Optimal Allocation for Actuarial Liabilities: An Insurance Industry Application

Débora M. Miranda and Alessandro M. Marques ()
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Débora M. Miranda: Sao Paulo School of Economics, FGV
Alessandro M. Marques: Sao Paulo School of Economics, FGV

A chapter in Eurasian Business and Economics Perspectives, 2024, pp 407-437 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Insurance companies require solid risk management given its end activity. They are legally obligated to pay the claims described in the policies. They also need to have technical provisions to ensure the company’s solvency and sufficiency besides having enough resources to cover tailing events. To honor these commitments, they must manage their assets efficiently. We analyze an asset allocation strategy that guarantees the liability coverage required by various theoretical and one empirical disbursement structure. We use a cash flow matching model to ensure that asset-originated cash flows adequately cover the liability-driven outlay cash flows. The better the match between asset and liability, the lower the liquidity and market risk to which the company will be exposed. The model also gives the less expensive strategy of asset allocation and this way the surplus assets can be invested in risky assets in order to seek a higher rate of return for the portfolio. Empirical analysis uses an actual cash flow from a Brazilian insurance company focuses on the short-term automobile liability segment. Stress analysis of results confirms the model’s robustness. The obtained results bring a reflection not only about the asset allocation but also about the liability analysis which directly directs the allocation.

Keywords: Asset allocation; Insurance industry; Cash flow matching; Asset-liability management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-51212-4_24

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