Ruin probabilities in classical risk models with gamma claims

  • Corina Constantinescu
  • , Gennady Samorodnitsky
  • , Wei Zhu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper, we provide three equivalent expressions for ruin probabilities in a Cramér–Lundberg model with gamma distributed claims. The results are solutions of integro-differential equations, derived by means of (inverse) Laplace transforms. All the three formulas have infinite series forms, two involving Mittag–Leffler functions and the third one involving moments of the claims distribution. This last result applies to any other claim size distributions that exhibits finite moments.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)555-575
Number of pages21
JournalScandinavian actuarial journal
Volume2018
Issue number7
Early online date20-Nov-2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Ruin probability
  • Mittag–Leffler function
  • Gamma distribution
  • Laplace transform

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