Sentences with phrase «by moderate cost»

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The underlying combined ratio of 95.5 % increased 1.1 points, primarily driven by (i) loss cost trends that modestly exceeded earned pricing, the impact of which has been moderating in recent quarters, and (ii) normal quarterly variability in both loss activity and expenses.

Management has a long - term target of achieving a contribution margin of 40 % in the U.S. by 2020, and it believes things are running ahead of plan because of higher than anticipated revenue growth and moderate increases in content and other streaming costs.

Strong productivity growth, combined with moderating wage growth and ample spare capacity in the economy, led to unit labour costs falling by 1.7 per cent over the year to the December quarter.

July's Consumer Price Index painted a similarly weak picture, with respective monthly and annual gains of 0.1 % and 1.7 % held back by moderating housing costs and sharply lower cell phone charges.

However, you can moderate your startup costs by considering how much room should be set aside for growth.

Like previous special election in New York's 20th and 23rd districts, the nominees would be chosen by the county chairmen rather than a primary — a process that might well have cost Republicans the 23rd as the conservative base revolted against the choice of moderate state Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava as the party's standard - bearer.

Like Gibson, Faso found electoral success by running as a moderate pragmatist with a firm grip on bread - and - butter issues — like the cost of home heating oil and price supports for dairy farmers — that matter to Hudson Valley residents, regardless of their ideology.

Next, the researchers estimated the cost of prescription and over-the-counter medications, time off work, visits to doctor offices and emergency departments and hospitalizations associated with the number of mild, moderate and severe cases of illness they determined were caused by recreation on natural bodies of water.

Each one of us can be responsible for our own health by avoiding junk food in all its disguises, maintaining a moderate amount of physical activity and regulating stress, thereby having a higher quality of life with very low medical costs, reduced disease risk and more productivity.

FHA Mortgage Insurance Program: Programs that help low and moderate income families become homeowners by lowering some of the costs of their mortgage loans.

The GSFA Platinum down payment assistance program was created to help low to moderate income homebuyers in the state of California purchase a home by providing down payment and / or closing cost assistance in the form of a non-repayable grant.

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) administers mortgage insurance programs that enable moderate and low income families become homeowners by lowering some of the initial costs of their mortgage loans.

Since 1998, the Sioux Falls Homebuyer Assistance Program has helped low - and moderate - income individuals by providing assistance with the down payment and closing costs associated with the buying a new home.

Jeffrey R. Holmstead, a lobbyist at Bracewell & Giuliani representing energy companies and other clients, who was formerly Mr. Bush's lead regulator of air pollution at the Environmental Protection Agency, said he thought Mr. Bush could have done a better job pointing out the high costs of climate bills being pushed by Senate Democrats and some moderate Republicans.

Full Disclosure * My travel costs were paid by the organizers because I gave a presentation and moderated a plenary panel.

This means Republicans and Democratic moderates will in effect be choosing higher cost command and control regulation of emissions by EPA rather than a lower - cost market approach that helps the economy.

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Cost of CO2 capture might decline, but the cost estimate used is more than a factor of four smaller than estimated by the American Physical Society [228] and 50 ppm is only a moderate reductCost of CO2 capture might decline, but the cost estimate used is more than a factor of four smaller than estimated by the American Physical Society [228] and 50 ppm is only a moderate reductcost estimate used is more than a factor of four smaller than estimated by the American Physical Society [228] and 50 ppm is only a moderate reduction.

The economic cost of the damage will be moderated by changes in land use and by agricultural trade, with some regions more able to adapt than others.

So accelerating the deployment of today's clean energy technologies is moderated by the public's tolerance for higher energy costs.

These effects will be tempered by the use of heating and cooling technologies, but the costs of additional cooling will be more than offset by reduced expenditure on heating.While rising temperatures have the potential to increase the incidence of some diseases, such as diarrhea, these effects are likely to be moderated by the adoption of better technologies, including piped clean water and sewerage.

All of these costs plus the additional costs for the years beyond our analysis will moderate world average temperatures by no more than nine hundredths of a degree in 2050 and no more than three tenths of a degree in 2100.

[The only cost is in making future improvement, which is recouped by offering customers support contracts at a rather moderate rate]

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The minimum coverage amounts mandated by the state are typically adequate to cover the costs associated with low - to moderate - impact collisions.

While most (54 %) expressed moderate optimism, believing that by the end of the year the price of one bitcoin will be between $ 300 and $ 500, another 18 % believed that one bitcoin will cost between $ 500 and $ 1,000.

The consequences will not only be unsustainable increasing health care costs, but increasing health inequities, particularly those impacting Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Australians, and increasing community suffering due to the impact of chronic diseases - most of which are preventable by improving physical and social environments to make it easier for Australians to improve diet, increase physical activity, moderate alcohol intake and stop smoking.

The impact is felt by low - to moderate - income renters who pay a greater percent of their income on housing costs.

Rents are forecasted to increase by 2 percent nationally over the next year, but growth will be moderate based on the increases in supply and the lack of affordable housing in high - cost metros.

The continuing economic recovery has improved housing affordability for low - and moderate - income working households, but housing costs are still a significant burden, especially to renters, according to a new report released today by the Center for Housing Policy, the research division of the National Housing Conference.