The present contribution reviews the procedures (absolute, incremental and marginal capital allocation) as well as the general principles (proportional allocation, covariance-principle, conditional expectation-principle, conditional value-at-risk principle, Euler-principle) for risk based...

This contribution analyses the implications of two major determinants influencing the asset allocation decision of German life insurers, which are the capital market development on the one hand and the interest rate guarantees of the traditional life insurance policies on the other hand. The...