Fourth Edition Foundations Textbook Now Available

Make room on your bookshelves for Foundations of Casualty Actuarial Science, now available from the Casualty Actuarial Society. This fourth edition of the CAS Textbook takes an introductory approach to basic actuarial concepts and is a beneficial addition to any student or academic's library.

The new edition was first envisioned in 1998 by a task force charged with evaluating the third edition and recommending changes for a fourth. The Textbook Rewriting Committee, consisting of Chairperson Robert Lowe, Stephen D'Arcy, Steven Groeschen, Farrokh Guiahi, Donna Munt, and Rial Simons, was instrumental in implementing the recommendations of the task force, including the refashioning of all chapters to an introductory level. A new chapter on risk theory was added to the fourth edition to cover more thoroughly a topic previously addressed as a chapter section.

The textbook has an impressive list of authors, many of whom also contributed to the first edition: Jo Ellen Cockley, Stephen D'Arcy, Curtis Gary Dean, Sholom Feldblum, Robert Finger, Andrea Gardner, Richard Gorvett, Howard Mahler, Charles McClenahan, Gary Patrik, Margaret Tiller Sherwood, John Tedeschi, Kimberley Ward, and Ronald Wiser.

The Foundations of Casualty Actuarial Science, Fourth Edition, can be purchased from the CAS for $75. Visit the CAS Web Site to find a downloadable order form.