Risk theory refers to a body of techniques to model and measure the risk associated with a portfolio of insurance contracts. A first approach consists in modeling the distribution of total claims over a fixed period of time using the classical collective model of risk theory. A second input of interest to the actuary is the evolution of the surplus of the insurance company over many periods of ...

In this paper we study the joint ruin problem for two insurance companies that divide between them both claims and premia in some specified proportions (modeling two branches of the same insurance company or an insurance and re-insurance company). Modeling the risk processes of the insurance companies by Cramér-Lundberg processes we obtain the Laplace transform in space of the probability that ...

This paper considers the distribution of some extremum on the risk process whose income depend on the current reserve. We first construct the defective renewal sequence and obtain the density function of them. By the presented renewal measure and the strong Markov property, the distribution of the first hitting time is obtained explicitly. Then, the ruin probability and the probability that the...

This survey treats the problem of ruin in a risk model when assets earn investment income. In addition to a general presentation of the problem, topics covered are a presentation of the relevant integrodifferential equations, exact and numerical solutions, asymptotic results, bounds on the ruin probability and also the possibility of minimizing the ruin probability by investment and possibly re...

Properties of the distribution of the deficit at ruin in the stationary renewal risk model are studied. A mixture representation for the conditional distribution of the deficit at ruin (given that ruin occurs) is derived, as well as a stochastic decomposition involving the residual lifetime associated with the maximal aggregate loss. In the case where the individual claims have a phase-type dis...

Available online xxxx Keywords: Defective renewal equation Compound geometric distribution Ladder height Lundberg's fundamental equation Generalized adjustment coefficient Cramer's asymptotic ruin formula Esscher transform Last interclaim time NWU NBU a b s t r a c t The structure of various Gerber–Shiu functions in Sparre Andersen models allowing for possible dependence between claim sizes and...

In this paper we compute the conditional and unconditional probability of ruin for an individual who wishes to consume a fixed periodic amount from an initial endowment invested in a portfolio earning a stochastic rate of return. The conditional probability of ruin is the probability that the net wealth becomes zero prior to the individual 's stochastic date of death. Unconditional is the proba...

In this work, we investigate a multi-risk model describing insurance business with two or more independent series of claim amounts. Each series of claim amounts consists of independent nonnegative random variables. Claims of each series occur periodically with some fixed inter-arrival time. Claim amounts occur until they can be compensated by a common premium rate and the initial insurer’s surp...