We analyze minimum rate of return guarantees for life insurance (investment) contracts and pension plans with L smooth surplus distribution mechanism. We specifically model the smoothing mechanism used by most Danish life insurance companies and pension funds...

Interest rate guarantees seem to be included in lifeinsurance and pension products in most countries. The exact implementations of these guarantees vary from country to countryand are often linked to different distribution of investment surplusmechanisms...

Minimum interest rate guarantees are included in life insurance products in most countries, but the exact implementations of the guarantees vary significantly across countries. In this paper we develop models of interest rate guarantees in Denmark, Germany, Norway, the U.K., and the U.S. by...

Interest rate guarantees seem to be included in life insurance and pension products in most countries. The exact implementations of these guarantees vary from country to country and are often linked to different distribution of investment surplus mechanisms. In this paper we first attempt to...