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Consider an insurance company that offers a standard contract with the premium r=$300 and payout q=$500 to anyone who will purchase it. Alice has healthy-state income I_H=$700 and sick-state income I_S=$0. He has probability of illness p=0.6.Answer the following questions.If Alice purchases the insurance and stays healthy, her income will be $[C].If Alice purchases the insurance and ends up getting sick, her final income will be $[D].For Alice, the standard insurance contract is [E] (choose either fair or unfair) and [F] (choose either full or partial).

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Consider an insurance company that offers a standard contract with the premium r=300andpayoutq=300 and payout q=500 to anyone who will purchase it. Alice has healthy-state income I_H=700andsickstateincomeIS=700 and sick-state income I_S=0. He has probability of illness p=0.6.Answer the following questions.If Alice purchases the insurance and stays healthy, her income will be [C].IfAlicepurchasestheinsuranceandendsupgettingsick,herfinalincomewillbe[C].If Alice purchases the insurance and ends up getting sick, her final income will be [D].For Alice, the standard insurance contract is [E] (choose either fair or unfair) and [F] (choose either full or partial).

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If Alice purchases the insurance and stays healthy, her income will be [C=700300]=[C=700-300]=400. This is because she will have to pay the premium of 300fromherhealthystateincomeof300 from her healthy-state income of 700.

If Alice purchases the insurance and ends up getting sick, her final income will be [D=500].Thisisbecauseshewillreceivethepayoutof[D=500]. This is because she will receive the payout of 500 from the insurance company, as her sick-state income is $0.

For Alice, the standard insurance contract is [E=unfair]. This is because the expected payout (0.6*500=500=300) is equal to the premium, so the insurance is actuarially fair. However, Alice is risk averse and would prefer a sure thing to a gamble with the same expected value, so from her perspective, the insurance is unfair.

The insurance contract is [F=full] insurance. This is because the payout of 500ifshegetssickismorethanhersickstateincomeof500 if she gets sick is more than her sick-state income of 0.

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