Robust non-zero-sum investment and reinsurance game with default risk

• Published in: Insurance, mathematics & economics mathematics & economics, 2019-01, Vol.84, p.115-132
• Main Authors: Wang, Ning, Zhang, Nan, Jin, Zhuo, Qian, Linyi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Ambiguity; Assets; Corporate bonds; Default risk; Dynamic programming; Equilibrium; Expected utility; Financial market; Investment; Investment policy; Investment strategy; Investments; Mathematical models; Model ambiguity; Nash equilibrium; Non-zero-sum stochastic differential game; Reinsurance; Relative performance; Robustness (mathematics); Stochastic models; Verification; Zero sum games
• ISSN: 0167-6687; 1873-5959
• DOI: 10.1016/j.insmatheco.2018.09.009

This paper investigates a non-zero-sum stochastic differential game between two competitive CARA insurers, who are concerned about the potential model ambiguity and aim to seek the robust optimal reinsurance and investment strategies. The ambiguity-averse insurers are allowed to purchase reinsurance treaty to mitigate individual claim risks; and can invest in a financial market consisting of one risk-free asset, one risky asset and one defaultable corporate bond. The objective of each insurer is to maximize the expected exponential utility of his terminal surplus relative to that of his competitor under the worst-case scenario of the alternative measures. Applying the techniques of stochastic dynamic programming, we derive the robust Nash equilibrium reinsurance and investment policies explicitly and present the corresponding verification theorem. Finally, we perform some numerical examples to illustrate the influence of model parameters on the equilibrium reinsurance and investment strategies and draw some economic interpretations from these results.