Risk Model Based on General Compound Hawkes Process
Anatoliy Swishchuk

TL;DR
This paper introduces a novel risk model using a general compound Hawkes process, establishing fundamental probabilistic results and analyzing key risk metrics, with applications to classical models.
Contribution
It develops a new risk model based on the general compound Hawkes process and proves LLN and FCLT, extending classical risk models with new stochastic properties.
Findings
Proved Law of Large Numbers for the model
Established Functional Central Limit Theorem
Derived properties like net profit condition and ruin time
Abstract
In this paper, we introduce a new model for the risk process based on general compound Hawkes process (GCHP) for the arrival of claims. We call it risk model based on general compound Hawkes process (RMGCHP). The Law of Large Numbers (LLN) and the Functional Central Limit Theorem (FCLT) are proved. We also study the main properties of this new risk model, net profit condition, premium principle and ruin time (including ultimate ruin time) applying the LLN and FCLT for the RMGCHP. We show, as applications of our results, similar results for risk model based on compound Hawkes process (RMCHP) and apply them to the classical risk model based on compound Poisson process (RMCPP).
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Risk Model Based on General Compound Hawkes Process
Anatoliy Swishchuk111University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada 222The author wishes to thank NSERC for continuing support
Abstract: In this paper, we introduce a new model for the risk process based on general compound Hawkes process (GCHP) for the arrival of claims. We call it risk model based on general compound Hawkes process (RMGCHP). The Law of Large Numbers (LLN) and the Functional Central Limit Theorem (FCLT) are proved. We also study the main properties of this new risk model, net profit condition, premium principle and ruin time (including ultimate ruin time) applying the LLN and FCLT for the RMGCHP. We show, as applications of our results, similar results for risk model based on compound Hawkes process (RMCHP) and apply them to the classical risk model based on compound Poisson process (RMCPP).
Keywords: Hawkes process; general compound Hawkes process; risk model; net profit condition; premium principle; ruin time; ultimate ruin time; LLN; FCLT
1 Introduction
The Hawkes process (Hawkes (1971)) is a simple point process that has self-exciting property, clustering effect and long memory.
It has been widely applied in seismology, neuroscience, DNA modelling and many other fields, including finance (Embrechts, Liniger and Lin (2011)) and insurance (Stabile et al. (2010)).
In this paper, we introduce a new model for the risk process, based on general compound Hawkes process (GCHP) for the arrival of claims. We call it risk model based on general compound Hawkes process (RMGCHP). To the best of the author’s knowledge, this risk model is the most general relaying on the existing literature. Compound Hawkes process and risk model based on it was introduced in Stabile et al. (2010).
In comparison to simple Poisson arrival of claims, GCHP model accounts for the risk of contagion and clustering of claims.
We note, that Stabile & Torrisi (2010) were the first who replaced Poisson process by a simple Hawkes process in studying the classical problem of the probability of ruin. Dassios and Zhao (2011) considered the same ruin problem using marked mutually-exciting process (dynamic contagion process).
Jang & Dassios (2012) implement Dassios & Zhao (2011) to calculate insurance premiums and suggest higher premiums should be set up in general across different insurance product lines. Semi-Markov risk processes and their optimal control and stability were first introduced in Swishchuk & Goncharova (1998) and studied and developed in Swishchuk (2000).
Compound Hawkes processes were applied to Limit Order Books in Swishchuk, Chavez-Casillas, Elliott and Remillard (2017). General compound Hawkes processes have also been applied to LOB in Swishchuk (2017). The general compound Hawkes process was first introduced in Swishchuk (2017) to model a risk process in insurance.
The paper is organized as follows. Section 2 is devoted to the description of Hawkes process. Section 3 contains Law of Large Numbers (LLN) and Functional Central Limit Theorem (FCLT) for RMGCHP. Section 4 contains applications of LLN and FCLT, including net profit condition, premium principle, ruin and ultimate ruin probabilities, and the probability density function of the time to ruin for RMGCHP. Section 5 describes applications of the results from Section 4 to the risk model based on compound Hawkes process (RMCHP). Section 5 contain the applications of the results from Section 5 to the classical risk model based on compound Poisson process (RMCPP), just for the completeness of the presentation. And Section 6 concludes the paper and highlights future work.
2 Hawkes, General Compound Hawkes Process (GCHP) and Risk Model based on GCHP
In this section we introduce Hawkes and general compound Hawkes processes and give some of their properties. We also introduce the risk model based on GCHP.
2.1 Hawkes Process
Definition 1 (Counting Process). A counting process is a stochastic process taking positive integer values and satisfying: It is almost surely finite, and is a right-continuous step function with increments of size (See, e.g., Daley and Vere-Jones (1988)).
Denote by the history of the arrivals up to time that is, is a filtration, (an increasing sequence of -algebras).
A counting process can be interpreted as a cumulative count of the number of arrivals into a system up to the current time
The counting process can also be characterized by the sequence of random arrival times at which the counting process has jumped. The process defined by these arrival times is called a point process.
Definition 2 (Point Process). If a sequence of random variables taking values in has and the number of points in a bounded region is almost surely finite, then, is called a point process. (See, e.g., Daley, D.J. and Vere-Jones, D. (1988)).
Definition 3 (Conditional Intensity Function). Consider a counting process with associated histories If a non-negative function exists such that
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then it is called the conditional intensity function of We note, that sometimes this function is called the hazard function.
Definition 4 (One-dimensional Hawkes Process) (Hawkes (1971)). The one-dimensional Hawkes process is a point point process which is characterized by its intensity with respect to its natural filtration:
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where and the response function is a positive function and satisfies
The constant is called the background intensity and the function is sometimes also called theexcitation function. We suppose that to avoid the trivial case, which is, a homogeneous Poisson process. Thus, the Hawkes process is a non-Markovian extension of the Poisson process.
The interpretation of equation (2) is that the events occur according to an intensity with a background intensity which increases by at each new event then decays back to the background intensity value according to the function Choosing leads to a jolt in the intensity at each new event, and this feature is often called a self-exciting feature, in other words, because an arrival causes the conditional intensity function in (1)-(2) to increase then the process is said to be self-exciting.
With respect to definitions of in (1) and (2), it follows that
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We should mention that the conditional intensity function in (1)-(2) can be associated with the compensator of the counting process that is:
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Thus, is the unique predictable function, with and is non-decreasing, such that
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where is an local martingale (This is the Doob-Meyer decomposition of )
A common choice for the function in (2) is one of exponential decay:
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with parameters In this case the Hawkes process is called the Hawkes process with exponentially decaying intensity.
Thus, the equation (2) becomes
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We note, that in the case of (4), the process is a continuous-time Markov process, which is not the case for the choice (2).
With some initial condition the conditional density in (5) with the exponential decay in (4) satisfies the SDE
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which can be solved (using stochastic calculus) as
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which is an extension of (5).
Another choice for is a power law function:
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for some positive parameters
This power law form for in (6) was applied in the geological model called Omori’s law, and used to predict the rate of aftershocks caused by an earthquake.
Many generalizations of Hawkes processes have been proposed. They include, in particular, multi-dimensional Hawkes processes, non-linear Hawkes processes, mixed diffusion-Hawkes models, Hawkes models with shot noise exogenous events, Hawkes processes with generation dependent kernels.
2.2 General Compound Hawkes Process (GCHP)
Definition 7 (General Compound Hawkes Process (GCHP)). Let be any one-dimensional Hawkes process defined above. Let also be ergodic continuous-time finite (or possibly infinite but countable) state Markov chain, independent of with space state and be any bounded and continuous function on The general compound Hawkes process is defined as
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Some Examples of GCHP
1. Compound Poisson Process: where is a Poisson process and are i.i.d.r.v.
2. Compound Hawkes Process: where is a Hawkes process and are i.i.d.r.v.
3. Compound Markov Renewal Process: where is a renewal process and is a Markov chain.
2.3 Risk Model based on General Compound Hawkes Process
Definition 8 (RMGCHP: Finite State MC). We define the risk model based on GCHP as follows:
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where is the initial capital of an insurance company, is the rate of at which premium is paid, is continuous-time Markov chain in state space is a Hawkes process, is continuous and bounded function on X). and are independent.
Definition 8’. (RMGCHP: Infinite State MC). We define the risk model based on GCHP for infinite state but countable Markov chain as follows:
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Here: -infinite but countable space of states for Markov chain
Some Examples of RMGCHP
1. Classical Risk Process (Cramer-Lundberg Risk Model): If are i.i.d.r.v. and is a homogeneous Poisson process, then is a classical risk process also known as the Cramer-Lundberg risk model (see Asmussen and Albrecher (2010)). In the latter case we have compound Poisson process (CPP) for the outgoing claims.
Remark 1. Using this analogy, we call our risk process as a risk model based on general compound Hawkes process (GCHP).
2. Risk Model based on Compound Hawkes Process: If are i.i.d.r.v. and is a Hawkes process, then is a risk process with non-stationary Hawkes claims arrival introduced in Stabile et al. (2010).
3 LLN and FCLT for RMGCHP
In this section we present LLN and FCLT for RMGCHP.
3.1 LLN for RMGCHP
Theorem 1 (LLN for RMGCHP). Let be the risk model (RMGCHP) defined above in (8), and be an ergodic Markov chain with stationary probabilities Then
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where and
Proof. (Follows from Swishchuk (2017) (’General Compound Hawkes Processes in Limit Order Books’, working paper. Available on arXiv:
https://arxiv.org/submit/1929048)).
From (8) we have
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The first term goes to zero when From the other side, w.r.t. the strong LLN for Markov chains (see, e.g., Norris (1997))
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where is defined in (9).
Finally, taking into account (10) and (11), we obtain:
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and the result in (9) follows.
We note, that we have used above the result that (See, e.g., Bacry, Mastromatteo and Muzy (2015) or Daley, D.J. and Vere-Jones, D. (1988)). Q.E.D.
Remark 2. When are i.i.d.r.v., then
Remark 3. When is exponential, then
3.2 FCLT for RMGCHP
Theorem 2 (FCLT for RMGCHP). Let be the risk model (RMGCHP) defined above in (8), and be an ergodic Markov chain with stationary probabilities Then
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(or in Skorokhod topology (see Skorokhod (1965))
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where is the standard normal random variable ( is a standard Wiener process),
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and
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is a transition probability matrix for , i.e., denotes the matrix of stationary distributions of and is the jth entry of
Proof. (Follows from Swishchuk (2017) (’General Compound Hawkes Processes in Limit Order Books’, working paper. Available on arXiv:
https://arxiv.org/submit/1929048)). From (8) it follows that
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and
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where is defined in (14)).
Therefore,
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As long as we have to find the limit for
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when
Consider the following sums
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and
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where is the floor function.
Following the martingale method from Vadori and Swishchuk (2015), we have the following weak convergence in the Skorokhod topology (see Skorokhod (1965)):
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where is defined in (13).
We note again, that w.r.t LLN for Hawkes process (see, e.g., Daley, D.J. and Vere-Jones, D. (1988)) we have:
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or
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where is defined in (13).
Using change of time in (19), we can find from (19) and (20):
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or
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where is the standard Wiener process, and and are defined in (13). The result (12) now follows from (15)-(21). Q.E.D.
Remark 4. When are independent and then and
Remark 5. When are independent and then and
Remark 6. When is two-state Markov chain and then and
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Remark 7. When are i.i.d.r.v., then in (13) and
4 Applications of LLN and FCLT for RMGCHP
In this section we consider some applications of LLN and FCLT for RMGCHP that include net profit condition, premium principle and ruin and ultimate ruin probabilities.
4.1 Application of LLN: Net Profit Condition
From Theorem 1 (LLN for RMGCHP) follows that net profit condition has the following form:
Corollary 1 (NPC for RMGCHP).
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where
Corollary 2 (NPC for RMCHP). When are i.i.d.r.v., then and the net profit condition in this case has the form
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Corollary 3 (NPC for RMCPP). Of course, in the case of Poisson process () we have well-known net profit condition:
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4.2 Application of LLN: Premium Principle
A premium principle is a formula for how to price a premium against an insurance risk. There many premium principles, and the following are three classical examples of premium principles ():
The expected value principle:
where the parameter is the safety loading;
The variance principle:
The standard deviation principle:
We present here the expected value principle as one of the premium principles (that follows from Theorem 1 (LLN for RMGCHP)):
Corollary 4 (Premium Principle for RMGCHP)
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where the parameter is the safety loading.
4.3 Application of FCLT for RMGCHP: Ruin and Ultimate Ruin Probabilities
4.3.1 Application of FCLT for RMGCHP: Approximation of RMGCHP by a Diffusion Process
From Theorem 2 (FCLT for RMGCHP) it follows that risk process can be approximated by the following diffusion process
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where and are defined above, is a Hawkes process and is a standard Wiener process.
It means that our diffusion process has drift and diffusion coefficient i.e., is -distributed.
We use the diffusion approximation of the RMGCHP to calculate the ruin probability in a finite time interval
4.3.2 Application of FCLT for RMGCHP: Ruin Probabilities
The ruin probability up to time is given by ( is a ruin time)
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Applying now the result for ruin probabilities for diffusion process (see, e.g., Asmussen (2000) or Asmussen and Albrecher (2010)) we obtain the following
Theorem 3 (Ruin Probability for Our Diffusion Process):
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where is the standard normal distribution function.
4.3.3 Application of FCLT for RMGCHP: Ultimate Ruin Probabilities
Letting in Theorem 3 above, we obtain:
Corollary 5 (The Ultimate Ruin Probability for RMGCHP):
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where and are defined in Theorem 2 (FCLT for RMGCHP).
4.4 Application of FCLT for RMGCHP: The Distribution of the Time to Ruin
From Theorem 3 and Corollary 5 follows:
Corollary 6 (The Distribution of the Time to Ruin). The distribution of the time to ruin, given that ruin occurs is:
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Differentiation in previous distribution by gives the probability density function of the time to ruin:
Corollary 7 (The Probability Density Function of the Time to Ruin):
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Remark 8 (Inverse Gaussian Distribution): Substituting and in the density function we obtain:
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which is the standard Inverse Gaussian distribution with expected value and variance
Remark 9 (Ruin Occurs with ): If then ruin occurs with and the density function is obtained from Corollary 6 with i.e.,
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The distribution function is :
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5 Applications of LLN and FCLT for
RMCHP
In this section we list the applications of LLN and FCLT for risk model based on compound Hawkes process (RMCHP). The LLN and FCLT for RMCHP follow from Theorem 1 and Theorem 2 above, respectively. In this case are i.i.d.r.v. and and our risk model based on compound Hawkes process (RMCHP) has the following form:
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where is a Hawkes process.
5.1 Net Profit Condition for RMCHP
From (22) it follows that net profit condition for RMCHP has the following form ():
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5.2 Premium Principle for RMCHP
From (23) it follows that premium principle for RMCHP has the following form:
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where is the safety loading parameter.
5.3 Ruin Probability for RMCHP
From (24) it follows that the ruin probability for RMCHP has the following form:
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Remark 10. Here, (see Remark 7.).
5.4 Ultimate Ruin Probability for RMCHP
From (25) it follows that the ultimate ruin probability for RMCHP has the following form:
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5.5 The Probability Density Function of the Time to Ruin
From (26) it follows that the probability density function of the time to ruin for RMCHP has the following form:
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6 Applications of LLN and FCLT for
RMCPP
In this section we list, just for completeness, the applications of LLN and FCLT for risk model based on compound Poisson process (RMCPP). The LLN and FCLT for RMCPP follow from Section 5 above. In this case are i.i.d.r.v. and and and our risk model based on compound Poisson process (RMCHP) has the following form:
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where is a Poisson process.
Of course, all the results below are classical and well-known (see, e.g., Asmussen (2000)), and we list them just to show that they are followed from our results above.
6.1 Net Profit Condition for RMCPP
From (22) it follows that net profit condition for RMCPP has the following form ():
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6.2 Premium Principle for RMCPP
From (23) it follows that premium principle for RMCPP has the following form:
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where is the safety loading parameter.
6.3 Ruin Probability for RMCPP
From (24) it follows that the ruin probability for RMCPP has the following form:
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Remark 11. Here, because (see remark 7.).
6.4 Ultimate Ruin Probability for RMCPP
From (25) it follows that the ultimate ruin probability for RMCPP has the following form:
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6.5 The Probability Density Function of the Time to Ruin for RMCPP
From (26) it follows that the probability density function of the time to ruin for RMCPP has the following form:
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7 Conclusion and Future Work
In this paper, we introduced a new model for the risk process based on general compound Hawkes process (GCHP) for the arrival of claims. We call it risk model based on general compound Hawkes process (RMGCHP). The Law of Large Numbers (LLN) and the Functional Central Limit Theorem (FCLT) have been proved. We also studied the main properties of this new risk model, net profit condition, premium principle and ruin time (including ultimate ruin time) applying the LLN and FCLT for the RMGCHP. We showed similar results for risk model based on compound Hawkes process (RMCHP) and applied them to the classical risk model based on compound Poisson process (RMCPP). The future work will be devoted to the implementations of the obtained results to some insurance problems and preparation of numerical results.
Acknowledgement
The author thanks the organizers of the 21st International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics-IME 2017, July 3-5, 2017, TUW, Vienna, for their kind invitation to present the results of the paper.
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