The definition of solvency for insurance companies, within the European Union, is currently being revised as part of Solvency II Directive. The new definition induces revolutionary changes in the logic of control and expands the responsibilities in business management. The rationale of the fundamental measures of the Directive cannot be understood without reference to probability distribution functions. Many insurers are struggling with the realisation of a so-called “internal model” to assess risks and determine the overall solvency needs, as requested by the Directive. The quantitative assessment of the solvency position of an insurer relies on Monte Carlo simulation, in particular on nested Monte Carlo simulation that produces very hard computational and technological problems to deal with. In this paper, we address methodological and computational issues of an “internal model” designing a tractable formulation of the very complex expectations resulting from the “market-consistent” valuation of fundamental measures, such as Technical Provisions, Solvency Capital Requirement and Probability Distribution Forecast, in the solvency assessment of life insurance companies. We illustrate the software and technological solutions adopted to integrate the Disar system—an asset–liability computational system for monitoring life insurance policies—in advanced computing environments, thus meeting the demand for high computing performance that makes feasible the calculation process of the solvency measures covered by the Directive.

Relevant applications of Monte Carlo simulation in Solvency II / Casarano, Giuseppe; Castellani, Gilberto; Passalacqua, Luca; Perla, Francesca; Zanetti, Paolo. - In: SOFT COMPUTING. - ISSN 1432-7643. - (2017), pp. 1181-1192. [10.1007/s00500-015-1847-6]

Relevant applications of Monte Carlo simulation in Solvency II

CASTELLANI, Gilberto;PASSALACQUA, LUCA;PERLA, Francesca;
2017

Abstract

The definition of solvency for insurance companies, within the European Union, is currently being revised as part of Solvency II Directive. The new definition induces revolutionary changes in the logic of control and expands the responsibilities in business management. The rationale of the fundamental measures of the Directive cannot be understood without reference to probability distribution functions. Many insurers are struggling with the realisation of a so-called “internal model” to assess risks and determine the overall solvency needs, as requested by the Directive. The quantitative assessment of the solvency position of an insurer relies on Monte Carlo simulation, in particular on nested Monte Carlo simulation that produces very hard computational and technological problems to deal with. In this paper, we address methodological and computational issues of an “internal model” designing a tractable formulation of the very complex expectations resulting from the “market-consistent” valuation of fundamental measures, such as Technical Provisions, Solvency Capital Requirement and Probability Distribution Forecast, in the solvency assessment of life insurance companies. We illustrate the software and technological solutions adopted to integrate the Disar system—an asset–liability computational system for monitoring life insurance policies—in advanced computing environments, thus meeting the demand for high computing performance that makes feasible the calculation process of the solvency measures covered by the Directive.
2017
asset–liability management; life insurance policies; modelling uncertainty; Monte carlo simulation; nested simulation; risk assessment; stochastic models; software; geometry and topology; theoretical computer science
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Relevant applications of Monte Carlo simulation in Solvency II / Casarano, Giuseppe; Castellani, Gilberto; Passalacqua, Luca; Perla, Francesca; Zanetti, Paolo. - In: SOFT COMPUTING. - ISSN 1432-7643. - (2017), pp. 1181-1192. [10.1007/s00500-015-1847-6]
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