: a person who calculates insurance and annuity premiums, reserves, and dividends
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The law firm, Phillips & Cohen LLP, represented the whistleblower, a former Humana actuary.—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Sep. 2025 Social Security Commissioners usually are actuaries, statisticians or economists.—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025 Court said that compensation goes toward paying attorneys and actuaries — experts who try to hold their own against the powerful insurance industry.—Calmatters, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025 Shkolnikov works with actuaries to design plans that allow business owners to make large, tax-deductible contributions—sometimes even using pension money to purchase real estate or other investments.—Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 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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