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An insurance company is offering a new policy to its customers. Typically, the policy is bought by a parent or grandparent for a child at the child’s birth. The details of the policy are as follows: The purchaser (say, the parent) makes the following six payments to the insurance company: |
First birthday: | $ | 880 |
Second birthday: | $ | 880 |
Third birthday: | $ | 980 |
Fourth birthday: | $ | 980 |
Fifth birthday: | $ | 1,080 |
Sixth birthday: | $ | 1,080 |
After the child’s sixth birthday, no more payments are made. When the child reaches age 65, he or she receives $420,000. |
If the relevant interest rate is 12 percent for the first six years and 7 percent for all subsequent years, what is the value of the policy at the child's 65th birthday? |
Let's calculate the value of the payment after 6 years using following formula.
FV = 880 x (1 + 12%)^5 + 880 x (1 + 12%)^4 + 980 x (1 + 12%)^3 + 980 x (1 + 12%)^2 + 1,080 x (1 + 12%) + 1,080
= $7,831.30
It's value 59 years later at age 65,
FV = PV x (1 + r)^n = 7,831.30 x (1 + 7%)^59 = $424,108.20 would be the value of policy at 65th birthday.