How to Use actuary in a Sentence

actuary

noun
  • Its own actuaries projected that the insurer would have to charge higher rates than seven out of 10 private companies to meet the non-competition goal.
    Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2024
  • But the actuary wasn’t content to just look at his own firm’s records.
    Fortune, 29 June 2017
  • One in two women and one in three men will live past 90, the actuaries say.
    Washington Post, 10 June 2019
  • But the pension’s actuary said the fund could afford 3%.
    cleveland, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Each group crafts its own, often with the help of pet actuaries.
    Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2018
  • My father was an actuary and my mother was a stay-at-home mom.
    Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The keepers of joy in a world run by accountants and actuaries.
    Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2019
  • The $380 million raised by the tax could cut that increase in half, according to actuaries.
    Erin Cox, baltimoresun.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Please note that the following options will have to be set up with the help of a financial advisor, a CPA, and an actuary.
    Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
  • More often than not, another firm is then hired to help manage the rates of return that the actuary suggests.
    James Brewer, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • But the ranks of others, like actuaries, have continued to grow.
    Ben Casselman, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Bruce Schobel is a retired actuary with over 2,400 lifetime nights at Marriott.
    Ron Lieber, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2017
  • And, the city agreed to pay the full annual cost as recommended by fund actuaries.
    Bill Turque, kansascity, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The latter is the 75-year span over which the system’s actuaries calculate its finances.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • But the actuary recommended that the city pay none of the money during the ongoing fiscal year.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The fact sheet says that for the first time in a decade, this budget would fully fund the number of dollars requested by the actuary of the Teachers' Retirement System.
    Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Politicians have often failed to pay in as much as the actuaries recommend.
    The Economist, 16 Nov. 2019
  • The chief actuary was responding to a request by four senators, all Democrats.
    Scott Burns, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Milliman, the actuary, will discuss the height of that wall during Friday's board meeting.
    Ted Sickinger, OregonLive.com, 25 May 2017
  • Nearly a third of them will suffer brain damage, according to the NFL’s own actuaries.
    Steve Almond, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Much like lawyers and accountants, actuaries have a professional duty to protect the public and to serve the greater good.
    Mary Williams Walsh, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2018
  • Any effort to move city employees to the state retirement system should include a comparison of the two plans by an actuary to ensure the cost for the city is known, Allen said.
    Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The debt is based on how much the actuary for the city’s pension system, Gene Kalwarski, thinks the gap is between what the city will need to pay out in benefits long term and the value of the pension system’s investments.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Guarantees are for actuaries and car warranty salesmen, not fate deciders in the heart of March.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Greene said the idea for the product came from an actuary at Cuna Mutual who was concerned about income volatility and lack of savings.
    Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2017
  • The team had to field questions from actuaries, an exercise which forced them to think on their feet and apply their knowledge to a variety of scenarios.
    Erika Rose, Post-Tribune, 7 June 2018
  • Rather than increasing slightly, as the actuaries had predicted, the city's pension costs spiked after the 2001 changes.
    Mike Morris, Houston Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Many of the assumptions actuaries used proved to be erroneous.
    Elliot Raphaelson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Creten was an actuary in Colorado before moving to Cedarburg.
    Lydia Morrell, Journal Sentinel, 22 July 2022
  • Back in February, the government’s actuaries were still working through how much to update Medicare Advantage payments for next year.
    Bob Herman Reprints, STAT, 15 Apr. 2024

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