Problem Set 6

1. For each of the following situations, what amount would the insurance company
pay?
a. Wind damage of $835; the insured has $500 deductible.
Ans) Amount that insurance company would pay is $835 - $500
= $335
b. Theft of a stereo system worth $1,300; the insured has a $250 deductible.
Ans) Amount that insurance company would pay is $1,300 - $250
= $ 1,050
c. Vandalism that does $425 of damage to a home; the insured has a $500
deductible.
Ans) $425


2. Beverly and Kyle Nelson currently insure their cars with separate companies
paying $650 and $575 a year. If they insure both cars with the same company,
they would save 10 percent on the annual premiums. What would be the future
value of the annual savings over ten years based on an annual interest rate of 6
percent?
Ans) Savings on annual premium is 10$. So amount saved in premium to be paid is
$65 and $57.5 from Beverly and Kyle respectively.
For Beverley: FV= 65.00(1+0.06)10 = 116.41
For Kyle: FV= 57.50(1+0.06)10 = 102.97

3. As of 2008, per capita spending on health care in the United States was about
$8,000. If this amount increased by 5 percent a year, what would be the amount
of per capital spending for health care in 10 years?
Ans) FV= 8,000(1+0.05)10 = 13,031.16
4. Sarahs comprehensive major medical health insurance plan at work has a
deductible of $750. The policy pays 85 percent of any amount above the
deductible. While on a hiking trip, she contracted a rare bacterial disease. Her
medical costs for treatment, including medicines, tests, and a six-day hospital
stay, totaled $8,893. A friend told her that she would have paid less if she had a
policy with a stop-loss feature that capped her out-of-pocket expenses at $3,000.
Was her friend correct? Show your computations. Then determine which policy
would have cost Sarah less and by how much.
Ans) Sarahs current insurance plan: Policy Pay = $8,893 * 85% = 7,559.05 , Out-
of-Pocket = 8,893 7,559.05 = $1,333.95
The Stop-Loss feature usually has an out-of-pocket expense between $4,000 and
$6,000. Stop-Loss Coverage = 8,893 4000 = $4,893
Sarahs current insurance plan cost her less by $3,559.05
5. The Kelleher family has health insurance coverage that pays 80 percent of out-
of-hospital expenses after a $500 deductible per person. If one family member
has doctor and prescription medication expenses of $1,100, what amount would
the insurance company pay?
Ans) The insurance company would pay .80 $600 = $480.
6. You are the wage earner in a typical family, with $40,000 gross annual
income. Use the easy method to determine how much life insurance you should
carry.
Ans) Life insurance needed = 0.7 * 7 * $40,000
= $196,000