From the reviews: "This book provides a state of the art treatment of dynamic stochastic control problems arising in insurance, like investment, dividend payout and reinsurance problems. ... The book comprises four chapters and a comprehensive appendix about stochastic processes, risk theory, life insurance and the Black-Scholes model. ... is certainly a valuable reference for graduate students and researchers in actuarial sciences who are interested in stochastic control methods. It discusses in a critical way the HJB approach for these problems and shows its scope and limitations." (Nicole Bauerle, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2008 k)