Table 3
INCOME INSURANCE
Insurance Reserve Fund (% of OASI)35.0%Invested in Stock Fund (% of OASI)25.0%
Invested in Bond Fund (% of OASI)25.0%  
Income Insurance Premium15.0%Minimum Retirement Income$18,000
Bond Fund Rate of Return5.0%Stock Fund RoR, Investment PeriodCREF4
Earning and Investment Period
 Gp 1Gp 2Gp 3Gp 4Gp 5Insurance Fund
Value of Investments after 40 years$125,575$202,100$318,771$477,770$575,398 
Bond Fund$40,015$57,144$99,407$148,224$176,881$318,598
Stock Fund$85,560$144,955$219,364$329,546$398,517 
Income Maintenance Insurance     $106,199
Calculation of Retirement Benefits1
Bond Fund Annuity Value @ 2%2$2,447$3,495$6,079$9,065$10,817$12,990
Stock Fund Annuity Value @ 5%3$6,866$11,632$17,602$26,444$31,978 
Total$9,313$15,126$23,682$35,509$42,795 
Income Insurance Paid$8,687$2,874$0$0$0$11,561
Dividend$179$256$446$665$793$1,429
Initial Retirement Benefit$18,179$18,256$24,128$36,173$43,589 
Percent Preretirement Income$1$1$0$0$0 
Retirement Income1
YearInsured Minimum Yearly Stock Fund ReturnsGp 1Gp 2Gp 3Gp4Gp 5Insurance Fund
1$18,0000.0%$18,179$18,256$24,128$36,173$43,589$106,199
2$18,540-5.2%$18,540$18,540$22,617$33,901$40,836$111,509
3$19,0963.0%$19,096$19,096$22,504$33,730$40,625$115,179
4$19,66937.1%$20,282$20,678$27,475$41,195$49,648$118,136
5$20,2594.7%$20,623$20,853$27,628$41,422$49,917$124,043
6$20,86723.1%$22,360$23,383$31,339$46,996$56,653$130,245
7$21,4933.5%$22,614$23,387$31,227$46,825$56,440$136,758
8$22,138-9.7%$22,138$22,138$28,164$42,220$50,866$143,595
9$22,80221.4%$23,365$23,767$31,554$47,311$57,017$149,670
10$23,48610.8%$24,286$24,864$33,083$49,605$59,786$157,153
11$24,19012.2%$25,375$26,229$35,016$52,507$63,288$165,011
12$24,9169.1%$26,220$27,167$36,298$54,429$65,607$173,261
13$25,664-2.6%$25,908$26,131$34,589$51,859$62,493$181,924
14$26,43413.0%$27,136$27,690$36,803$55,181$66,504$191,021
15$27,227-7.5%$27,227$27,227$33,837$50,722$61,105$200,572
16$28,04310.2%$28,043$28,043$35,321$52,949$63,791$208,332
17$28,88521.3%$29,365$29,804$39,538$59,281$71,441$216,896
18$29,751-8.1%$29,751$29,751$36,204$54,268$65,372$227,740
19$30,644-13.7%$30,644$30,644$31,976$47,914$57,680$235,808
20$31,563-13.3%$31,563$31,563$31,563$42,891$51,598$238,585
1. Entries shown in red indicate that income insurance is paid.
2. Bond Fund annuities are graded annuities designed to increase over time to help counter inflation. They begin as if they were a 2% annuity and increase annually at the rate of about 3% with a 5% bond fund return. See Appendix C.
3. Stock fund annuities are variable annuities which begin as if they were a 5% annuity and are adjusted each year to reflect actual stock fund performance.
4. Historical returns form CREF from 1961 to 2001 — See Appendix A.