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D'Arcy Barker, B.Sc., REBC
Advice:





LIFE INSURANCE CALCULATOR

INSTRUCTIONS
This calculator will help you to determine your total life insurance needs.  The main objective is to calculate the amount that your family would need to maintain its current standard of living in your absence.  You should repeat this calculation whenever your life changes significantly.

  1. Enter the likely values for Expenses and Income.

  2. Leave the box set at 0 if a particular question is not relevant to your situation.

  3. Click once on the "Calculate" button to calculate your result.

Life Insurance Needs Analysis
  
IMMEDIATE MONEY FUND
 $
This fund is for bills presented at death
and may include:
a. Burial Expenses
b. Lawyer's/Executor's fees
c. Federal/Provincial taxes
d. Surrogate court costs
e. Medical/hospital expenses
  
Debt Liquidation Fund
  $
a. Total of installment credit
b. Unpaid notes
c. School and car loans
d. Lines of credit/credit cards
e. Other outstanding bills
  
Emergency Fund
$ 
This fund is for unexpected bills not readily payble from current income. Such emergencies include major home/vehicle repairs, medical emergencies, etc. (50% of income may be sufficient)
 
Mortgage/Rent Payment Fund
  $
What would it take to pay off your mortgage today?
or
What amount is sufficient for a 10-year rent fund?
Monthly rent $_______ X 120 months= $_________

(Note: Over a recent 10-year period, median income for renters increased 79% but median housing costs increased 136%. For homeowners, median income increased 87% but median housing payments increased 120%. A mortgage or rent payment fund can help stabilize a family's future against the impact of inflation.)
 
Child/Home Care Fund
  $

To pay for new expenses creased as a result of the death of a spouse formerly performing these duties without any cash outlay.


WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF THE WORK WE DO AT HOME?
According to a university study, the following are the average annual dollar values of duties performed at home:

Number of Children
Both Spouses working
One Spouse Working
Outside the Home
 
Husband
Wife
WorkingSpouse
Non-working
Spouse
1 child $2,850 $11,150 $2,550 $15,300
2 children $3,800 $12,750 $3,500 $17,550
3 or more children $4,450 $14,350 $4,150 $19,150

To determine the amount of capital that may be required to offset the economic loss a death would create, multiply the applicable number in the table by the appropriate discount factor below.

Number of years until youngest child is age 18

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
.93
1.8
2.6
3.4
4.1
4.8
5.4
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
7.9
8.4
8.8
9.1
9.5
9.8
10.1
Discount Factors
 
Educational/Vocational Fund
$ 
The cost of a 4-year undergraduate education or comparable vocational training will vary by province and type of school ($25,000 is usually the minimum that should be provided)
 
Subtotal
$ 
Total of current savings, other liquid assets, existing life insurance, and CPP Death Benefit ($2,500)
$
New capital required for DAY ONE NEEDS
$
  
INCOME OBJECTIVE:
   
  
Based on a study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditures Survey, the following are typical income objectives in order to permit a family to "remain in their own world" after the death of a wage earner. Assumption is the mortgage on residence is paid or a rent fund has been established and educational expenses are provided for separately.

Annual Gross Income % of Gross Income Required
Up to $44,000 70%
$44,001 to $49,000 66%
$49,001 to $54,000 63%
$54,001 to $60,000 60%
Over $60,000 57%

Two income families at all income levels 70%

 
  
Present Annual Income-
$
Income Objective (_______% of above)-   $
Anticipated annual government benefits
(CPP Survivor and Orphan's Benefits)(maximum $7,464 in 1999; Orphan's Benefit subject to reduction)-
$
Other income-
$
 
TOTAL INCOME SHORTAGE.
(if negative, there is no income shortage)
  $
 
What rate of return assumption would you like to use for an investment pool that could be used to "provide the income required"?
 
 
New capital required for DAY ONE NEEDS
 
     
Click this button to calculate the total amount of life insurance you need.  
     
TOTAL NEW CAPITAL REQUIRED
(total new life insurance required)
 



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