Optimal per-loss reinsurance and investment to minimize the probability of drawdown

Abstract

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>In this paper, we study an optimal reinsurance-investment problem in a risk model with two dependent classes of insurance business, where the two claim number processes are correlated through a common shock component. We assume that the insurer can purchase per-loss reinsurance for each line of business and invest its surplus in a financial market consisting of a risk-free asset and a risky asset. Under the criterion of minimizing the probability of drawdown, the closed-form expressions for the optimal reinsurance-investment strategy and the corresponding value function are obtained. We show that the optimal reinsurance strategy is in the form of pure excess-of-loss reinsurance strategy under the expected value principle, and under the variance premium principle, the optimal reinsurance strategy is in the form of pure quota-share reinsurance. Furthermore, we extend our model to the case where the insurance company involves <inline-formula><tex-math id="M1">\begin{document}$ n $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> <inline-formula><tex-math id="M2">\begin{document}$ (n\geq3) $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> dependent classes of insurance business and the optimal results are derived explicitly as well.</p>