Robust Optimal Reinsurance, Investment,and Surplus Allocation for Epstein-Zin Preferences

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Main Authors: Guo, Junyi, Li, Jianxuan, Zhou, Qianqian
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author Guo, Junyi
Li, Jianxuan
Zhou, Qianqian
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Li, Jianxuan
Zhou, Qianqian
contents In this paper, we investigate the robust optimal reinsurance,investment,and internal surplus distribution (i.e., consumption) problem for an insurer with Epstein-Zin recursive preferences in an incomplete market. It is assumed that the insurer can allocate wealth to a financial market consisting of a risk-free asset and a risky asset, where the price process of the risky asset follows a diffusion process with a stochastic drift rate governed by an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (O-U) process. For both the unit and non-unit elasticity of intertemporal substitution (EIS) cases, by applying the classical dynamic programming approach, we derive explicit solutions for the optimal robust reinsurance, investment,and consumption strategies and also verify that the obtained solutions indeed solve the optimal control problem. Furthermore, we compare the robust solutions with their non-robust counterparts, and the comparative results shown in the figures are consistent with economic intuition. Finally, we contrast the exact solutions with the Campbell-Shiller approximation and assess the accuracy of the approximation method.
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Guo, Junyi
Li, Jianxuan
Zhou, Qianqian
Optimization and Control
In this paper, we investigate the robust optimal reinsurance,investment,and internal surplus distribution (i.e., consumption) problem for an insurer with Epstein-Zin recursive preferences in an incomplete market. It is assumed that the insurer can allocate wealth to a financial market consisting of a risk-free asset and a risky asset, where the price process of the risky asset follows a diffusion process with a stochastic drift rate governed by an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (O-U) process. For both the unit and non-unit elasticity of intertemporal substitution (EIS) cases, by applying the classical dynamic programming approach, we derive explicit solutions for the optimal robust reinsurance, investment,and consumption strategies and also verify that the obtained solutions indeed solve the optimal control problem. Furthermore, we compare the robust solutions with their non-robust counterparts, and the comparative results shown in the figures are consistent with economic intuition. Finally, we contrast the exact solutions with the Campbell-Shiller approximation and assess the accuracy of the approximation method.
title Robust Optimal Reinsurance, Investment,and Surplus Allocation for Epstein-Zin Preferences
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.18145