You and your spouse are in good health and have reasonably secure careers. You make about $70,000 annually and have opted for life insurance coverage of three times your salary through your employer. With your spouse's income, you are able to absorb ongoing living costs of $50,000 a year. You own a home with a $285,000 mortgage. Other debts include a $12,500 car loan, $6,000 student loan, and $3,500 charged to credit cards. In the event of your death, you wish to leave your family debt-free. One of your most important financial goals involves building an education fund of $90,000 to cover the costs of a four-year university program for each of your two children ages two and four. To date, you have accumulated $20,000 toward this goal in an RES. Should you die, your beneficiaries would receive a $2,500 death benefit lump-sum payment from the Canada Pension Plan. You also have $30,000 in your company pension plan. Average funeral expenses are $11,000. Your other financial assets are as follows:

bank accounts

Term deposits (3 months)

TFSA High Interest Savings

Stock Investment account

RRSPs

$ 2,600

36500

1,500

3.000

10.500

Use the family-need method to determine your life insurance needs. Dependents need 5 years of income as living expense. Assume that there is a desire to have a 3 month reserve based on their annual income. (Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Additional life insurance needs

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