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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299976603321

Autore

Azcue Pablo

Titolo

Stochastic Optimization in Insurance : A Dynamic Programming Approach / / by Pablo Azcue, Nora Muler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

1-4939-0995-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Quantitative Finance, , 2192-7006

Disciplina

368

Soggetti

Economics, Mathematical 

Probabilities

Insurance

Quantitative Finance

Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Stability Criteria for Insurance Companies -- Reinsurance and Investment -- Viscosity Solutions -- Characterization of Value Functions -- Optimal Strategies -- Numerical Examples -- References -- Appendix A. Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The main purpose of the book is to show how a viscosity approach can be used to tackle control problems in insurance. The problems covered are the maximization of survival probability as well as the maximization of dividends in the classical collective risk model. The authors consider the possibility of controlling the risk process by reinsurance as well as by investments. They show that optimal value functions are characterized as either the unique or the smallest viscosity solution of the associated Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation; they also study the structure of the optimal strategies and show how to find them. The viscosity approach was widely used in control problems related to mathematical finance but until quite recently it was not used to solve control problems related to actuarial mathematical science. This book is designed to familiarize the reader on how to use this approach. The intended audience is graduate students as well as researchers in this area.