Scenario: You are 30 years old with a gross annual income of $75,000. You are married with 2-year-old twin children. Your spouse is 25 years of age. You estimate that your final expenses for funeral, burial, and other expenses will be $14,000. You currently owe $195,000 on a mortgage, $22,000 on a car loan, and $26,000 in credit card debt. You would like to replace your income for 35 years, and believe that your insurance proceeds can be invested to earn a 4% return. You would also like a minimum of $50,000 for each child be placed in a college fund. You do not anticipate a need to fund a readjustment period for your spouse. You currently have a $100,000 whole life insurance policy. Two procedures may be used to estimate your life insurance requirements. The more accurate method is the. It is considered the better method because it:.
a. offers a simplified way of evaluating your potential level of need.
b. considers all of the factors that might affect your potential level of need.
Which of the following are potential financial resources that could be used to offset your family's costs and expenses after your death?
A. Health insurance benefits.
B. The sale of physical assets, such as a house or a vehicle.
C. Existing financial assets, including your savings, investment, and retirement accounts.
D. Government benefits, including Social Security survivors' benefits.
Now, think more about the needs-based approach to estimating your life insurance requirements. To perform this analysis, make the following assumptions and computations:
When calculating your replacement income, you should base your computation onof your current annual income. This is because:.
a. it is the maximum amount that life insurance is permitted to pay.
b. according to the insurance regulators, surviving spouses don't deserve 100% of their spouses' annual income.
c. it is generally estimated that 25% of income is used for personal needs, and your needs won't need to be paid anymore.
Therefore, your replacement-income requirement should be based on a base annual income ofper year. These expected future amounts should beat a rate offoryears. This produces a total estimated replacement income of. (Hint: The appropriate annuity interest factor is 18.6646.)
Another important element in the needs-based method involves your spouse's and family's readjustment-period needs. This item is intended to cover the costs ofand any education expenses incurred by your spouse and dependents. Your readjustment-period needs are currently expected to be.
Your current short term debt-repayment needs areand reflect the costs of your.