: a person who calculates insurance and annuity premiums, reserves, and dividends
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Employers are also looking at reining in spending on prescription medications, said Eric Miller, a consulting actuary with Segal, a benefits consulting firm that works mainly with large public sector employers and unions.—Tami Luhby, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024 Nationally, it's estimated that 7% to 8% of all long-term disability claims are related to mental health, according to a testimony provided by Richard Leavitt, a consulting actuary at the Smith Group, a disability reinsurance risk manager and consultant.—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024 In that report, the office of the program’s chief actuary said undocumented immigrants paid as much as $13 billion in payroll taxes to the program’s trust funds in 2010, while about $1 billion in benefit payments were attributed to unauthorized work.—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024 House District 33 Taylor Jolly (D) Taylor Jolly is an actuary who grew up in Louisville.—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for actuary
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borrowed from Latin āctuārius "shorthand writer, keeper of accounts," alteration (with -u- from the u-stem action noun āctus) of *āctārius, from āctum "public transaction, record" + -ārius-ary entry 1 — more at act entry 1
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