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The Reinsurer's Monopoly and the Bowley Solution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2014

Fung-Yee Chan  and
Hans U. Gerber
Fung-Yee Chan
Affiliation:
University of Winnipeg
Hans U. Gerber
Affiliation:
University of Lausanne
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Abstract

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The reinsurer has a monopoly in the following sense: He will select a random variable P that determines the reinsurance premiums. The first insurer can purchase a payment of R (a random variable) for a premium of π = E[PR]. For known P, the first insurer chooses R to maximize his expected utility. Knowing this, i.e., the demand for reinsurance as a function of P, the reinsurer chooses P to maximize his utility. The resulting pair (P, R) is called the Bowley solution. Assuming exponential, quadratic and/or linear utility functions, some explicit results are obtained.

Keywords

Utility functionreinsuranceBowley solution
Type
Articles
Information
ASTIN Bulletin: The Journal of the IAA , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , November 1985 , pp. 141 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © International Actuarial Association 1985

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