On a class of measures of dispersion with application to optimal reinsurance

Jan Ohlin

ASTIN Bulletin, 1969, vol. 5, issue 2, 249-266

Abstract: In this paper we will investigate the following reinsurance problem: An insurer, whose total claims for a certain period may be regarded as a random variable x with expected value Ex = m, wishes to cede part of his business to a reinsurer. A reinsurance treaty will consist of rule for the division of x between the two parties. For any observed value of x it should define uniquely what amount should be borne by the ceding insurer. The amount borne by the reinsurer is then simply the remaining part of x.We shall assume that the insurer has already decided how much of his business he wishes to cede, in the sense that he wants to retain a part of the total risk with expected value m — c, where c is a fixed constant, o

Date: 1969
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