Aurora house get burglarized so she needs to make an insurance claim. The burglar caused $50,000 in home damage. They stole Aurora's necklace valued at $10,000. Aurora pays a premium of $1700 dollars, and has done so for twelve years. Her deductible is $1,000. Her Insurance covers $50,000 in damages. Was insurance worth it? 1. Cost of Damages 2. Total Amount of Coverage 3. Total Amount Paid for Insurance 4. Explain: Was it worth it?​

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?