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CashRefundJ

CashRefundJ calculates the present value of single life cash refund annuity -- according to Society of Actuaries’ Textbook on Life Contingencies by Chester Wallace Jordan, Jr.

Syntax

CashRefundJ(CurrentAge, InterestRate, MortalityTable, [AgeSetback], [InsTiming])

Parameter Name

Description

CurrentAge

Current age of the annuitant (i.e. the age at the valuation date). May be provided as an integer, or as a fractional amount (e.g. years & months).

InterestRate

The interest rate(s) to discount future payments to calculate the present value. May be a number, a percentage, a text string, a named range, or reference to a range.

·       Rates can be defined using these interest definitions.

·       Note: A value that is greater than 25% (i.e. 0.25) will be divided by 100; e.g. if you enter 2.75 it will be treated as .0275 or 2.75%.

MortalityTable

Mortality table definition text string.

AgeSetback

Mortality table age set-back. A negative number is a set-forward.
Note that you can also define a setback using the "/sb" option in the table definition (or "/sf").
Optional, default = 0.

InsTiming

Defines when the cash refund life insurance payment is made.
Optional, default = 1.

Timing

Description

0 or “mid”

mid-year

1 or “end”

end of year