The MLC Manual consists of ten chapters, eight written by Dr. Krzysztof Ostaszewski and two written by Dr. Ewa Kubicka. The new 2010 Edition has 13 practice examinations, all with complete solutions, one more than the previous edition.

Written by Dr. Krzysztof Ostaszewski:
1. Survival Models
2. Life Insurance
3. Life Annuities
4. Premiums
5. Reserves
6. Multiple Lives
7. Multiple Decrements
8. Insurance Models Including Expenses

Written by Dr. Ewa Kubicka:
9. Poisson Processes
10. Markov Processes

All topics on the MLC exam are fully covered. Important exam shortcuts and tricks, some of them unique to this manual (e.g., Apposite Body Count for multiple decrements) are also included. There are also thirteen practice examinations at the end of the manual with complete solutions.

Product sample to be posted on our website
Since 2006, Dr. Ostaszewski and Dr. Kubicka post online free weekly MLC practice problems, as described in the NEAS web site.

Authors biographies
Dr. Krzysztof Ostaszewski is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst, Member of the American Academy of Actuaries and a Chartered Financial Analyst. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Washington. He is the Actuarial Program Director and Professor of Mathematics at Illinois State University. He has taught actuarial science at Illinois State University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Ulm in Germany, New England Actuarial Seminars, Actex Professional Development Seminar, University of Louisville, and the Actuarial Summer School in Poland. He was a core instructor for the Society of Actuaries Course 7 Applied Modeling Seminar. For a full biography of Dr. Ostaszewski, go to www.math.ilstu.edu/krzysio/krzys

Dr. Ewa Kubicka is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries. She holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Western Michigan University. She is a Professor of Mathematics, Actuarial Program Director, and Internship Director at the University of Louisville. She has taught actuarial science classes at the University of Louisville.