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The Probability and Severity of Ruin in Finite and Infinite Time

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  • Dickson, David C. M.
  • Waters, Howard R.

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In this paper we present algorithms to calculate the probability and severity of ruin in both finite and infinite time for a discrete time risk model. We show how the algorithms can be applied to give approximate values for the same quantities in the classical continuous time risk model.

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  • Dickson, David C. M. & Waters, Howard R., 1992. "The Probability and Severity of Ruin in Finite and Infinite Time," ASTIN Bulletin, Cambridge University Press, vol. 22(2), pages 177-190, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:astinb:v:22:y:1992:i:02:p:177-190_00
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    1. Dickson, David C.M., 2016. "A note on some joint distribution functions involving the time of ruin," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 120-124.
    2. Usabel, M. A., 1999. "A note on the Taylor series expansions for multivariate characteristics of classical risk processes," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 25(1), pages 37-47, September.
    3. Lin, X. Sheldon & Willmot, Gordon E., 1999. "Analysis of a defective renewal equation arising in ruin theory," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 25(1), pages 63-84, September.
    4. Usabel, M. A., 1999. "Practical approximations for multivariate characteristics of risk processes," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 25(3), pages 397-413, December.
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    8. Tsai, Cary Chi-Liang & Sun, Li-juan, 2004. "On the discounted distribution functions for the Erlang(2) risk process," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 35(1), pages 5-19, August.
    9. Tsai, Cary Chi-Liang, 2001. "On the discounted distribution functions of the surplus process perturbed by diffusion," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 401-419, June.
    10. Emilio Gómez-Déniz & José María Sarabia & Enrique Calderín-Ojeda, 2019. "Ruin Probability Functions and Severity of Ruin as a Statistical Decision Problem," Risks, MDPI, vol. 7(2), pages 1-16, June.
    11. Usabel, Miguel, 1999. "Calculating multivariate ruin probabilities via Gaver-Stehfest inversion technique," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 25(2), pages 133-142, November.
    12. Emilio Gómez-Déniz & Jorge V. Pérez-Rodríguez & Simón Sosvilla-Rivero, 2022. "Analyzing How the Social Security Reserve Fund in Spain Affects the Sustainability of the Pension System," Risks, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-17, June.
    13. Cheng, Yebin & Tang, Qihe & Yang, Hailiang, 2002. "Approximations for moments of deficit at ruin with exponential and subexponential claims," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 59(4), pages 367-378, October.
    14. Lin, X. Sheldon & Willmot, Gordon E., 2000. "The moments of the time of ruin, the surplus before ruin, and the deficit at ruin," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 27(1), pages 19-44, August.
    15. Gerber, Hans U. & Landry, Bruno, 1998. "On the discounted penalty at ruin in a jump-diffusion and the perpetual put option," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 22(3), pages 263-276, July.
    16. Willmot, Gordon E. & Sheldon Lin, X., 1998. "Exact and approximate properties of the distribution of surplus before and after ruin," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 23(1), pages 91-110, October.

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