Phase-Type Models in Life Insurance: Fitting and Valuation of Equity-Linked Benefits

Phase-type (PH) distributions are defined as distributions of lifetimes of finite continuous-time Markov processes. Their traditional applications are in queueing, insurance risk, and reliability, but more recently, also in finance and, though to a lesser extent, to life and health insurance. The ad...

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Main Authors: Søren Asmussen, Patrick J. Laub, Hailiang Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-02-01
Series:Risks
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9091/7/1/17