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The Gerber-Shiu discounted penalty function in the stationary renewal risk model

Willmot, Gordon E. ; Dickson, David C. M. ( 2002-08)

The discounted penalty function introduced by Gerber and Shiu (1998) is considered in the stationary renewal risk model, where it is expressed in terms of the same discounted penalty function in the ordinary renewal risk model. This relationship unifies and generalizes known special cases. An invariance property between the stationary renewal risk model and the classical Poisson model with respect to the ruin probability is also generalized as a result.
On the expected discounted penalty function at ruin of a surplus process with interest

Cai, Jun ; Dickson, David C.M. ( 2001-11)

In this paper, we study the expected value of a discounted penalty function at ruin of the classical surplus process modified by the inclusion of interest of the surplus. The 'penalty' is simply a function of the surplus immediately prior to ruin and the deficit at ruin. An integral equation for the expected value is derived, while the exact solution is given when the initial surplus is zero. Dickson's (1992) formulae for the distribution of the surplus immediately prior to ruin in the classical surplus process are generalised to our modified surplus process.