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PRACTICAL BUSINESS OF LIFE INSURANCE.
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Similarly to the annual premium, any other mode of payment may be determined; say, for instance, one single premium for life. At age 90 the present value of all future death-claims is $779.10, and there are 847 persons to provide for the same; therefore, each one must contribute 779.10847, or $0·91987 in advance, that being the one single premium for life.

The limits of a magazine article do not permit more extended illustrations, but the reader can readily reason out for himself how premiums, insuring for life in a limited number of payments, and various other adaptations in vogue, all based upon the same principles, may be arrived at.

Let us now apply the annual premium of $0·49432, as above ascertained, to the insurance fund, and follow its working to the end, computing interest at 412 per cent.:

Age 90—Living 847 X ·49432 = $418 69 X 1·045 = $437 53
Death-claims at the end of the year, 385 00
Balance, 52 53
 
Age 91" 462 X ·49432 = $228 37
Balance on hand, 52 53
$280.90 X 1·045 = $293 55
Death-claims at the end of the year, 246 00
Balance, $47 55
 
Age 92" 216 X ·49432 = $106 77
Balance on hand, 47 55
$154 32 X 1-045 = $161 27
Death-claims at the end of the year, 137 00
Balance, $24 27
 
Age 93" 79 X ·49432 = $39 05
Balance on hand, 24 27
$63 32 X 1·045 = $66 18
Death-claims at the end of the year, 58 00
Balance, $8 18
 
Age 94" 21 X ·49432 = $10 38
Balance on hand, 8 18
$18 56 X 1·045 = $19 39
Death-claims at the end of the year, 18 00
Balance, $1 39
 
Age 95" 3 X ·49432 = $1 43
Balance on hand, 1 39
$2 87 X 1·045 = $3 00
Death-claims at the end of the year, 3 00