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Optimal periodic strategies with dividends payable from gains only
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Kob Liu ,
Jae-Kyung Woo ,
Jiannan Zhang ,
Dan Zhu
Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Volume: 127, Start page: 103203
Swansea University Author:
Kob Liu
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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.insmatheco.2025.103203
Abstract
In this paper, we consider the compound Poisson insurance risk model and analyze the optimal dividend strategy (that maximizes the expected present value of dividend payments until ruin) when dividends can only be paid periodically as lump sums. If one makes the usual assumption that dividends can b...
| Published in: | Insurance: Mathematics and Economics |
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| ISSN: | 0167-6687 1873-5959 |
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Elsevier BV
2026
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa71224 |
| Abstract: |
In this paper, we consider the compound Poisson insurance risk model and analyze the optimal dividend strategy (that maximizes the expected present value of dividend payments until ruin) when dividends can only be paid periodically as lump sums. If one makes the usual assumption that dividends can be paid from the available surplus, then the optimal strategies are often of band or barrier type, resulting in a ruin probability of one (e.g. Albrecher et al. (2011a)). As opposed to such an assumption, we propose that dividends can only be paid from a certain fraction of the gains (i.e. positive increment of the process between successive dividend decision times), and such a constraint allows the surplus process to have a positive survival probability. Some theoretical properties of the value function and the optimal strategy are derived in connection to the Bellman equation. These properties suggest that a bang-bang type of control can be a candidate for the optimal strategy, where dividend is paid at the highest possible amount as long as the surplus is high enough. The dividend function under the candidate strategy is subsequently derived under exponential inter-observation times and claims with a rational Laplace transform, and we also provide specific numerical examples with (mixed) exponential claims where the proposed strategy is optimal in such cases. |
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| Keywords: |
Periodic observation; Optimal dividends; Threshold strategy; Bellman equation |
| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
| Funders: |
Australian Research Council’s Discovery Project (DP200100615) |
| Start Page: |
103203 |