Which of the following statements regarding insurance and hedging is t

Which of the following statements regarding insurance and hedging is true?

A) Both insurance and hedging deal only with pure risks.
B) Insurance reduces objective risk while hedging involves only risk transfer and not risk reduction.
C) Hedging reduces objective risk while insurance involves only risk reduction and not risk transfer.
D) Both insurance and hedging reduce objective risk but do not involve the transfer of risk.

ANSWER

Answer: B