This paper is an empirical study of the Heath-Jarrow-Morton model using Generalized Method of Moments and Simulated Method of Moments on Danish bond and option prices. The paper implements a simulation approach to price contingent claims written on purely interest rate-dependent securities...

We present a model where the value of the life insurance benefit is random. The policy is at each point in time assumed to be in one of a finite number of states and the evolution of the policy through time is modelled by a time-continuous, non-homogeneous Markov chain. The insurance period of a...