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actuary

[ak-choo-er-ee] / ˈæk tʃuˌɛr i /


NOUN
auditor
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He got a job as an actuary working for a life insurer and later became a sales agent and broker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Karen Glenn, Social Security’s chief actuary, has said there are more than 140 different options on the Social Security Administration’s website to address the pending insolvency.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

“We just want to make sure the companies have enough money to pay claims,” said Fred Andersen, Minnesota’s chief life actuary, who is leading the initiative.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

She made good grades in her business classes and dreamed of becoming an actuary.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025

The actuary of the Sun Life Assurance Office used these statistics as the basis of the well-known "Carlisle Table of Mortality."

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by C. King Eley

That would guarantee the system’s solvency into the 2060s, the actuaries calculated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Insurers and actuaries expect enrollment will fall even more over the course of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

When the CBO and the program’s own actuaries land on the same year, that’s no longer a forecast you can wave off.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

The Social Security actuaries project that the costs of Social Security over the next 75 years average 6.1% of GDP and revenues of 4.8%, leaving a deficit of 1.3% of GDP.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

Some of these had been tabulated by actuaries, the latest tabulation being of those for the five years ending 1855.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various




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