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ACTUARIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE

By: Fred E. Szabo,

The word actuary comes from the Latin word actuarius, which referred to shorthand writers in the days when things like typewriters and computers hadn’t even been thought of. Today, actuaries work for insurance companies, consulting firms, government departments, financial institutions, and other agencies. They provide crucial predictive data upon which major business decisions are based. True to their historical roots, actuaries still use a rather extensive shorthand for many of the special mathematical functions required for this work