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Optimal withdrawal strategies in GLWB variable annuities
BACINELLO, ANNA RITA
MAGGISTRO, ROSARIO
ZOCCOLAN, IVAN
2022
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to construct a dynamic programming algorithm for pricing variable annuities with GLWB under a stochastic mortality framework. Although our set-up is very general and only requires the Markovian property for the mortality intensity and the asset price processes, in the numerical implementation of the algorithm we model the former as a non mean reverting square root process, and the latter as an exponential Lévy process. In this way we get a tractable and flexible stochastic model for efficient pricing and risk management of the GLWB. Another contribution of our paper is the verification, through backward induction, of the bang-bang condition for the set of discrete withdrawal strategies of the model. This result is particularly remarkable as in the insurance literature either the existence of optimal bang-bang controls is assumed or it requires suitable conditions. We present extensive numerical examples and compare the results obtained for different market parameters and policyholder behaviours.
Series
DEAMS Research Paper Series, 2022, 1
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Anna Rita Bacinello, Rosario Maggistro, Ivan Zoccolan, "Optimal withdrawal strategies in GLWB variable annuities", EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2022
Languages
en