As an entry-level actuary, your duties focus on using statistics to predict the likelihood of specific outcomes, most often in relation to the insurance industry. You use mathematical analysis to calculate risk, make projections, and come up with pricing for financial products, investments, life insurance, and other forms of insurance coverage. Entry-level actuaries first undergo training as actuarial assistants, associate actuaries, or actuarial trainees. Your duties in these positions include analyzing data, creating equations and algorithms for specific calculations, and making reports that you submit to a supervising actuary. Trainees often perform initial research to find data for actuarial calculations.