actuary

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It's said that the difference between an extroverted accountant and an extroverted actuary is that the actuary, as he walks along, looks at other people's feet.

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  1. noun A statistician who computes insurance risks and premiums.

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  • He's a statistician; works as an insurance actuary, and he knew every single one of those risks, medical and casualty. —  Analog SFF, September 2006
  • The state hired an actuary, did a study and, on July 17, concluded that the sale of bonds would most likely result in a loss of taxpayers 'money. —  Dealbreaker
  • Other jobs at the top of the study's list include actuary, statistician, biologist, software engineer and computer-systems analyst, historian and sociologist. —  Joanne Jacobs
  • As a result of the most recent analysis we had reviewed by an independent actuary, we determined that our prior year self insurance reserves for our GL PL programs were understated on a pre-tax basis by a net $4.3 million with $3.6 million related to our prior periods continuing operations and $700,000 related to prior periods discontinued operations. —  Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • This white paper was prepared by a three-person collaboration that included a scientist, an insurance actuary (who also served as a regulator), and an insurance veteran of 50 years. —  RealClimate
 

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  1. Latin āctuārius, secretary of accounts, from ācta, records, from neuter pl. past participle of agere, to drive, do; see ag- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin actuarius, a shorthand-writer, a clerk, from actus (actu-), action, public employment: see act, n.
 

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/ˈæktʃjuəri/
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