Abstract
Most existing researches on optimal reinsurance contract are based on an insurer’s viewpoint. However, the optimal reinsurance contract for an insurer is not necessarily to be optimal for a reinsurer. Hence, this study aims to develop the optimal reciprocal reinsurance which satisfies the benefits of both the insurer and reinsurer. Additionally, due to legislative restriction or risk management requirement, the wealth of insurer and reinsurer are frequently imposed upon a VaR (Value-at-Risk) or TVaR (Tail Value-at-Risk) constraint. Therefore, this study develops an optimal reciprocal reinsurance contract which maximizes the common benefits (evaluated by weighted addition of expected utilities) of the insurer and reinsurer subject to their VaR or TVaR constraints. Furthermore, for avoiding moral hazard problem, the developed contract is additionally restricted to a regular form or incentive compatibility (both indemnity schedule and retained loss schedule are continuously nondecreasing).
Appendix A: Proof of Proposition 1
Given any outcome of
The first and second derivatives of H with respect to
Let
Based on Expressions (3) and (4), the solution in Eq. (A3) is existent and unique. Indeed, H has a peak at
Incorporating with Equations (A3) and (A4) yields
Since the ARA (absolute risk aversion coefficient) for a utility function
Based on Eq. (A6) and the constraint 0 ≤ I(x) ≤ x, the optimal reinsurance accordingly takes the form
Subsequently, differentiating Eq. (A3) with respect to P yields
Equation (A8) implied that
Equation (A7) is the same as Eq. (17), and combining Equations (A6) and (A9) yields Eq. (18). Thus, the proof of Proposition 1 is completed.
Appendix B: Proof of Proposition 2
Incorporating Expression (26a) and the fact of
Note that Expression (A10) implies that
Based on Expression (A10), we define
The feasible set
Appendix A shows that H is global concave with
Obviously,
Step 1: Find
Step 2: Verify
This study employs the geometric analysis to find the
Case 1:
Since
Case 2:
Since
Case 3:
Define
For
For step 2, we can easily check that
Expression (A19) is the same as Expression (27), and hence the proof is completed.
Appendix C: Proof of Proposition 3
Appendix A shows that
Compared Expression (28) to Expression (26), we find that the programming problem for Expression (28) has similar mathematical form as that for Expression (23). Appendix B shows that the programming problem in Expression (26) is equivalent to the following program,
Accordingly, the programming problem for Expression (28) can be rewritten as follows.
Expression (A21) is analogous of Expression (A20), besides different notations. Referring to Expression (27), we can obtain the optimal retained loss schedule:
Since
Expressions (A22) and (A23) are equal to Expressions (29) and (30), respectively. Thus, the proof is completed.
Appendix D: Proof of Proposition 4
For the case of
Situation 1:
In this situation, we will claim that the optimal contractual form can be represented as
First, referring to
Situation 2:
In this situation, we will claim that the optimal contractual form can be represented as
First, referring to
Situation 3:
According to the analyses for Situations 1 and 2, when both the insurer’s and reinsurer’s VaR constraints are binding, we can infer that the line

Optimal reinsurance with
Appendix E: Proof of Proposition 5
The Lagrange function for optimization problem in Expression (37) is as follows.
where μ 1 > 0 and μ 2 > 0 denote the Lagrange multiplier coefficients. For any quantile q, the above optimization problem is equivalent to maximize the Hamiltonian. Mathematically,
The first and second derivatives of H with respect to I(x q ) are as follows.
Similar to Eq. (16),
Additionally, let
Equation (A31) through (A34) implies that
Since H is global concave with x
q
and has a peak at
Based on Equations (A35) and (A36), there exists positive numbers δ 1 > 0, δ 2 > 0 and δ 3 > 0 such that
Similar to Appendix D, the three situations of α I > α R, α I < α R and α I = α R = α are considered to solve the optimization problem.
Situation 1: α I > α R
Since
where δ 2 and δ 3 are selected such that both the insurer’s and reinsurer’s TVaR constraints are simultaneously binding.
Situation 2: α I < α R
Similar to the analysis in situation 1, we can obtain the optimal reinsurance contractual form as follows.
where δ 1 and δ 3 are selected such that both the insurer’s and reinsurer’s TVaR constraints are simultaneously binding.
Situation 3: α I = α R = α
For 0 ≤ q ≤ α, incorporating Expressions (A30) and (A31) yields
Additionally, for α < q ≤ 1, incorporating Expressions (A30) and (A33) yields
Since H is global concave with x
q
and has a peak at
Since
Incorporating Expressions (A40) and (A43) with the assumption of
where δ a and δ b are selected such that both the insurer’s and reinsurer’s TVaR constraints are simultaneously binding. Expression (A44) implies that
Since the reinsurer’s TVaR constraint is binding, Expression (A45) implies that
Finally, Expression (38) can be directly obtained from Expressions (A38), (A39), (A44) and (A46), and hence the proof is completed.
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- Frontmatter
- Featured Articles (Research Paper)
- From Earthquake Geophysical Measures to Insurance Premium: A Generalised Method for the Evaluation of Seismic Risk, with Application to Italy’s Housing Stock
- Optimal Reciprocal Reinsurance under VaR or TVaR Constraint
- Morbidity and Mortality Analysis for Risk-based Pricing in Cattle Insurance
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