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You are here: Home / Retirement Planning / Tokio Marine TM Retirement GIO is inferior

Tokio Marine TM Retirement GIO is inferior

30, May 2017 by Wilfred Ling 5 Comments

TM Retirement GIOQuestion: "Wilfred, my friend recommended me the TM Retirement GIO as a form of annuity. Can you comment on this product?"

Answer:

The TM Retirement GIO is an inferior annuity.  I randomly select another annuity that has similar parameters as the one that was quoted to you for comparison purpose.  Let’s call it as Product X.

The TM Retirement GIO that was quoted to you by your friend has a premium of $10,554 a year for 5 years. At 60 years old, it will pay a lifetime guaranteed annual cash payout of $2000 and a non-guaranteed $3800. The guaranteed annual cash payout to total premium ratio is 2000/(5*10554)  = 3.8%. The total cash payout to total premium ratio is (2000+3800)/(5*10554) = 11%.

For Product X, the annual premium is $11,245.17 for 5 years.  At 60 years old, the monthly payout is $300 (guaranteed) + $278 (non-guaranteed) = $578 for life. The guaranteed annual cash payout to total premium ratio is 300*12/(5*11245.17) = 6.4%. The total cash payout to total premium ratio is (300+278)*12/(5*11245.17) = 12.3%.

 TM Retirement GIOProduct X
Guaranteed annual cash payout to total premium ratio3.8%6.4%
Total annual cash payout to total premium ratio11%12.3%

As it be seen above, in terms of guaranteed cash payout, Product X is 6.4/3.8- 1 = 68.4% more superior compared to TM Retirement GIO.

In terms of total payout, Product X is 12.3/11 -1 = 11.8% better.

Why is TM Retirement GIO so inferior compared to Product X? This is due to one unnecessary feature of TM Retirement GIO which make the product very costly which is the cost of insurance. Apparently, TM Retirement GIO death benefit is always 101% of total premium paid plus a non-guaranteed terminal dividend.  The fact that the entire premium is returned to the estate makes the policy very expensive. For annuity, having the total premium return to the estate is unnecessary unless there are dependents. But if one has dependents, he or she cannot even retire!

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  1. James says

    22, June 2017 at 11:56 pm

    What happen to the money when you pass away before payout starts and during payout?

    Reply
    • Wilfred Ling says

      23, June 2017 at 8:06 am

      It depends on the specific annuity product.

      Reply
  2. Ming says

    8, July 2017 at 12:11 am

    But TM Retirement GIO is capital guaranteed right? Is Product X capital guaranteed?

    Reply
  3. ayambrand says

    23, August 2017 at 10:33 pm

    For fairness, 1 other feature of Retirement GIO should be mentioned. Throughout the retirement period, full premiums paid are returned at any time when the policy is surrendered, regardless of the duration that the cash payouts have been made. This serves as a very powerful emergency fund during urgent needs. Most annuities do not seem to have this feature; the surrender values keep reducing as payouts are made.

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  4. Terence says

    14, May 2019 at 10:53 am

    TM is previous known as Asia Life. It has not cut any bonus since 68 years till current despite the company performance. Which company is comparable ? What is written in othe company BIs are just illustration. No need to say more, which company has not cut it bonuses since Singapore’s independence?

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