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Document Details : Title: The Reinsurer's Monopoly and the Bowley Solution Author(s): CHAN, Fung-Yee , GERBER, Hans U. Journal: ASTIN Bulletin Volume: 15 Issue: 2 Date: November 1985 Pages: 141-148 DOI: 10.2143/AST.15.2.2015025 Abstract : The reinsurer has a monopoly in the following sense: He will select a random variable P that determines the reinsurance premiums. The first insurer can purchase a payment of R (a random variable) for a premium of π = E[PR]. For known P, the first insurer chooses R to maximize his expected utility. Knowing this, i.e., the demand for reinsurance as a function of P, the reinsurer chooses P to maximize his utility. The resulting pair (P, R) is called the Bowley solution. Assuming exponential, quadratic and/or linear utility functions, some explicit results are obtained. |
