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actuary

[ak-choo-er-ee] / ˈæk tʃuˌɛr i /


NOUN
auditor
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Alan had worked as a landscape gardener before launching a training and life-coaching business, while Katie was an actuary, or risk assessor, for a financial firm.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

“It’s a big drop,” said Michelle Anderson, a Wakely consulting actuary.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

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

Sheri Scott, an actuary from Milliman, told the council that the firm estimated that losses from the Eaton fire ranged from $13.7 billion to $22.8 billion.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2025

In the Department of the Treasury: In the office of the Secretary: Government actuary.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Social Security’s actuaries calculated that Larson’s bill would ensure the program’s solvency for at least 75 years, but in practical terms into the almost limitless future.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 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

“If we lived in a world run by actuaries, we’d still be in caves.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

No answer was given, no such proof offered; all our clever actuaries were silent.

From Notes and Queries, Number 180, April 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell




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