Carolina Insurance Company, an all-equity life insurance firm, is considering the purchase of a fire insurance company. If the purchase is made, Carolina will be 50 percent larger than before. Currently, Carolina's stock has a beta of 1.2 and the return required is 15.2 percent. The fire insurance company is expected to generate a return of 20 percent with a beta of 2.5. If the risk-free rate is 8 percent and the market risk premium is 6 percent, should Carolina make the investment? a. No; the IRR is less than the appropriate required rate of return. b. No; the expected return is less than the required return. c. Yes; the expected return is greater than the required return. d. Yes; the project's risk/return combination lies above the SML. e. Yes; the IRR is greater than the appropriate required rate of return.