A Method for the Estimation of Risk Premiums in Stop Loss Reinsurance

1. The reinsurance to be treated in this note shall cover the excess over a certain limit Q of the total amount of claims for each accounting period paid by the ceding company. Regardless of the rule for the determination of the limit Q such a reinsurance shall in this context be called stop loss reinsurance. Generally, such a reinsurance is called either stop loss or excess of loss reinsurance depending on the rule for the determination of Q. The use of the term stop loss regardless of this rule is preferred here in order to avoid confusion with an excess of loss reinsurance which refers to the excess of the amount of one or more claims caused by an individual event.