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Life insurance needs

How much coverage does this household actually need, and for how long? Every need carries a time, so the temporary and the permanent separate on their own.

Income
Mortgage
Count the mortgage as
Other debts
College
Childrencost filled from the College Board average, edit it
Child 1
Starts in about 10 years, the need is gone in 14.
Permanent needs
Already in place
Inflation
Your estimate
Estimated coverage need
$2,663,939
About 29.6 times the income being replaced, after $130,000 already in place.
Temporary need
$2,663,939
income, mortgage, debts, college. Shrinks every year.
Permanent need
$0
legacy and final expenses in today's dollars. Never goes away, and grows 2.5% a year.
Income for 20 years$2,299,019
Mortgage$250,000
Other debts$20,000
College$209,920
Legacy$0
Final expenses$15,000
Total before offsets$2,793,939

The household needs about $2,793,939 today to replace 20 years of income, clear the mortgage and debts, fund college and cover the permanent needs. $130,000 is already in place, which leaves an estimated need of $2,663,939: $2,663,939 temporary and $0 permanent.

Deeper analysis

How this need breaks into layers: YRT, 10, 15, 20 and 30 year term sized to the years each one covers, a permanent layer for what never goes away, the year by year need curve, and each child's college timeline.

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