A Note on Realistic Dividends in Actuarial Surplus Models

Because of the profitable nature of risk businesses in the long term, de Finetti suggested that surplus models should allow for cash leakages, as otherwise the surplus would unrealistically grow (on average) to infinity. These leakages were interpreted as ‘dividends’. Subsequent literature on actuar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Benjamin Avanzi, Vincent Tu, Bernard Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-10-01
Series:Risks
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9091/4/4/37