In investment and insurance contracts, certain stipulated payments may depend on the hedging strategy. We study the problem of calculation, hedging and valuation of such cash flows, by considering a payment process in a setup with taxes and investment costs that are functions of the investment...

In Deutschland wurde in den letzten Jahren kontrovers diskutiert, ob die handelsrechtliche Rechnungslegung durch die IFRS-Rechnungslegung abgelöst werden sollte. Des Weiteren wurde diskutiert wie das von Versicherungsunternehmen anzuwendende IFRS-Normengefüge ausgestaltet sein sollte. Vor dem...

A new method of forecasting the pricing kernel, i.e., stochastic claim inflation or link ratio function, of incurred but not reported (IBNR) claims (in property casualty insurance) from residuals in a dynamic claims forecast model is presented. We employ a pseudo Kalman filter approach by using...

Purpose This paper aims to examine the capital market effects and predominance of unregulated embedded value (EV) financial reporting in the life insurance industry in foreign domestic markets, and US markets for foreign firms that cross-list in the USA. Design/methodology/approach Recent...

The replicating portfolio approach is a well-established approach carried out by many life insurance companies within their Solvency II framework for the computation of risk capital. In this note we elaborate on one specific formulation of a replicating portfolio problem. In contrast to the two...