Future Education Protection
We assume a 5% rate of return, which will match an estimated cost of education inflation rate of 5%. Your life insurance protection should match each year of expected education cost in today's dollars. For example, two kids ages 8 and 12 will attend a public university in the future which costs $35,000 per year in today's dollars. Life insurance protection need would be 4-years tuition per child x $35,000 per year ($280,000 for both children). An active college savings strategy should already be in place.