Recent Developments in Risk Management of Equity-Linked Annuities
A special issue of Risks (ISSN 2227-9091).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2019) | Viewed by 302
Special Issue Editors
Interests: actuarial science (loss modelling, insurance risk management, financial insurance)
Interests: data mining; actuarial science; computational finance
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on recent developments in risk management of equity-linked annuities, especially on variable annuities. Topics include, but are not limited to, single contract valuation, portfolio valuation, hedging methodology, risk measurement, reserving and risk capitals calculation. Papers that address subproblems within these topics are also welcome. This Special Issue aims to bring together the latest research and state-of-the-art results in the area.
Prof. Dr. X. Sheldon Lin
Prof. Dr. Guojun Gan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Variable annuity
- Equity-indexed annuity
- Single contract valuation
- Portfolio valuation
- Hedging methodology
- Reserving and risk capitals calculation
- Simulation techniques
- Stochastic and statistical modelling
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