Deborah is a 25-year-old female with limited financial resources and a four-year-old son. Ideally, she would like to purchase permanent insurance coverage, but her primary concern is making sure her son will be taken care of financially if she dies before he graduates from college. Given her current financial situation, she is interested in a term life insurance policy that will last 20 years. Deborah goes to an insurance broker to purchase a policy and is shown the following two rate tables to help her choose between annual renewable and level premium term life insurance. Yearly Rates on Term Life Insurance Policies   Annual Renewable Term Life Rates     Policy Year Age 25 Age 40 Age 60 1 $119 $139 $252 5 $147 $219 $562 15 $176 $507 $1,313 20 $259 $1,054 $2,989 Total Cost 5 Years: $625 $897 $2,100 Total Cost 15 Years: $2,135 $6,205 $11,987 Total Cost 20 Years: $3,777 $8,287 $22,346     Level Premium Term Life Rates     Age 5 Year 15 Year 20 Year 25 $102 $84 $95 35 $101 $84 $95 40 $119 $102 $113 50 $136 $167 $195 60 $245 $295 $394   Given her age and desired policy term, she can purchase an annual renewable term life policy and pay   in the first year and a total of   over the course of the policy. Alternatively, she can purchase a level premium term life policy and pay a premium of   per year for a total of    over the course of the policy.   This example is representative of why, in general, people today purchase      term life insurance.

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Deborah is a 25-year-old female with limited financial resources and a four-year-old son. Ideally, she would like to purchase permanent insurance coverage, but her primary concern is making sure her son will be taken care of financially if she dies before he graduates from college. Given her current financial situation, she is interested in a term life insurance policy that will last 20 years.
Deborah goes to an insurance broker to purchase a policy and is shown the following two rate tables to help her choose between annual renewable and level premium term life insurance.
Yearly Rates on Term Life Insurance Policies
 
Annual Renewable Term Life Rates
 
 
Policy Year Age 25 Age 40 Age 60
1 $119 $139 $252
5 $147 $219 $562
15 $176 $507 $1,313
20 $259 $1,054 $2,989
Total Cost 5 Years: $625 $897 $2,100
Total Cost 15 Years: $2,135 $6,205 $11,987
Total Cost 20 Years: $3,777 $8,287 $22,346
 
 
Level Premium Term Life Rates
 
 
Age 5 Year 15 Year 20 Year
25 $102 $84 $95
35 $101 $84 $95
40 $119 $102 $113
50 $136 $167 $195
60 $245 $295 $394
 
Given her age and desired policy term, she can purchase an annual renewable term life policy and pay
 
in the first year and a total of
 
over the course of the policy. Alternatively, she can purchase a level premium term life policy and pay a premium of
 
per year for a total of 
 
over the course of the policy.
 
This example is representative of why, in general, people today purchase      term life insurance.
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