Optimal capital allocation based on the Tail Mean-Variance model

This paper studies capital allocation problems with the aggregate risk exceeding a certain threshold. We propose a novel capital allocation rule based on the Tail Mean-Variance principle. General formulas for the optimal capital allocations are proposed. Explicit formulas for optimal capital allocations are derived for multivariate elliptical distributions. Moreover, we give asymptotic allocation formulas for multivariate regular variation variables. Various numerical examples are given to illustrate the results, and real insurance data is discussed as well. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.