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Dhaene Jan

Ordinary Professor Actuarial Science, KU Leuven
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[BOOK][B] Modern actuarial risk theory: using R

R Kaas, M Goovaerts, J Dhaene, M Denuit - 2008 - books.google.com
Modern Actuarial Risk Theory contains what every actuary needs to know about non-life
insurance mathematics. It starts with the standard material like utility theory, individual and …

Optimal capital allocation principles

J Dhaene, A Tsanakas, EA Valdez… - Journal of Risk and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This article develops a unifying framework for allocating the aggregate capital of a financial
firm to its business units. The approach relies on an optimization argument, requiring that the …

Upper and lower bounds for sums of random variables

R Kaas, J Dhaene, MJ Goovaerts - Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 2000 - Elsevier
In this contribution, the upper bounds for sums of dependent random variables X 1 +X 2 +⋯+X
n derived by using comonotonicity are sharpened for the case when there exists a random …

On the (in-) dependence between financial and actuarial risks

J Dhaene, A Kukush, E Luciano, W Schoutens… - Insurance: Mathematics …, 2013 - Elsevier
Probability statements about future evolutions of financial and actuarial risks are expressed
in terms of the ‘real-world’ probability measure P, whereas in an arbitrage-free environment, …

[BOOK][B] Actuarial theory for dependent risks: measures, orders and models

M Denuit, J Dhaene, M Goovaerts, R Kaas - 2006 - books.google.com
The increasing complexity of insurance and reinsurance products has seen a growing
interest amongst actuaries in the modelling of dependent risks. For efficient risk management, …

The concept of comonotonicity in actuarial science and finance: theory

J Dhaene, M Denuit, MJ Goovaerts, R Kaas… - Insurance: Mathematics …, 2002 - Elsevier
In an insurance context, one is often interested in the distribution function of a sum of random
variables. Such a sum appears when considering the aggregate claims of an insurance …

The concept of comonotonicity in actuarial science and finance: applications

J Dhaene, M Denuit, MJ Goovaerts, R Kaas… - Insurance: Mathematics …, 2002 - Elsevier
In an insurance context, one is often interested in the distribution function of a sum of
random variables (rv’s). Such a sum appears when considering the aggregate claims of an …

Risk measures and comonotonicity: a review

J Dhaene, S Vanduffel, MJ Goovaerts, R Kaas… - Stochastic …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper we examine and summarize properties of several well-known risk measures that
can be used in the framework of setting solvency capital requirements for a risky business. …

Dependency of Risks and Stop-Loss Order1

J Dhaene, MJ Goovaerts - ASTIN Bulletin: The Journal of the IAA, 1996 - cambridge.org
The correlation order, which is defined as a partial order between bivariate distributions with
equal marginals, is shown to be a helpfull tool for deriving results concerning the riskiness …

Economic capital allocation derived from risk measures

J Dhaene, MJ Goovaerts, R Kaas - North American Actuarial …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
We examine properties of risk measures that can be considered to be in line with some “best
practice” rules in insurance, based on solvency margins. We give ample motivation that all …