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Fast simulation of equity-linked life insurance contracts with a surrender option

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Fast simulation of equity-linked life insurance contracts with a surrender option
In this paper, we consider equity-linked life insurance contracts that give their holder the possibility to surrender their policy before maturity. Such contracts can be valued using simulation methods proposed for the pricing of American options, but the mortality risk must also be taken into account when pricing such contracts. Here, we use the least-squares Monte Carlo approach of Longstaff and Schwartz coupled with quasi-Monte Carlo sampling and a control variate in order to construct efficient estimators for the value of such contracts. We also show how to incorporate the mortality risk into these pricing algorithms without explicitly simulating it.
Carole Bernard, Christiane Lemieux
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Type Conference
Year 2008
Where WSC
Authors Carole Bernard, Christiane Lemieux
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