Analytical steps towards a numerical calculation of the ruin probability for a finite period when the riskprocess is of the Poisson type or of the more general type studied by Sparre Andersen*

Olof Thorin

ASTIN Bulletin, 1971, vol. 6, issue 1, 54-65

Abstract: As is well-known, in the early 60's a Swedish committee set to work at the numerical calculation of the distribution function of the total amount of claims and of the related stop loss premiums in the Poisson and Polya cases (Bohman and Esscher [6]). Since the characteristic function for the said distribution function was easily available in terms of the characteristic function for the distribution function of an individual claim, the committee chose to base the numerical calculations on the C-method by H. Bohman (Bohman [5]). The calculation of the ruin probability for a finite or infinite period was not considered by the committee.The last-mentioned problem has now been taken up by a new committee formed by the Swedish Council for Actuarial Science and Insurance Statistics. The committee—consisting of H. Bohman, J. Jung, N. Wikstad and the present author—has to consider several aspects of the practical applicability of the collective risk theory. However, without possibilities of calculating—at least approximately—the ruin probability for a finite period the applicability of the existing ruin theories seems to be rather limited, so the committee has looked around for such possibilities. At the present stage the committee is considering the classical Poisson theory and Sparre Andersen's generalization of this theory [2]. It is the hope of the committee that, at a later stage, also the Polya theory and the theory recently presented by Segerdahl [11] combining the Sparre Andersen theory and the Polya theory may be treated.

Date: 1971
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