In this paper, we define a notion of second-order backward stochastic
differential equations with jumps (2BSDEJs for short), which generalizes the
continuous case considered by Soner, Touzi and Zhang [Probab. Theory Related
Fields 153 (2012) 149-190]. However, on the contrary to their formulation,
where they can define pathwise the density of quadratic variation of the
canonical process, in our setting, the compensator of the jump measure
associated to the jumps of the canonical process, which is the counterpart of
the density in the continuous case, depends on the underlying probability
measures. Then in our formulation of 2BSDEJs, the generator of the 2BSDEJs
depends also on the underlying probability measures through the compensator.
But the solution to the 2BSDEJs can still be defined universally. Moreover, we
obtain a representation of the $Y$ component of a solution of a 2BSDEJ as a
supremum of solutions of standard backward SDEs with jumps, which ensures the
uniqueness of the solution.Comment: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/14-AAP1063 in the Annals of
Applied Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aap/) by the Institute of
Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
This paper studies an equilibrium model between an insurance buyer and an insurance seller, where both parties' risk preferences are given by convex risk measures. The interaction is modeled through a Stackelberg type game, where the insurance seller plays first by offering prices, in the form of safety loadings. Then the insurance buyer chooses his optimal proportional insurance share and his optimal prevention effort in order to minimize his risk measure. The loss distribution is given by a family of stochastically ordered probability measures, indexed by the prevention effort. We give special attention to the problems of self-insurance and self-protection. We prove that the formulated game admits a unique equilibrium, that we can explicitly solve by further specifying the agents criteria and the loss distribution. In self-insurance, we consider also an adverse selection setting, where the type of the insurance buyers is given by his loss probability, and study the screening and shutdown contracts. Finally, we provide case studies in which we explicitly apply our theoretical results.
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