actuarial risk
noun[U]
ukustheriskthat thecalculationsdone by anactuarymay bewrongand aninsurancecompanyorpensionfundwilllosemoney:
Closing thepensionschemeto newentrantswould notsavethecompanymoneyin theshortterm, but it wouldreduceactuarialrisk.
Examplesofactuarial risk
actuarial risk
The reason that expected profit must be more thanactuarialriskis the assumption that risk gives rise to dis-utilities of various kinds.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For example, genetic tests can provide personally and socially relevant information about reproductive outcomes, paternity, oractuarialrisk.
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The overallactuarialriskof contralateral breast cancer was 29.5% at 10 years.
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A lower mortality seemed to occur in cases entered in the study over recent years, anticipating a loweractuarialriskfor the future.
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In other words, there is no compulsion to relate social insurance contributions to averageactuarialriskand there may be dynamic efficiency advantages in not doing so.
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After all, theactuarialriskof green-top milk is a great deal higher than eating beef on the bone.
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However, they refuse to state the statistical basis on which they calculate theactuarialrisk.
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We are reaching the point at which it will be difficult to maintain that the ban is justified in terms ofactuarialrisk.
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They claim that their policy is based onactuarialriskonly.
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In fact, it is very difficult to see exactly theactuarialriskthe country is taking in going thus far.
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