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Equilibrium analysis in a multi-agent reinsurance chain

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  • Kaizheng Wang
  • Wei Liu
  • Zhuo Jin
  • Wenyuan Wang

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This paper investigates a multi-layer reinsurance chain within a stochastic differential game framework involving m competing insurers and n reinsurers. Specifically, Stackelberg differential games are employed to characterize the strategic interactions between reinsurance buyers and sellers at each layer of the chain. In addition, a non-zero-sum game model is established to capture the competitive behavior among insurers. Both insurers and reinsurers are allowed to invest in a risk-free asset and a risky asset. To examine the heterogeneity of reinsurance chains under different contract types, the analysis is conducted separately for proportional reinsurance and excess-of-loss reinsurance. By combining dynamic programming and game theory, closed-form equilibrium strategies for investment and reinsurance are derived by solving the extended Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) systems under the mean-variance (MV) criterion. Numerical analysis is conducted to explore the impact of key parameters on the equilibrium strategies. The results indicate that intensified competition in the insurance market leads to a reduction in the safety loadings of reinsurance contracts at each layer of the reinsurance chain.

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  • Kaizheng Wang & Wei Liu & Zhuo Jin & Wenyuan Wang, 2026. "Equilibrium analysis in a multi-agent reinsurance chain," Papers 2607.15962, arXiv.org, revised Jul 2026.
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