The Yarl's Wood fire and another at Harmsworth detention centre in west London just days later has raised the issue of insurance risks.
The European Commission has allowed governments to cover the insurance risks and costs faced by airlines since the terrorist attacks last month, and is willing to consider compensation for flights cancelled when American airspace was closed for four days.
Taxing away some of the return to capital to provide social insurance against risks is appropriate.
The FOMC will be carefully evaluating incoming information bearing on the economic outlook and will act in a timely manner as needed to support growth and to provide adequate insurance against downside risks.
Moreover, if social spending is intended as insurance against the supposed risks of freer trade, it is hard to see why in many countries such a big slice of it goes to pensioners, who gain from lower import prices but do not have jobs to lose.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is now requiring climate change risks to be included when examiners audit the financial condition of insurance companies.
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Financial derivatives can work like traditional insurance: they shift market risks to somebody else for a fee (premium).
Mr O'Neill can arrange insurance against a range of risks, including data theft, virus attacks or intrusions by malicious hackers, and loss of income owing to a security breach or network failure.
Third, despite outrageous Department of Health and Human Services claims that half the population risks losing health insurance due to preexisting conditions, only between 1.6 and 3.8 million, those who buy direct private insurance, have problems with preexisting conditions either in the form of higher rates or denials.
In April and May, we felt the portfolio faced some real risks but the options market was charging high premiums for downside insurance so we had to be very selective about which risks to insure against.
Does Ford think it has a pretty good insurance policy if it takes excessive risks that go awry?
For health care we will finally see the return of genuine insurance--coverage for major risks, instead of the dollar-for-dollar kind of coverage we have now.
As pressures on public finances and health insurance costs mount, chronic disease risks exemplify how much more cost effective it would be for health institutions, governments and businesses to focus on prevention rather than treatment.
But we as I mentioned today, there are downside risks, and therefore it's really important for us to stand ready, as I mentioned, to take substantive action to address those risks and provide some insurance against those negative outcomes.
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Some residents said they felt misled about the risks of not having flood insurance.
He wants urgently to bring about a big increase in insurance schemes that spread weather-related risks.
Insurance markets will not function for these risks as they violate three key conditions of insurability: independent and identical losses, feasible premiums, and determinability of losses.
The European Union will pass a directive on conglomerates, perhaps by the end of this year, which aims to harmonise the regulatory treatment of most market and credit risks, whether in an insurance company or in a bank.
By employing a business model that functions by balancing risks against premium payments, insurance companies allow those who are able to avail themselves of their services to minimize the time (and income) they devote to concern over healthcare costs.
Taking action now to manage climate risks can be viewed as an insurance policy for the Nation's future health and economic prosperity.
Companies are reluctant to move policy data to newer platforms because of the risks and costs, and life insurance policies persist as long as the policyholder is alive.
The SHOP is a key part of the health-care law because it aims to help lower insurance premiums by spreading the costs and associated risks among a large pool of participants.
If they want to avoid another cruel slump, insurance companies must become more discriminating in the risks they take on, so as to make money from underwriting too even as the market softens.
Greater connectivity means firms are now exposed to risks that were never contemplated by traditional insurance policies, he says.
After the insurance carriers quote their terms and conditions for those risks, the brokerage firm selects and recommends the best proposal to the production company.
The cleanest approach would be to get rid of federal flood insurance entirely and let the private market price the risks of living below sea level or in flood-prone areas.
The FSA found that CPP overstated the risks and consequences of ID theft when this insurance was being sold.
In New York, California and Washington State, regulators already require major insurance companies to disclose their exposure to climate-related risks.
If you are prepared to take those risks, you in effect extract the hidden insurance premium you pay to the banks.
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