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Monopoly Pricing of Weather Index Insurance

This study models the monopoly pricing of weather index insurance as a Bowley-type sequential game involving a profit-maximizing insurer (leader) and a farmer (follower). The farmer chooses an insurance payoff to minimize a convex distortion risk measure, while the insurer anticipates this best resp

Holy Grail Math 8 Rigor 7.5 ·  December 1, 2025

Periodic evaluation of defined-contribution pension fund: A dynamic risk measure approach

This paper introduces an innovative framework for the periodic evaluation of defined-contribution pension funds. The performance of the pension fund is evaluated not only at retirement, but also within the interim periods. In contrast to the traditional literature, we set the dynamic risk measure as

Holy Grail Math 8 Rigor 7 ·  August 7, 2025

Demand for catastrophe insurance under the path-dependent effects

This paper investigates optimal investment and insurance strategies under a mean-variance criterion with path-dependent effects. We use a rough volatility model and a Hawkes process with a power kernel to capture the path dependence of the market. By adding auxiliary state variables, we degenerate a

Holy Grail Math 8.5 Rigor 6 ·  August 21, 2025

Valuation of variable annuities under the Volterra mortality and rough Heston models

This paper investigates the valuation of variable annuity contracts with an early surrender option under non-Markovian models. Moreover, policyholders are provided with guaranteed minimum maturity and death benefits to protect against the downside risk. Unlike the existing literature, our variable a

Lab Rats Math 8.5 Rigor 4.5 ·  April 1, 2026

Option pricing under non-Markovian stochastic volatility models: A deep signature approach

This paper studies the pricing problem in which the underlying asset follows a non-Markovian stochastic volatility model. Classical partial differential equation methods face significant challenges in this context, as the option prices depend not only on the current state, but also on the entire his

Lab Rats Math 8.5 Rigor 4 ·  August 21, 2025

Mean Field Analysis of Mutual Insurance Market

A mutual insurance company (MIC) is a type of consumer cooperative owned by its policyholders. By purchasing insurance from an MIC, policyholders effectively become member-owners of the company and are entitled to a share of the surplus, which is determined by their own collective claims and premium

Lab Rats Math 8.5 Rigor 3 ·  November 15, 2025

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