Assignment 1 Case Study W24

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Apr 3, 2024

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Insurance Case Study Marks: 55 Grade Weight: 10% Group Size: 2 Max John, age forty-three and Patricia, age forty-one, are a married couple with two children, ages eight and eleven. John earns $115,000 annually as a marketing and sales manager for a local firm. His employer also provides benefits of extended health and dental coverage for whole family and disability insurance for him. Patricia earns $52,000 annually as an administrative assistant with the local school district. She works only during the school term so she can be home with the children when they are on summer break and doesn’t have any additional benefits from employer. Their eight years old son want to be an engineer and current cost of a four-year engineering degrees is $70,000. Their eleven years old daughter want to be a schoolteacher and current cost of her education degree is $60,000. Current family expenses range from between $6000 to $7000 a month and their expenses are expected to reduce by 40% at retirement. The final death expenses in Canada are about $27,000 for a deceased adult. John and Patricia purchased their home ten years ago. It is currently valued at $750,000, with an outstanding mortgage of $340,500 and is without any credit insurance. They have one family car, valued at $37,500, which has an outstanding loan amount of $5,100 and is without any credit insurance. John ’s employer supplies him with a company car for which all expenses are paid. John is contributing to a defined contribution retirement plan sponsored by his employer, who matches his contributions up to 5 percent of his gross salary. The current value of his tax-deferred contributions, employer contributions, and investment earnings is $280,000 and his spouse is beneficiary of full amount. John also has a group universal life (GUL) policy through his employer in an amount equal to his salary ($115,000) and has purchased additional coverage up to two times his salary for a total of $230,000. Patricia has a retirement
plan with the school district that pays a specified benefit. Based on a retirement age of sixty-five, she would receive $410 monthly. If Patricia predeceases John, he would be entitled to 50 percent of her monthly benefits starting at age sixty-five. The school district provides $20,000 in group insurance coverage to Patricia, and she has no other life insurance coverage. John and Patricia are also both eligible to receive OAS benefits in retirement. They have about $18,000 in their joint saving account for emergencies. a) Identify all personal risks this family may currently facing and recommend strategies (From four discussed in class) to manage each risk. (Marks 10) b) Based on the facts presented in this case, what is the impact of premature death of any parent on this family? (Marks 5) c) What are the family’s life insurance needs in case of each adult death? Use both methods of need assessment. (Marks 20) d) Which method you may thing is more suitable for this family and why? (Marks 5) e) What amount and what type of life insurance policies, if any, should be purchased? (Marks 10) f) Which insurance company you recommend and why? (Marks 5)
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