actuarial
adjective
ac·tu·ar·i·al
ˌak-chə-ˈwer-ē-əl 
-shə-
1
: of or relating to actuaries
2
: relating to statistical calculation especially of life expectancy
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Health sciences is among 11 majors McDaniel debuted in 2020, including actuarial science, American Sign Language, applied mathematics, biochemistry, biomedical science, criminal justice, food studies, international business, marketing and writing/publishing.
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Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2024
Fundraising in the name of Pi Ramsey is an actuarial consultant at a healthcare consulting firm.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 Mar. 2024
The industry wants to include actuarial projections of future losses and the costs of reinsurance in their premiums.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2024
The insurance industry, traditionally reliant on statistical models and actuarial tables, is undergoing a significant transformation.
—Neil Sahota, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Pricing of the medical malpractice tail policies was based on KPMG's Bustillo generating actuarial pricing analysis that was based largely on industry factors because the captives had little or no loss experience of their own.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
The most recent actuarial report, published in 2022, projected the fund’s liabilities had grown to $565 million.
—Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 1 Dec. 2023
For instance, actuarial predictions assign a risk score, not a binary prediction of dead or not dead, Ludkovski says—and those risk scores account for uncertainty in a way that life2vec doesn’t.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2024
Besides, the actuarial charts tell us that Americans in Biden’s demographic who reach eighty in reasonable health will likely reach ninety, too.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2023
Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2024
Fundraising in the name of Pi Ramsey is an actuarial consultant at a healthcare consulting firm.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 Mar. 2024
The industry wants to include actuarial projections of future losses and the costs of reinsurance in their premiums.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2024
The insurance industry, traditionally reliant on statistical models and actuarial tables, is undergoing a significant transformation.
—Neil Sahota, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Pricing of the medical malpractice tail policies was based on KPMG's Bustillo generating actuarial pricing analysis that was based largely on industry factors because the captives had little or no loss experience of their own.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
The most recent actuarial report, published in 2022, projected the fund’s liabilities had grown to $565 million.
—Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 1 Dec. 2023
For instance, actuarial predictions assign a risk score, not a binary prediction of dead or not dead, Ludkovski says—and those risk scores account for uncertainty in a way that life2vec doesn’t.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2024
Besides, the actuarial charts tell us that Americans in Biden’s demographic who reach eighty in reasonable health will likely reach ninety, too.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2023
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actuarial
adjective
ac·tu·ar·i·al
ˌak-chə-ˈwer-ē-əl, ˌak-shə-
1
: of or relating to actuaries
2
: relating to statistical calculation especially of life expectancy
actuarially
adverb
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