An IUL calculator gives you a ballpark for indexed universal life before you request a carrier illustration. Enter your age and a monthly savings amount, and it projects starting coverage, cash value at 67, and annual income from 67 to 100. Our indexed universal life hub explains caps, floors, and policy loans. At Local Life Agents, we use a calculator to set the conversation, then run illustrations across multiple carriers so the numbers match your health class and state.
Key Takeaways
- Ballpark, not a policy. The calculator uses a 6.5% non-guaranteed growth rate and generic fees. A carrier illustration uses your age, health class, and current caps.
- Age and funding drive the result. Younger ages and higher monthly savings produce more cash value at 67 because more years of crediting stack up.
- Income is a loan estimate. The annual figure models policy-loan income from 67 to 100. It is not a withdrawal and it is not guaranteed.
- Minimum funding is $300 a month. Amounts below that rarely build enough cash value to support retirement income after insurance charges.
- Read the floor next. If a design only works on the illustrated rate, it may not stay in force when crediting is lower.
Use the IUL calculator
Pick your current age (30–55) and a monthly amount of at least $300. The tool updates three figures: initial insurance coverage, projected cash value at age 67, and projected annual tax-free income from 67 to 100.
Free IUL Calculator
NOTE: MINIMUM AMOUNT $300
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Projections based on a non-guaranteed 6.5% growth rate.
This calculator is provided by Local Life Agents for estimation purposes only. Actual results may vary based on specific policy features, carrier options, and market conditions. For a personalized illustration, speak with one of our IUL specialists.
Those three numbers move together. Raising the monthly amount increases coverage and cash value. Raising your age shortens the years until 67, so the same monthly amount produces less cash value. Treat the output as a direction, then ask for an illustration at that age and funding level.
What an IUL calculator estimates
The calculator solves a simple accumulation problem. It turns your monthly savings into an annual contribution, compounds that contribution at 6.5% until age 67, and then applies a withdrawal-style factor to estimate annual income through age 100. Initial coverage is a multiple of the annual savings amount, which is a stand-in for a death benefit sized for accumulation rather than the smallest policy that stays in force.
Real indexed universal life does not credit a flat 6.5% every year. The carrier credits interest when a linked index rises, up to a cap, and a floor—usually 0%—keeps a down year from reducing cash value that is already locked in. Premium also pays cost of insurance and policy charges before anything is credited. The calculator skips that split so you can see scale quickly.
If the goal is retirement income, the design usually looks like a IUL for retirement: fund for 10–15 years, keep the death benefit as low as the tax rules allow, and plan loan amounts before you start income. A max funded IUL is the version of that design that puts as much premium as possible into cash value without turning the policy into a modified endowment contract.
What an IUL calculator cannot show
A free calculator cannot see your rate class, the index strategy, the participation rate, or the cost-of-insurance table. Two people the same age funding $500 a month can land in different places once underwriting assigns Preferred versus Standard and the carrier sets the cap.
It also cannot show lapse risk. If you skip premiums or take large loans early, monthly charges can drain cash value even when the illustrated rate looks fine. The guaranteed column on a carrier illustration is the schedule that still has to work if crediting stays at the floor.
People comparing IUL with a Roth often want both the calculator and the contribution rules. A Roth has an annual cap and income limits. IUL funding is limited by the policy’s non-MEC premium, not by an IRA dollar cap. Our IUL vs Roth IRA page walks through when each one fits.
Before you commit
An IUL calculator is a monthly-premium sketch. It is not a carrier decision. It cannot see your rate class, the cap, the loan design, or whether that carrier will issue a small death benefit against the premium you typed in. Two people the same age funding the same amount can be hundreds of thousands of dollars apart in cash value once a real contract is attached.
A few carriers are serious about indexed universal life. One of them is the contract we use when the goal is cash value. The calculator treats them as the same product. They are not.
Before we turn a calculator result into an illustration, we lock three things:
- A premium you can keep paying. The number on the slider has to survive a bad year for 10 or more years.
- The goal. Retirement income, a policy on a child, or cash you can borrow. The goal picks the carrier. The calculator does not.
- The guaranteed column. If the policy only works at the illustrated rate, it is not a plan.
Tell us the monthly amount the calculator landed on and what the policy is for. We run that premium on the carrier that fits the goal.
Who should use an IUL calculator
Use the calculator if you already max a 401(k) match, can fund at least $300 a month for a decade, and want a rough cash-value target before you sit down for an illustration. Skip it as a decision tool if you need the money within five years or you have not filled lower-cost retirement accounts yet.
Worth running the numbers
- You can fund consistently for 10–15 years before income
- You want a cash-value target before requesting illustrations
- You are comparing funding levels, not shopping a single carrier ad
Look elsewhere first
- You need accessible cash within five years
- You have not taken the employer match or funded an emergency reserve
- You want a guaranteed cash-value schedule rather than an illustrated rate
If the fit column describes you, the next step is an illustration at the same monthly amount—not a second pass through a generic tool.
Expert Tip: Quote the illustration at the calculator's funding level
I have clients change the monthly amount three times in the calculator, then ask for an illustration at a different premium. Keep the illustration on the same age and monthly amount you just ran. That is the only way the carrier printout answers the question the calculator raised.
—Ryan Wood
Conclusion
An IUL calculator answers "about how much" at a single growth rate. It does not tell you which carrier, which cap, or whether the policy stays in force on the guaranteed column. Independence matters here because illustrated income swings with policy design: death benefit option, funding pace, and index strategy change the picture more than the brand name on the brochure.
We run the calculator with you, then request illustrations at that same age and monthly amount so you can compare designs before the first premium. If the guaranteed schedule cannot support the income you saw on this page, we say so before you apply.
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