Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the risks that an insurer faces?
A) Insurance businesses have been successful through the centuries because insurers are skillful in finding natural hedges.
B) Insurance companies employ actuaries who calculate the likelihood of loss events and fair premiums for insuring risks.
C) Actuaries cannot foretell whether any particular insured entity will suffer a loss,but they can estimate with reasonable accuracy the expected losses in a large population.
D) Insurers try to manage risks by diversifying their losses across a large number of policyholders with the hope that the law of large numbers holds.
E) Insurance companies often hedge their losses on catastrophic events by purchasing reinsurance.
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