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The insurance company's actuary may look at a bunch of data, not the least of which being the frequency of hurricanes, and make the prediction that only one major hurricane would hit the sunshine state every 10 years.
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Meanwhile, the consumer group’s own actuaries prepared a simulation of the State Farm General Insurance Company’s earnings from premiums and projected losses from recent wildfires.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Key Facts On July 1, Centene withdrew its 2025 guidance following an independent actuary’s estimate that the company’s Obamacare revenue assumptions were too high.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
The doula reimbursement is capped at $1,200 per client, a rate set by an actuary hired by the state of Ohio.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Meanwhile, the consumer group’s own actuaries prepared a simulation of the State Farm General Insurance Company’s earnings from premiums and projected losses from recent wildfires.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Key Facts On July 1, Centene withdrew its 2025 guidance following an independent actuary’s estimate that the company’s Obamacare revenue assumptions were too high.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
The doula reimbursement is capped at $1,200 per client, a rate set by an actuary hired by the state of Ohio.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Actuary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/actuary. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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actuary
noun
ac·tu·ary
ˈak-chə-ˌwer-ē 
-shə-
plural actuaries
: a person who calculates insurance premiums and dividends
actuarial
adjective
ˌak-chə-ˈwer-ē-əl
Legal Definition
actuary
noun
ac·tu·ary
ˈak-chə-ˌwer-ē, -shə-
plural actuaries
: a person who calculates insurance and annuity premiums, reserves, and dividends
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