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Reflections on Resilience: Some Considerations of Mismatching Tests, with Particular Reference to Non-Linked Long-term Insurance Business

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2014

D. E. Purchase ,
A. E. M. Fine ,
C. P. Headdon ,
T. W. Hewitson ,
C. M. Johnson ,
I. C. Lumsden ,
M. H. Maple ,
P. J. L. O'Keeffe ,
P. J. Pook  and
D. G. Robinson
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Abstract

The paper considers the valuation for solvency purposes of traditional long-term insurance business. It concentrates on without-profit business, and discusses the reserves that are required to protect against the contingency of sudden adverse changes in asset values (the ‘mismatching’ or ‘resilience’ test). The details of a suitable test, and a method of applying it in practice using a ‘matching rectangle’, are described. Investigations into the effectiveness of such a test, using both deterministic and stochastic methods, are followed by concluding remarks on the underlying philosophical issues raised.

Full numerical results are presented in the Appendices.

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Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries , Volume 42 , 1990 , pp. 15 - 125
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Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1990

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