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題名 Early Surrender and the Distribution of Policy Reserves
作者 郭維裕;蔡政憲;陳威光
Tsai, Chenghsien ; Kuo, Weiyu ; Chen, Wei-Kuang
關鍵詞 Cointegration analysis; Early surrender; Lapse rate; Policy reserves
日期 2002-12
上傳時間 3-Dec-2008 13:46:00 (UTC+8)
摘要 We extend the literature by incorporating early surrender into the distribution estimation for policy reserves. First, we employ the cointegrated vector autoregression technique to estimate an empirical relation between the lapse rate and interest rate. The tests indicate a significant cointegrated vector that implies a long-term relation between the lapse rate and interest rate. Based on the estimated error-correction model, we then simulate the policy reserve distribution with stochastic mortality, interest rate, and early surrender. We find that early surrender reduces the expected value as well as the risk for policy reserves due to surrenders in the low interest rate periods. Further analyses indicate that the early surrender effect depends on the sign and magnitude of the difference between the market interest rate and policy credit rate. When the credit rate is higher (lower) than the market interest rate, early surrender acts to decrease (increase) the mean reserve. This effect increases with the magnitude in the difference.
關聯 Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 31, 429-445
資料類型 article
dc.creator (作者) 郭維裕;蔡政憲;陳威光zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Tsai, Chenghsien ; Kuo, Weiyu ; Chen, Wei-Kuang-
dc.date (日期) 2002-12en_US
dc.date.accessioned 3-Dec-2008 13:46:00 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 3-Dec-2008 13:46:00 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 3-Dec-2008 13:46:00 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) https://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/12376-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) We extend the literature by incorporating early surrender into the distribution estimation for policy reserves. First, we employ the cointegrated vector autoregression technique to estimate an empirical relation between the lapse rate and interest rate. The tests indicate a significant cointegrated vector that implies a long-term relation between the lapse rate and interest rate. Based on the estimated error-correction model, we then simulate the policy reserve distribution with stochastic mortality, interest rate, and early surrender. We find that early surrender reduces the expected value as well as the risk for policy reserves due to surrenders in the low interest rate periods. Further analyses indicate that the early surrender effect depends on the sign and magnitude of the difference between the market interest rate and policy credit rate. When the credit rate is higher (lower) than the market interest rate, early surrender acts to decrease (increase) the mean reserve. This effect increases with the magnitude in the difference.-
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dc.language en-USen_US
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dc.relation (關聯) Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 31, 429-445en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Cointegration analysis; Early surrender; Lapse rate; Policy reserves-
dc.title (題名) Early Surrender and the Distribution of Policy Reservesen_US
dc.type (資料類型) articleen