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actuary

[ak-choo-er-ee] / ˈæk tʃuˌɛr i /


NOUN
auditor
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“Enrollment continues to drop, while the risk pool continues to deteriorate,” said Michelle Anderson, a consulting actuary at Wakely Consulting Group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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

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

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025

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

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

The reflex is to blame greedy insurers and actuaries in Hartford, Conn., pricing wildfire risk in counties they couldn’t find on a map.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster




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