The XYZ Casualty Insurance Company has found that for a particular type of insurance policy it makes the following payments for insurance claims: i) On 10% of the policies, XYZ Company pays $1,000 exactly one year after the effective date of the policy. ii) On 3% of the policies, XYZ Company pays $10,000 exactly three years after the effective date of the policy. iii) On the remaining policies, XYZ Company makes no payment for claims. In addition to the above payments, XYZ Company pays $20 for the expenses of administering the policy: $10 is paid on the effective date of the policy and the remaining $10 is paid six months after the effective date of the policy. The annual interest rate is 8%, compounded semiannually. The premium for this type of insurance policy is due six months after the effective date of the policy. If the present value of the premium is set equal to the present value of the claim payments and expenses, what is the premium?
(A) Less than $355
(B) At least $355 but less than $380
(C) At least $380 but less than $415
(D) At least $415 but less than $440
(E) At least $440

Answer:

(B) At least $355 but less than $380

Explanation:

i. Claim payments to be made

$1000 to be paid after one year of the policy

So, Present value of $1000 at 8% semi-annually = $1000/(1.04^2)) = $924.56

10% of this policy is paid = $924.56*10%= $92.46

ii. Claim payments to be made

$10000 after 3 years

So, present value= $10000/(1+0.08/2)^6 =$10000/1.046 = $7,903.14

3% of this policy claim are payable after 3 years= $7903.14* 3% = $237.09

iii. Administration expenses = $20

$10 on the effective date

$10 after 6 months

So, present value of $10 after 6 months= $10/(1.04)= $9.62

Total present value of expenses to be made by the company = $92.46 + $237.09 + $10 + $9.62 = $349.17

As the present value of the premium is set equal to the present value of the claim payments and expenses. Then, the present value of the premium is equals to $349.17.

The actual cost of the premium paid in 6 months = $349.17*1.04 = $363.14. So the option B is correct.

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(a) What is the book cost of the stainless steel pump?
(b) What is the opportunity cost of the stainless steel pump?
(c) How much cheaper or more expensive would it be to use the stainless steel pump rather than a new brass pump?
a. $1500 cheaper
b. $1500 more expensive
c. $7500 cheaper
d. $7500 more expensive

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Given the following historical demand and forecast, calculate the Mean Absolute Percentage Error: Week 1 Demand: 50 Forecast: 49 Week 2 Demand: 54 Forecast: 50 Week 3 Demand: 58 Forecast: 63
FE = D-F n FE RSFE RSFE = 27=1 FE; MFE = n n (FE;) 21-1|FEil MSE = MAD = n n FE; 2i=1 =FE TS = RSFE MAPE n MAD MAD about 6.0%
A. about 2.0%
B. about 18.0%
C. about 4.3%
D. about 1.00%

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Activity Cost Pools Activity Rate
Setting up batches $ 87.25 per batch
Assembling products $ 6.38 per assembly hour
Processing customer orders $ 53.91 per customer order
Data concerning two products appear below:
Product S96U Product Q06F
Number of batches 34 45
Number of assembly hours 105 820
Number of customer orders 17 29
Required:
a. How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product S96U using the company's activity-based costing system?
b. How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product QO6F using the company's activity-based costing system?

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% of direct labor cost
2. Set up a simple job-order cost sheet for all jobs in process during June. If an amount is zero, enter "0".
Naranjo Company
Job-Order Cost Sheets
Job 39 Job 40 Job 41 Job 42
Balance, June 1 $ $ $ $
Total $ $ $ $
3. What if the expected direct labor rate at the beginning of the year was $20 instead of $25? What would the overhead rate be?
New budgeted direct labor cost = $
New overhead rate = % of direct labor cost
How would the cost of the jobs be affected?

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Which financial statment will provide the answer? *
A Balance sheet
B Profit and loss Account
C Trading Account
D Trial Balance​

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