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Measuring and Managing the Economic Risks and Costs of With-Profits Business

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2011

A.J. Hibbert  and
C.J. Turnbull
A.J. Hibbert
Affiliation:
Barrie & Hibbert Limited, 48 Melville Street, Edinburgh EH3 7HF, U.K., Tel: +44(0)131-625-0203, Fax: +44(0)131-625-0215, Email: info@barrhibb.com
C.J. Turnbull
Affiliation:
Barrie & Hibbert Limited, 48 Melville Street, Edinburgh EH3 7HF, U.K., Tel: +44(0)131-625-0203, Fax: +44(0)131-625-0215, Email: info@barrhibb.com
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Abstract

The approaches to liability valuation, assessment of prudential capital and measurement of profit for life offices are undergoing radical change. A common thread runs through all of these proposed changes — each change represents a move away from traditional actuarial approaches towards a more economically coherent, market-consistent approach. These changes should encourage a general improvement in the life industry's risk management processes. However, they will come at a cost. The measurement of the economic risks generated by the complex guarantees written by life offices is far more difficult than applying the latest resilience test equity fall. This will require a step change in the sophistication of life offices' risk and capital measurement and management know-how. The measurement of value, risk and capital will soon demand the application of ‘stochastic’ modelling tools. In this paper, we explore some of the issues raised by the application of these approaches to the valuation and risk management of with-profits business.

Keywords

Market-Consistent ValuationStochastic Asset ModellingWith-ProfitsRisk-Based CapitalOption PricingRisk-Neutral PricingDynamic HedgingDeltas
Type
Sessional meetings: papers and abstracts of discussions
Information
British Actuarial Journal , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , 01 October 2003 , pp. 725 - 777
Copyright
Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 2003

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