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actuary

[ak-choo-er-ee] / ˈæk tʃuˌɛr i /


NOUN
auditor
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The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance trust fund, which pays out retiree and survivor benefits, is expected to be depleted by the fourth quarter of 2032, according to Social Security’s chief actuary.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 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

In 2022, California workers stayed on unemployment aid for an average of 18.1 weeks, compared with 14.5 weeks nationally, according to a study by the Department of Labor’s former lead actuary, Robert Pavosevich.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

He finally became an actuary at London and was prominent in radical associations.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by David Eugene Smith

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Importantly, actuaries have assessed that because everyone contributes and there is a cap on lifetime benefits, the long-term-care fund is financially sound for the next 75 years.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 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

Often, these estimates evolve as the actuaries get more data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

That the life-insurance actuaries do not recognize this truth is a shame to their perception.

From Journeys to Bagdad by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks




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