In: Statistics and Probability
A 28-year-old man pays $254 for a one-year life insurance policy with coverage of $11,684. If the probability that he will live through the year is 0.995, what is the expected value for the insurance policy?
solution :
Expected value of the insurance policy
= $(11684- 254)*(1 - 0.995) - $254*0.995
= $ -195.58
So the man is expected to have a loss of $195.58 over the year.