Question: For each item or event in the table below, select the best description/explanation from the following list and enter the corresponding number in the table.

For each item or event in the table below, select the best description/explanation from the following list and enter the corresponding number in the table. Provide a brief explanation for each answer.

1. adverse selection 6. peril 11. pure risk
2. idemnification 7. pooling 12. insurable interest
3. moral hazard 8. underwriting
4. morale hazard 9. law of large numbers
5. loss control 10. contract of adhesion

Item or Event Explanation
Your 10-year-old Ford vehicle is destroyed in a collison. A new Ford costs $20,000, but the insurance company only pays you $2,000.
A life insurance company offers a policy to anyone over age 20 with no questions or medical exams required. The company bases the premium on a 45-year-old person, the average age of all people over 20 in the United States. The company loses money on the policy.
Your homeowners policy states that damage to the foundation of the house caused by "ground water" is not covered. However, "ground water" is not defined in the policy. Your neighbor's underground water pipes burst, causing underground flooding that damages your foundation. The insurance company refuses to pay due to the "ground water" exclusion. You argue that "ground water" implies naturally occuring water and should not include a man-made problem. You win in court.
An employee slips and falls on Sunday while washing his car. He hurts his back, by manages to get to work Monday morning, and then pretends to fall. The company's workers compensation insurance covers his medical bills.
I purchase an insurace policy on your personal property. Your apartment suffers fire damage and your clothes are destroyed. I file a claim, but the insurance company refuses to pay.

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