Global Optimization for Automatic Model Points Selection in Life Insurance Portfolios

Ana M. Ferreiro, Enrico Ferri, José A. García and Carlos Vázquez
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Ana M. Ferreiro: Department of Mathematics, Universidade da Coruña, Campus Elviña, 15071-A Coruña, Spain
Enrico Ferri: Department of Mathematics, Universidade da Coruña, Campus Elviña, 15071-A Coruña, Spain
José A. García: Department of Mathematics, Universidade da Coruña, Campus Elviña, 15071-A Coruña, Spain
Carlos Vázquez: Department of Mathematics, Universidade da Coruña, Campus Elviña, 15071-A Coruña, Spain

Mathematics, 2021, vol. 9, issue 5, 1-19

Abstract: Starting from an original portfolio of life insurance policies, in this article we propose a methodology to select model points portfolios that reproduce the original one, preserving its market risk under a certain measure. In order to achieve this goal, we first define an appropriate risk functional that measures the market risk associated to the interest rates evolution. Although other alternative interest rate models could be considered, we have chosen the LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) market model. Once we have selected the proper risk functional, the problem of finding the model points of the replicating portfolio is formulated as a problem of minimizing the distance between the original and the target model points portfolios, under the measure given by the proposed risk functional. In this way, a high-dimensional global optimization problem arises and a suitable hybrid global optimization algorithm is proposed for the efficient solution of this problem. Some examples illustrate the performance of a parallel multi-CPU implementation for the evaluation of the risk functional, as well as the efficiency of the hybrid Basin Hopping optimization algorithm to obtain the model points portfolio.

Keywords: model points portfolio; risk management; risk functional; hybrid optimization algorithms; LIBOR market model; Monte Carlo simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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