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Second order asymptotics for ruin probabilities in a renewal risk model with heavy-tailed claims

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In this paper, we establish the second order asymptotics of ruin probabilities of a renewal risk model under the condition that the equilibrium distribution of claim sizes belongs to a rather general heavy-tailed distribution subclass—the class of second order subexponential distributions with finite mean. What is more, this requirement is proved to be necessary. Furthermore, a rather general sufficient condition on the claim size distribution itself is presented. Moreover, an extension to the case of random walk is also included.

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  • Lin, Jianxi, 2012. "Second order asymptotics for ruin probabilities in a renewal risk model with heavy-tailed claims," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(2), pages 422-429.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:insuma:v:51:y:2012:i:2:p:422-429
    DOI: 10.1016/j.insmatheco.2012.07.001
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