Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance, 9th Edition
Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance, 9th Edition
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781260052220
Author: Richard Brealey; Stewart Myers; Alan Marcus
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 1QP
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To discuss: The reason why insurance firms charge coastal inhabitants a premium that replicate the actuarial probability of harm from storms hurricanes and otherhurricanes.

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The insurance firm is pleased to charge a premium that replicate actuarial chances of death deprived of an extra risk premium. In difference, harmof flood is not self-governing across policyholders.  When my seasidehomebased floods in a storm,there is a moreprobability that my neighbour’s will also.  Since risk of flood is notdiversifiable, the insurance firmmight not be pleased with imposing a premium thatreplicates only the anticipated value of pay-outs.

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