Optimal investment–reinsurance with delay for mean–variance insurers: A maximum principle approach☆

Abstract This paper is concerned with an optimal investment and reinsurance problem with delay for an insurer under the mean–variance criterion. A three-stage procedure is employed to solve the insurer’s mean–variance problem. We first use the maximum principle approach to solve a benchmark problem. Then applying the Lagrangian duality method, we derive the optimal solutions for a variance-minimization problem. Based on these solutions, we finally obtain the efficient strategy and the efficient frontier of the insurer’s mean–variance problem. Some numerical examples are also provided to illustrate our results.

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