insurance. I compare models with deterministic and stochastic hazard rate of death to a model without mortality risk. Mortality … influences optimal controls and wealth evolution. The insurance is used to ensure optimal bequest such that there is no … accidental bequest. In the absence of the insurance, the biggest part of bequest is accidental. …

Insurance companies issue guarantees that need to be valued according to the market expectations. By calibrating option … values of these guarantees. Next to that, new regulations require insurance companies to value their positions on a one …

Guaranteed renewability is a prominent feature in many health and life insurance markets. It is well established in the … fair price for low risk types provides full insurance against reclassification risk. We develop a model that includes … unpredictable (and unobservable) fluctuations in demand for life insurance as well as changes in risk type (observable) over …