Description:
The historical books collection contains some 3000 books on actuarial science and its applications, demography, economics, insurance, mathematics, probability and statistics. There are over 1000 books and pamphlets dating before 1901 and those published before 1851 are in separate safe storage. The Institute Library continues to acquire early works on compound interest, demography, life insurance and probability which pioneered actuarial science and were applied by the first professional actuaries. The collection is open to public researchers by appointment.