Discussion Papers, Department of Finance and Management Science, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
No 2008/8:
Continuous Monitoring: Look before You Leap
Snorre Lindset ()
and Svein-Arne Persson ()
Abstract: We present a model for pricing credit risk protection for
a limited liability non-life insurance company. The protection is typically
provided by a guaranty fund. In the case of continuous monitoring, i.e.,
where the market values of the company's assets and liabilities are
continuously observable, and where the market values of assets and
liabilities follow continuous processes, the regulators can liquidate the
insurance company at the instant the market value of its assets equals the
market value of its liabilities, implying that the credit protection is
worthless. When jumps are included in the claims process, the protection
provided by the guaranty fund has a strictly positive market value. We
argue that the ability to continuously monitor the equity value of a
company can be a new explanation for why jump processes may be important in
models of credit risk.
Keywords: Credit risk for non-life insurers; guarantee fund; continuous monitoring; barrier options; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: G13; G23; G33; (follow links to similar papers)
21 pages, March 12, 2008
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