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actuary

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  • n  someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums)

  • The adequacy claims of pension funds fell flat when the actuary demonstrated that the funds calculations may have been doctored.
  • Traditionally, an actuary employs a balancing mechanism that puts aside something in the good years to subsidize the bonus rates in bad years.
  • Longevity has a way of obscuring greatness, and while no 70s actuary would've bet a dime on John to make it through the century, let alone the decade, no 70s music fan would have .
News & Articles

  • Insight - It takes an army: Tens of thousands of workers roll out Obamacare
    By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - Call them Obamacare's army. From the chief actuary at the California health insurance exchange that President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law established to the legions of call center staffers who will help people trying to buy insurance through such state exchanges, the number of people working to implement "Obamacare" has reached the tens of thousands ...
    June 21, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Staffing up to for Obamacare: Tens of thousands of workers
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Call them Obamacare's army. From the chief actuary at the California health insurance exchange that President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law established to the legions of call center staffers who will help people trying to buy insurance through such state exchanges, the number of people working to implement "Obamacare" has reached [...]
    June 21, 2013 - MedCity News
  • Joseph Cimino of ERP Actuaries & Consultants Becomes Enrolled Actuary
    NEW YORK -- ERP Actuaries & Consultants announces that Joseph Cimino, Senior Consultant and Actuary at ERP, has become an Enrolled Actuary, licensed by the Joint Board of the Department of the Treasury ...
    June 19, 2013 - GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance
Quotes

  • Matt Damon in Newsday
    You do the actuary tables, there's a one out of three chance, if not more, that McCain doesn't survive his first term, and it'll be President Palin,Damon said yesterday in Toronto. "It's like a really bad Disney movie, 'The Hockey Mom.'...
  • Mike Leavitt in CNN
    They needed that deadline or they wouldn't sign up,Leavitt said. "In fact, the actuary for the government told us if we didn't have a deadline, 1.6 million people fewer would actually sign up."
  • Mitch McConnell in Washington Post
    This chief actuary is the person the administration depends on to give it straightforward, unbiased analysis of the impact the legislation would have,said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). "This is the official referee...

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