The William Companies (WMB) owns and operates natural gas pipelines that deliver 12% of the natural gas consumed in the United States. WMB is concerned that a major hurricane could disrupt its Gulfstream pipeline, which runs 691 miles through the Gulf of Mexico. In the event of a disruption, the firm anticipates a loss of profits of $65 million. Suppose the likelihood of a disruption is 3% per year, and the beta associated with such a loss is –0.25. If the risk-free interest rate is 5% and the expected return of the market is 10%, what is the actuarially fair insurance premium?
To determine: Insurance premium.
Introduction:
To manage risk, a firm pays a yearly payment called insurance premium, instead of purchasing the insurance to pay off the losses.
Answer to Problem 1P
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Loss of profit is $65 million, disruption is 3%, beta is -0.25, risk-free interest rate is 5%, and the expected return is 10%.
The formula to calculate the insurance premium:
Here,
P refers to the probability.
E refers to the expected payment of loss.
The formula to calculate the cost of capital:
Compute the appropriate cost of capital:
Hence, the cost of capital is 0.0375.
Compute the insurance premium:
Hence, the insurance premium is $1.88 million.
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