 High‐water mark fee structure in variable annuitiesDavid Landriault, Bin Li, Dongchen Li and Yumin Wang Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2021, vol. 88, issue 4, 1057-1094 Abstract: This paper proposes a novel high‐water mark fee structure and investigates its impact on the marketability of variable annuities. To evaluate the welfare effects of holding a variable annuity, we adopt mean‐variance analysis. By also examining the welfare effects of holding two alternative investments, we introduce a quantitative measure, namely a compatible set of risk aversions, to assess the marketability of the variable annuity under a certain fee structure. Comparing the compatible sets and the welfare effects of holding the variable annuity under the high‐water mark fee structure with those under a constant and a state‐dependent fee structure, we find that the high‐water mark fee structure improves the variable annuity's marketability in two aspects: First, it makes the variable annuity preferable to the alternative investments for a broader range of policyholders. Second, when the variable annuity is preferred over the alternative investments, it produces the highest welfare for the policyholder. Date: 2021 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:jrinsu:v:88:y:2021:i:4:p:1057-1094 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Journal of Risk & Insurance is currently edited by Joan T. Schmit More articles in Journal of Risk & Insurance from The American Risk and Insurance Association Contact information at EDIRC. |
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