Bimmerbill
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Hello, I'm looking for some feedback on the choice I need to make regarding my Reserve Armed forces pension survivor benefit plan.
I'm 41, I collect at age 60. Looks like I have three choices:
1) No coverage- if I die before 60 nobody gets any money.
2) Deferred coverage- If I die before age 60 my spouse/offspring get a reduced annuity at what would have been my 60th birthday.
3) Or immediate coverage, spouse and dependent children draw an immediate annuity upon my death.
Option 1 yields $660 a month. Deferred annuity yields $640 a month if I draw it, $363.25 a month if I die. Immediate annuity yields $626 a month at age 60, or $355 a month if I die before age 60.
I'm thinking option 3, which should reduce the amount of life insurance I need to carry too. Annuity pays for life of spouse, unless spouse remarries or dies before age 55. Then it pays to offspring until age 18, 22 if full time student.
What does $355 a month equate to if it were to replace a life insurance policy?
Thanks!
I'm 41, I collect at age 60. Looks like I have three choices:
1) No coverage- if I die before 60 nobody gets any money.
2) Deferred coverage- If I die before age 60 my spouse/offspring get a reduced annuity at what would have been my 60th birthday.
3) Or immediate coverage, spouse and dependent children draw an immediate annuity upon my death.
Option 1 yields $660 a month. Deferred annuity yields $640 a month if I draw it, $363.25 a month if I die. Immediate annuity yields $626 a month at age 60, or $355 a month if I die before age 60.
I'm thinking option 3, which should reduce the amount of life insurance I need to carry too. Annuity pays for life of spouse, unless spouse remarries or dies before age 55. Then it pays to offspring until age 18, 22 if full time student.
What does $355 a month equate to if it were to replace a life insurance policy?
Thanks!