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Reinsurance premium principles based on weighted loss functions

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  • Jun Cai
  • Ying Wang

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In this paper, we propose new reinsurance premium principles that minimize the expected weighted loss functions and balance the trade-off between the reinsurer's shortfall risk and the insurer's risk exposure in a reinsurance contract. Random weighting factors are introduced in the weighted loss functions so that weighting factors are based on the underlying insurance risks. The resulting reinsurance premiums depend on both the loss covered by the reinsurer and the loss retained by the insurer. The proposed premiums provide new ways for pricing reinsurance contracts and controlling the risks of both the reinsurer and the insurer. As applications of the proposed principles, the modified expectile reinsurance principle and the modified quantile reinsurance principle are introduced and discussed in details. The properties of the new reinsurance premium principles are investigated. Finally, the comparisons between the new reinsurance premium principles and the classical expectile principle, the classical quantile principle, and the risk-adjusted principle are provided.

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  • Jun Cai & Ying Wang, 2019. "Reinsurance premium principles based on weighted loss functions," Scandinavian Actuarial Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 2019(10), pages 903-923, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:sactxx:v:2019:y:2019:i:10:p:903-923
    DOI: 10.1080/03461238.2019.1628101
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