a primary motivation behind corporate risk management practices is to reduce the firm's cost of debt financing. For example, Appendix 20B shows how insurance policies can lead to lower borrowing costs if firms can benefit from avoiding the so-called underinvestment problem, a type of financial distress cost that arises when firms forego investing in positive NPV projects. By using the arguments discussed in Chapter 20 and Appendix 20B, briefly explain why United Grain Growers (UGG), the enterprise risk management case examined in Chapter 27, would benefit from a corporate hedging strategy and lead to an increased firm value. Hint: consider the volatility of UGG's earnings in your responses.