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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Simple actuarial realities dictate that Biden will not have as much time to do great things in retirement as did Carter.
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Steve Parrish, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The company reported a future policy benefits remeasurement gain of $23.0 million, compared to a small remeasurement loss in the previous year, due to changes in actuarial assumptions.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
At 80+, the actuarial tables are not in anyone’s favor.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 30 June 2024
Brent Franson, the app's developer, told Bloomberg that AI was trained on a dataset of 1,200 life expectancy studies involving 53 million participants to provide more accurate predictions than traditional actuarial tables.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Steve Parrish, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The company reported a future policy benefits remeasurement gain of $23.0 million, compared to a small remeasurement loss in the previous year, due to changes in actuarial assumptions.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
At 80+, the actuarial tables are not in anyone’s favor.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 30 June 2024
Brent Franson, the app's developer, told Bloomberg that AI was trained on a dataset of 1,200 life expectancy studies involving 53 million participants to provide more accurate predictions than traditional actuarial tables.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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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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