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question 12

Multiple Choice

Use the information for the question(s) below.
Your firm faces an 8% chance of a potential loss of $50 million next year. If your firm implements new safety policies, it can reduce the chance of this loss to 3%, but the new safety policies have an upfront cost of $250,000. Suppose that the beta of the loss is 0 and the risk-free rate of interest is 5%.
-An operator of an oil well has a 0.5% chance of experiencing a catastrophic failure over the next year. This failure will cost the operator $500 million. If the risk-free rate is 2%, the expected return on the market is 8%, and the beta of the risk is -1.2, what is the actuarially fair insurance premium?

• A) $2,500,000
• B) $2,637,131
• C) $2,550,000
• D) $2,753,304

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Definitions:

Intangible Assets

Assets that have value to a business but are not visible.

Long-Term Equity

Investments in stocks or other equity instruments that are intended to be held for a period longer than one year for potential appreciation in value.

Accounts Payable

The amounts owed by a business to its suppliers or creditors for goods and services received on credit.

Noncompete Clause

A provision often included in a contract to purchase a business that restricts the seller from entering the same type of business within a specified area for a certain amount of time.