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Hidden costs of a unit-linked policy

📖 The story

For a unit-linked policy the insurer projects a maturity value of $60,000 from a $200 monthly premium over 15 years at 8 %. What pure savings premium would produce this value at 8 % – and what does the policy cost?

ℹ  Comparison of the required pure savings premium with the actual premium.

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Years × Annual return
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What you learn

The difference between the premium paid and the mathematically required savings premium reveals the ongoing costs of the policy – that is how you see what really works for you.

In short: The difference between the premium paid and the mathematically required savings premium reveals the ongoing costs of the policy.
Formula
R = (FV − K0·q^n) / ((q^n − 1)/(q − 1))
With the example numbers
R = 60,000.00 $ / ((qn−1)/(q−1)),  q = 1.006434, n = 180 = 177.72 $
How to read the formula

Here the final-value formula is solved for the rate: you divide the target by the compounding factor (qⁿ−1)/(q−1), which shows the multiple to which a rate of $1 grows. Takeaway: the longer n, the larger this factor – and the smaller the rate needed.

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Monatliche kosten 22.28

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