This book provides an elementary course in the theory and the application of annuities certain and in the mathematical aspects of life insurance. The book is particularly adapted to the needs of students in colleges of business administration, but it is also fitted for study by college students of mathematics who are not specializing in business. Annuities certain and their applications are considered in Part I, life insurance is treated in Part II, and a treatment of logarithms and of progressions is given in Part III. The prerequisites for the study of the book are three semesters of high...