Dating death : an empirical comparison of medical underwriters in the U.S. life settlements market

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<dc:creator>Xu, Jiahua</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2020-03-02</dc:date>
<dc:description xml:lang="es">Sumario: The value of a life settlement investment, manifested through a traded life insurance policy, is highly dependent on the insured's life expectancy (LE). LE estimation in life settlements relies heavily on medical underwriting. Employing different evaluation processes, underwriters rarely agree on LE estimates, leading to valuation disparities. We use the natural logarithm of the implied mortality multiplier (ln k) to compare the underwriting results of the four major U.S. medical underwriters (ITM, AVS, Fasano, and LSI). ln k is normalized in terms of gender, age, and smoking status, and is therefore a more suitable indicator than LE estimates for highlevel comparisons, especially when the compared groups have a heterogeneous make-up. Based on the analysis of life settlement samples from 2011 to 2016, we trace patterns of underwriters' ln k in both secondary and tertiary markets of life settlements, and investigate systematic differences in their estimation. Our results show that an underwriter can, relative to peers, act more conservatively (issuing longer LE estimates) for one cohort while more aggressively (issuing shorter LE estimates) for another. We also detect signs of intermediaries' cherry-picking behavior and discuss additional theories that shed light on the convoluted LE landscape.</dc:description>
<dc:identifier>https://documentacion.fundacionmapfre.org/documentacion/publico/es/bib/171213.do</dc:identifier>
<dc:language>eng</dc:language>
<dc:rights xml:lang="es">InC - http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</dc:rights>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Seguro de vida</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Empresas de seguros</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Esperanza de vida</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Análisis comparativo</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Análisis empírico</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Matemática del seguro</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Cálculo actuarial</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Estados Unidos</dc:subject>
<dc:type xml:lang="es">Artículos y capítulos</dc:type>
<dc:title xml:lang="es">Dating death : an empirical comparison of medical underwriters in the U.S. life settlements market</dc:title>
<dc:relation xml:lang="es">En: North American actuarial journal. - Schaumburg : Society of Actuaries, 1997- = ISSN 1092-0277. - 02/03/2020 Tomo 24 Número 1 - 2020 , p. 36-56</dc:relation>
<dc:coverage xml:lang="es">Estados Unidos</dc:coverage>
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