We investigate optimal strategies for a constant absolute risk aversion (CARA) insurer to manage its business risk through not only equity investment and proportional reinsurance but also trading derivatives of the equity. We obtain the optimal strategies in closed-form and quantify the value of...

In this paper, the Conditional Value-at-Risk (CVaR) is adopted to measure the total loss of multiple lines of insurance business and two nonparametric estimation methods are introduced to explore the optimal multivariate quota-share reinsurance under a mean-CVaR framework. While almost all the...

Purpose - The primary objective of this paper is to analyze the optimal reinsurance contract structure from the crop insurer’s perspective. Design/Methodology/Approach - A very powerful and flexible empirical-based reinsurance model is used to analyze the optimal form of the reinsurance...