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Dowd, Kevin; Cairns, Andrew J. G.; Blake, David

Mortality-dependent financial risk measures. (English) Zbl 1168.91411

Insur. Math. Econ. 38, No. 3, 427-440 (2006).
Summary: This paper uses a recently developed two-factor stochastic mortality model to estimate financial risk measures for four illustrative types of mortality-dependent financial position: investments in zero-coupon longevity bonds; investments in longevity bonds that pay annual survivor-dependent coupons; and two examples of an insurer’s annuity book that are each hedged by a longevity bond, one based on the annuity book and hedge having the same reference cohort, and the other not. The risk measures estimated are the value-at-risk, the expected shortfall and a spectral risk measure based on an exponential risk-aversion function. Results are reported on a model calibrated on data provided by the UK Government Actuary’s Department, both with and without underlying parameter uncertainty.

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MSC:

91B30 Risk theory, insurance (MSC2010)
91B82 Statistical methods; economic indices and measures
91B28 Finance etc. (MSC2000)
62P05 Applications of statistics to actuarial sciences and financial mathematics

Keywords:

mortality risk; longevity bonds; value-at-risk; coherent risk measures; spectral risk measures

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\textit{K. Dowd} et al., Insur. Math. Econ. 38, No. 3, 427--440 (2006; Zbl 1168.91411)
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