actuarial assumption

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meaningsofactuarialandassumption

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actuarial
adjective
uk
/ˌæk.tʃuˈeə.ri.əl/us
/ˌæk.tʃuˈer.i.əl/
relating to the work of an actuary, or to the job of being ...
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assumption
noun
uk
/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/us
/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/
something that you accept as true without question ...
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(Definition ofactuarialandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The sub-amendment would freeze anyactuarialassumptionfor five years.
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He told us that the undertaking would be to top up the funds on a reasonableactuarialassumption.
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Previous researchers in the area of pensions have examined the role of actuarial assumptions in the management of accounting numbers.
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It has been argued that the actuarial assumptions are bound to be wrong.
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There is inevitably a measure of uncertainty about the actuarial assumptions.
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Every funded pension scheme depends on actuarial assumptions.
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For that purpose, he makes various actuarial assumptions and works on the basis that the schemes are funded.
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Indeed, anyone who buys a life insurance policy depends on actuarial assumptions.
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It was not intended to constitute a new commitment as to the choice of actuarial assumptions.
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Surpluses generally arise because the outturn proves less costly than the actuarial assumptions had anticipated.
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That power could be exercised in relation to scheme investments, actuarial assumptions and the distribution of the beneficiaries' share of surpluses.
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But every pension scheme—and, indeed, every insurance scheme—depends on actuarial assumptions.
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The question of the choice of actuarial assumptions has caused almost as much misunderstanding as the rest of the pensions provisions put together.
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We could work on a basis quite apart from actuarial assumptions in these circumstances.
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Surely that depends on the actuarial assumptions made, particularly in regard to life expectancy.
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It is certainly our intention to seek to reach agreement on the actuarial assumptions.
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Let me make the position about the choice of actuarial assumptions quite clear.
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At the scheme level, the actuarial assumptions involved will take account of the fact that some people will live longer than average and others will live less long.
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One would have to make actuarial assumptions on the basis that everyone would go for the age of 60 rather than for the provisions of the decade of retirement.
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I understand that we are talking about assets of about £4.5 billion and that actuarial assumptions envisage that about £2 billion of that will be required over the next 60 years.
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