Description: This article contains reviews of the following books: 1. 'Fundamental Mathematics of Life Insurance' by Floyd S. Harper and Lewis C. Workman, 2. 'Mathematics of Compound Interest' by Marjorie V. Butcher and Cecil J. Nesbitt, 3.'Compound Interest and Annuities-Certain' by D. W. A. Donald, 4. 'Demography' by P. R. Cox, 5. 'The Spirit and the Uses of the Mathematical Sciences' edited by Thomas L. Saaty and F. Joachim Weyl, 6. 'Ethics, Morality, and Insurance' by John D. Long, 7. Reports of the 1971 Advisory Council on Social Security, 8. 'Medical Care at Public Expense' by Mark V. Pauly 9. 'Eleventh Actuarial Valuation of the Assets and Liabilities under the Railroad Retirement Acts as of December 31, 1968, with Technical Supplement' by the Railroad Retirement Board, 10. 'Nouvelles tables-types de mortalité' by Sully Ledermann, 11. 'A Table of Expected Working Life for Men, 1968' by Howard W. Fullerton, 12. 'Disability-Determination and Evaluation' by Henry H. Kessler, 13. 'Industrial Safety Statistics: A Re-examination' by Jerome B. Gordon, Allan Akman, and Michael L. Brooks, 14. 'Pensions and Severance Pay for Displaced Defense Workers' by Hugh Folk and PauI Hartman, 15. 'Trends and Variations in Fertility in the United States' by Clyde V. Kiser, Wilson H. Grabill, and Arthur A. Campbell, 16. 'Benefit Plans in Junior Colleges' by Francis P. King, 17. 'The Consumer's Guide to Insurance Buying' by Vladimir P. Chernik, and 18. 'Private Pension Scheme Finance' by Sylvia and Leslie Tutt. Notices of other studies and articles are also included. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1971, Vol. 23, Pt. 1, No. 67.

Description: This article contains reviews of the following books: 1. 'Medicare' by Robert J. Myers, 2. 'Theory and Problems of Numerical Analysis' by Francis Scheid, 3. 'A Short Introduction to Numerical Analysis' by M. V. Wilkes, 4. 'Introductory Numerical Analysis' by Anthony J. Pettofrezzo, 5. 'Insurance Coverage for Mental Illness' by J. F. Follmann, Jr., 6. 'The Demograpky of Tropical Africa' by William Brass et al., 7. 'Successful Profit Sharing Plans: Theory and Practice' by Donald X. Murray, 8. 'Cost Facts on Life Insurance' edited by Price Gaines, Jr., and 9. 'Life Insurance Theory and Practice' by Robert I. Mehr. Notices of other studies and articles are also included. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1970, Vol. 22, Pt. 1, No. 64.

Description: The following topics were discussed at concurrent sessions: 1. The Actuary's responsibilities- pensions, 2. Policy loan problems, 3. New forms of group insurance, and 4. Corporate financial management of mutual life insurance companies. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries, 1974 Vol. 26, Pt. 2D, No. 75AB.