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A life insurance company allows people to prepay their endowment insurance at current rates. The policyholder then pays the premium every year. People should participate in the program as a means of decreasing the cost for their living after retirement.

Which of the following, if true, is the most appropriate reason for people NOT to participate in the program?


A. Peoples are unsure about which insurance company they will choose after retirement.

B. The amount of money accumulated by putting the prepayment funds in an interest-bearing account today will be greater than the total cost of insurance when they retire.

C. The annual cost of premium is expected to increase at a faster rate than the annual increase in the cost of living.

D. Some of the insurance companies are contemplating large increases in premium next year.

E. The prepayment plan would not cover the cost of hospitalization.

EXPLANATION:

B. The amount of money accumulated by putting the prepayment funds in an interest-bearing account today will be greater than the total cost of insurance when they retire.

Logic:

The program is meant to save people money in retirement by letting them prepay at current rates. But if the money they would prepay grows more (with interest) than what the insurance would cost in the future, then prepaying becomes a bad financial choice.

  • A is irrelevant because the program already assumes they are committing to one insurer.
  • C actually supports prepayment, since higher premiums in the future would make prepaying today beneficial.
  • D also supports prepayment, as paying now avoids large increases next year.
  • E is irrelevant — hospitalization coverage is not the program’s purpose.
Thus, B is the strongest reason not to participate.
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