Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Reinsurance and securitisation of life insurance risk : the impact of regulatory constraints

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Reinsurance and securitisation of life insurance risk : the impact of regulatory constraints / Pauline Barrieu, Henri Loubergé

Sumario: Large systematic risks, such as those arising from natural catastrophes, climatic changes and uncertain trends in longevity increases, have risen in prominence at a societal level and, more particularly, have become a highly relevant issue for the insurance industry. Against this background, the combination of reinsurance and capital market solutions (insurance-linked securities) has received an increasing interest. In this paper, we develop a general model of optimal risk-sharing among three representative agentsan insurer, a reinsurer and a financial investor, making a distinction between systematic and idiosyncratic risks. We focus on the impact of regulation on risk transfer, by differentiating reinsurance and securitisation in terms of their impact on reserve requirements. Our results show that different regulatory prescriptions will lead to quite different results in terms of global risk-sharing

En: Insurance : mathematics and economics. - Oxford : Elsevier, 1990- = ISSN 0167-6687. - 04/03/2013 Volumen 52 Número 2 - marzo 2013 , P. 135-144

1. Distribución de riesgos . 2. Longevidad . 3. Reaseguro . 4. Seguros de vida riesgo . 5. Titulización . I. Loubergé, Henri . II. Título.