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The bonus-crediting mechanism of Danish pension and life insurance companies: an empirical analysis

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  • GROSEN, ANDERS
  • JØRGENSEN, PETER LØCHTE

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This paper develops and estimates a model for the bonus-crediting mechanism in relation to with-profits policies issued by Danish life insurance and pension companies. The market for pension and life insurance savings contracts is generally highly opaque, but our proposed model explains a significant part of the variation in actual bonus distribution by Danish market participants. The main determinant of bonus policy is a measure of the degree of solvency which we construct from a unique data set that contains information compiled from several public as well as non-public sources. The data set spans the ten-year period from 1991 to 2000 and the model is estimated by way of maximum likelihood.

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  • Grosen, Anders & Jørgensen, Peter Løchte, 2002. "The bonus-crediting mechanism of Danish pension and life insurance companies: an empirical analysis," Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Cambridge University Press, vol. 1(3), pages 249-268, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jpenef:v:1:y:2002:i:03:p:249-268_00
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    1. Peter Løchte Jørgensen, 2007. "Lognormal Approximation of Complex Path-Dependent Pension Scheme Payoffs," The European Journal of Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(7), pages 595-619.
    2. Guillen, Montserrat & Jorgensen, Peter Lochte & Nielsen, Jens Perch, 2006. "Return smoothing mechanisms in life and pension insurance: Path-dependent contingent claims," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 38(2), pages 229-252, April.
    3. Vittas, Dimitri, 2011. "The mechanics and regulation of variable payout annuities," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5762, The World Bank.

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