Ruin Probability in a Semi-Markov Risk Model with Constant Interest Force and Heavy-Tailed Claims

Abstract

In the present paper, we consider a kind of semi-Markov risk model (SMRM) with constant interest force and heavy-tailed claims, in which the claim rates and sizes are conditionally independent, both fluctuating according to the state of the risk business. First, we derive a matrix integro-differential equation satisfied by the survival probabilities. Second, we analyze the asymptotic behaviors of ruin probabilities in a two-state SMRM with special claim amounts. It is shown that the asymptotic behaviors of ruin probabilities depend only on the state 2 with heavy-tailed claim amounts, not on the state 1 with exponential claim sizes.