InsuranceVaRES: VaR and ES of Insurance Portfolio

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References Examples

Description

Generates Monte Carlo VaR and ES for insurance portfolio.

Usage

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InsuranceVaRES(mu, sigma, n, p, theta, deductible, number.trials, cl)

Arguments

mu

Mean of returns

sigma

Volatility of returns

n

Number of contracts

p

Probability of any loss event

theta

Expected profit per contract

deductible

Deductible

number.trials

Number of simulation trials

cl

VaR confidence level

Value

A list with "VaR" and "ES" of the specified portfolio

Author(s)

Dinesh Acharya

References

Dowd, K. Measuring Market Risk, Wiley, 2007.

Examples

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# Estimates VaR and ES of Insurance portfolio with given parameters
   y<-InsuranceVaRES(.8, 1.3, 100, .6, 21,  12, 50, .95)

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