(a) A friend says Insurance policies are a rip-off; they always have provisions that limit how much...
Question:
(a) A friend says "Insurance policies are a rip-off; they always have provisions that limit
how much you can be compensated." You will enlighten your friend by saying . . .
(b) Nestle Ghana has the following loss distribution, L, for its annual products liability
costs:
L = {
GH0 with a probability of 0.95
GH100,000 with a probability of 0.035
GH300,000 with probability of 0.01
GH1,000,000 with probability 0.005
Assume that the only administrative cost is the cost of processing an application which
equals GH1250 regardless of the size of the claim. The cost of providing insurance is the
sum of the expected claim costs and the expected claim processing costs. Determine the
fair premium in each of the following scenarios:
(i) Full insurance
(ii) GH100,000 deductible and GH600,000 limit
(iii) No deductible and a GH600,000 limit
In each case ignore moral hazard, adverse selection, time value of money and the risk load.