To hedge or not to hedge: managing demographic risk in life insurance companies.

From: Journal of Risk and Insurance | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

Demographic risk, i.e., the risk that life tables change in a nondeterministic way, is a serious threat to the financial stability of an insurance company having underwritten life insurance and annuity business. The inverse influence of changes in mortality laws on the market value of life insurance and annuity liabilities creates natural hedging opportunities. Within a realistically calibrated shareholder value (SHV) maximization framework, we analyze the implications of demographic risk on the optimal risk management mix (equity capital, asset allocation, and ...

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