Abstract

Journal of Actuarial Practice

Volume 12, 2005


Reputation Pricing: A Model for Valuing Future Life Insurance Policies

Rami Yosef

Abstract

The reputation of a life insurer is used to develop a model for determining the value of future life insurance policies. An M/G/∞ process is used to describe the sales and terminations (due to death or maturity) of future policies. The intensity of the arrival process is assumed to depend on the company's reputation. Explicit expressions are derived for the actuarial reserves and expected profits of these future policies.

Key words and phrases: future policyholders, expected profits, expected reserve, M/G/∞ queue

Corresponding Author:

Rami Yosef

School of Management,

Department of Business Administration

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Beer-Sheva 84105

ISRAEL

E-mail: ramiyo@som.bgu.ac.il


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