For each of the following situations, state whether the expense related to the transaction can be deducted as an insurance expense:
a. Baker Company pays the insurance premium to provide each of its employees with a $50,000 whole life insurance policy. Baker and the insurance company consider the employee the owner of the policy. As owner of the policy, the covered employee designates the beneficiary of the life insurance proceeds in the event of the employee’s death. Each employee’s policy costs $2,000 per year.
b. Baker Company has a nondiscriminatory self-insured medical reimbursement plan for the benefit of its employees. Once a month, Baker transfers $1,000 in cash from its general bank account to a special medical reimbursement checking account. The transfer is based on the premium an insurance company would demand to provide the same benefits to the employees.
c. The employees of Baker Company receive large sums of cash in the mail. To protect against loss, Baker pays a $500 annual insurance premium for an employees’ fidelity bond.
d. Baker Company is owned by Ross. Baker pays a $1,500 annual premium for a sickness and disability income continuation insurance policy on Ross. The purpose of the policy is to give Ross $3,500 per month if he is unable to work for Baker because he is sick or disabled.