) for mortality laws backtesting under model risk. Afterwards, a specification risk is introduced assuming that the mortality law is subject to random variations. Finally, the suitability of the proposed method will be assessed within this framework.

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  • Jean-Charles Croix & Frédéric Planchet & Pierre-Emmanuel Thérond, 2015. "Mortality: a statistical approach to detect model misspecification," Post-Print hal-01149396, HAL.
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    1. Booth, H. & Tickle, L., 2008. "Mortality Modelling and Forecasting: a Review of Methods," Annals of Actuarial Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 3(1-2), pages 3-43, September.
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    1. Debonneuil, Edouard & Loisel, Stéphane & Planchet, Frédéric, 2018. "Do actuaries believe in longevity deceleration?," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 325-338.

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