Artikel

On the economics of the longevity risk transfer market

We present a model of a longevity risk transfer market with different market players (primary insurers, reinsurers, and capital market investors) and investigate how market dynamics and the market players' roles evolve with progressing market saturation. We find that reinsurers' appetite for longevity risk is the key driver in the early stage of market development. Since diversification benefits with other businesses decrease with every transaction, the reinsurance market is intrinsically antimonopolistic. With the increasing saturation of the reinsurance sector as a whole, its competitiveness shrinks leading to rising expected risk‐adjusted returns for capital market investors. We show that in a saturated market, reinsurers should assume the entire longevity risk from primary insurers, diversify it within their business mix, and subsequently pass on only specific (nondiversifiable) components of the longevity risk to the capital markets. Our findings provide valuable suggestions on how to make the best use of the market's limited risk absorption capacity.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Journal of Risk and Insurance ; ISSN: 1539-6975 ; Volume: 90 ; Year: 2023 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 597-632 ; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
longevity risk hedging
longevity risk transfer market

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Börger, Matthias
Freimann, Arne
Ruß, Jochen
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Wiley
(wo)
Hoboken, NJ
(wann)
2023

DOI
doi:10.1111/jori.12435
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Börger, Matthias
  • Freimann, Arne
  • Ruß, Jochen
  • Wiley

Entstanden

  • 2023

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