Mike Hoxbig
Honorary Master
If he's 40 now, then R10,400-odd.What will the premium per month be at say age 55 at 10% per year?
@I.am.Sam no annual escalation is pure compound interest. The interest is boosting the capital to earn further interest on.
With annual escalation it's growth on your interest + higher payments. The higher payments adds an extra boost to the capital to earn interest from.
If you're like Cyril and stuff it in your couch, you only get R600k at today's value. If you factor in just inflation, it should be worth R1.6m in 20 years. Which means you're actually losing 2.5x of your money...