Applied Math Seminar
Fall Quarter 2006
3:15 p.m.
Sloan Mathematics Corner
Building 380, Room 380-C


Friday, September 29, 2006

Damir Filipovic
Dept. of Mathematics, University of Munich

Optimal Capital and Risk Transfer for Group Diversification


Abstract:

Diversification is at the core of insurance and other financial business. It constitutes an important issue in the preparation of the new Solvency II framework for the regulation of European insurance undertakings. In this paper, we propose a conceptual framework for a legally enforceable capital and risk transfer which optimally accounts for the designated group diversification benefits. We also provide a consistent valuation principle which is compatible with any prior valuation method. This makes our framework fully flexible and universally applicable. A first simple numerical example illustrates the practicability of our proposal. This is a joint paper with Michael Kupper. The paper is available here.