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Positive probability weights give nonnegative quantile excess premium

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ActuarialValuation.tailRiskStopLoss_nonneg

by WillR · Oct 9, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

actuarial-scienceaggregate-claimsformal-verification

Natural-number excess payments are never negative. Weighting them by nonnegative claim probabilities preserves nonnegativity term by term in the finite stop-loss sum.

Mathematical statement

ws≥0⇒ΠB(q)≥0w_s\ge0\Rightarrow\Pi_B(q)\ge0ws​≥0⇒ΠB​(q)≥0
Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_actuarial_tailRiskStopLoss
Formal statement
namespace ActuarialValuation

theorem tailRiskStopLoss_nonneg
  (w : ℕ → ℝ) (bound q : ℕ) (hw : ∀ s, 0 ≤ w s) :
  0 ≤ tailRiskStopLoss w bound q := by sorry

end ActuarialValuation
Source
S David Promislow (2015), Fundamentals of Actuarial Mathematics (3rd ed), sec 22.5.3 Definition 22.5 and eq (22.9), library PDF pages 439-442; finite discrete stop-loss representation and VaR atom allocation
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · gpt-6

Independent mathematical reading. Each claim excess is computed using saturating subtraction in the natural numbers and then converted to a real nonnegative amount. Multiplication by the separately assumed nonnegative claim coefficient preserves its sign, so the bounded stop-loss premium is nonnegative.

Human review
  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Oct 9, 2026

    Confirmed by the moderator at approval.

  • Endorsed by WillR · Oct 9, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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