Your client, InsureCorp, is an insurance company considering launching an 'income insurance' product in the island nation of Autarka. Income insurance is a product that fully insuresa household against changes in income caused by a major injury or illness.

At present, no businesses are selling income insurance products in Autarka. Initial market research suggests that there are 10,000 households in Autarka interested in purchasing income insurance.

Your client expects that the fixed cost of launching the income insurance product will be $20,000,000 per year, and that each policy issued to a customer will cost the company an additional $1,500 in sales commissions.

1. Your task

Your client wants you to analyse the potential market for income insurance and report on the following:

• What is the maximum price the company can charge a household for an income insurance policy?
• What is the expected profit (or loss) for the company if it becomes a monopoly provider of income insurance?
• Is there a risk that rival insurance companies will also enter the market, selling identical income insurance products? If so, what would be the expected profit of your client? (You should assume that any competitors would face the same costs as your client.)