Sentences with phrase «company against those risks»

It means the employer is taking the wise step of bulletproofing the company against risks.

Trying to protect the company against those risks can be challenging.

The more you know, the better prepared you will be to insulate your company against risk and withstand any unforeseen challenge.

Not exact matches

Companies in London and later the U.S.developed a sophisticated understanding of risk aimed at protecting people against large losses, disasters, and death.

Standing up against the immigration ban — or any other Trump policy — could risk upsetting an administration that has not been shy about lashing out against companies that don't toe the line.

Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al - Falih has said it would be a risk to list in New York because of liabilities and litigation, including the climate change lawsuits against other oil companies by New York City.

The four conglomerates originated in different sectors, but their underlying business model is the same: cultivate powerful allies in the Communist Party; use those relationships to win regulatory and property concessions; gather investment from friends, family and other proxies of party elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest as aggressively as possible in stock and property overseas as a hedge against slower growth in China and the risk of a weaker Chinese currency.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

U.S. regulators» recent moves against the accounting practises of Chinese companies listed in the U.S. are a timely warning about the risks of letting foreign state - owned enterprises (SOEs) play a bigger role in Canada.

A growing number of ETFs hedge against this currency risk, including iShares Currency Hedged MSCI United Kingdom (hewu), which tracks large - and mid-cap U.K. companies, and iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Spain (hewp), which focuses on large - cap companies.

However, having the government sell annuities could make sense if you believe Canadians need to ensure against longevity risk (point 7) but the fees that insurance companies charge for these products are too high (point 6).

GLOBAL RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES: Defending Against Cyber Threats Hosted by Zurich Insurance Group Helen Greiner, Chief Executive Officer, CyPhy Works Jane Holl Lute, Chief Executive Officer, Center for Internet Security Paula Tolliver, Corporate Vice President, Business Services and CIO, The Dow Chemical Company Moderator: Leena Rao, Senior Writer, Fortune

footnote ** Ratings of the insurance companies don't apply to the Vanguard Variable Annuity portfolios and don't provide protection against investment risk.

«The desire to spread stock picking risks over a number of different securities must be balanced against the negative impacts of spreading research resources so thin that an intimate understanding of a company or industry is lost.

With nearly 500 claims against pharmaceutical companies, distributors and pharmacies consolidated in Ohio alone, Denton said that the volume of work involved is daunting for insurance, risk and legal professionals.

The risk of shorting a single stock, bad as it might be, is that it can be bought out by a bigger company and as a result the stock price will move against you.

Our report provides a summary of these conversations as companies outlined their processes of ensuring relevance and rigor of performance targets while guarding against excessive risk - taking by executives.

It has made two investments so far: $ 500,000 in UnaliWear, an Austin - based company that makes voice - controlled smart watch company that's designed for seniors to guard against falls or other health risks, and $ 400,000 in BrainCheck, a Houston startup that designed a platform to test cognitive health.

Of course, individual companies have headaches hedging against their specific currency risks.

«More companies are trying to manage risk... but companies are still seeing highly uncorrelated moves [against the dollar] based on swings in one currency,» said FiREapps CEO Wolfgang Koester.

In a Glass Lewis Proxy Talk held April 17, 2014, Anne Simpson of CalPERS and Michael Garland of the New York City Comptroller's Office discussed why they think shareholders should vote against the re-election of four Duke Energy Corporation directors for what they believe to be a failure of the directors to fulfill their obligations of risk oversight as members of a committee overseeing health, safety, and environmental compliance at the company.

To hedge against that risk, it suggests investing in a few «anti-Amazon companies:» Competitors with comparative advantages and big players in capital - intensive areas.

«DavorCoin is concealing its principal place of business, claiming that «due to tax and regulation risks» it «can not officialize its domiciliation,»» Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles said in an emergency Feb. 2 cease - and - desist order against the company.

Insurance companies are well aware of the phenomenon in which people who take out insurance against, say, burglary, are known (on average if not in every case) to modify their behaviour so that the risk of being burgled increases.

«Now if the tribunal says there is a risk there and there will be one less buyer which may reduce the milk price they will balance that against a bigger, stronger company, with more clout, greater volume and more exports into China,» he said.

The workshop will helps companies mitigate against food fraud risks and provide greater controls in their supply chains.

But in the long - term this growth is at risk unless more is done in the UK to help companies invest, grow and compete against imports.

The Federal Government, yesterday, declared that it would neither be cowed nor threatened by MTN's court action against the N1.4 trn fine which was later reduced to N780 billion, insisting that the telecommunications company risks another fine if it fails to pay on deadline.

«The ABI has an unparalleled record of delivering complex, industry - led projects in partnership with Government, such as FloodRe to ensure affordable flood insurance for households at high risk, and MedCo, to protect customers against unscrupulous claims management companies.

a) defending his vote against requiring insurance companies to cover mammograms for women at risk for breast cancer.

The fight against HIV / AIDS is costly, contentious and, for drug companies, a calculated risk.

Baltimore biotechnology company Profectus BioSciences is testing a vaccine to guard against the Ebola virus on 39 human subjects, a first step toward administering it more broadly to people at risk of exposure to the deadly pathogen.

A woman diagnosed with ulcerative colitis received a $ 10.5 million award for pain and suffering in a lawsuit filed against the company, and was awarded $ 78,500 for medical expenses after her attorneys proved the company knew of a potential risk of IBD from Accutane, and failed to report it to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

«Lawsuit: Tiffany Pushed Out Employee with Cancer Mutation» (Associated Press) «Lisa O'Rourke alleges in a federal lawsuit that the New York - based company discriminated against her because she carries a gene mutation that put her at high risk for developing cancer, and she was compelled to have surgeries that her lawyer says were life - saving.»

On the company's website, you will find a «dating guarantee» that supposedly protects members against the risk of scams and other unscrupulous practices.

Mortgage insurers are required by law to build contingency reserves, meaning that in addition to the capital our companies are required to hold against the risk we insure, a portion of every premium dollar received is reserved specifically for emergencies on a countercyclical basis.

What it does protect against is «unsystematic» risk, which is specific to individual companies or industries.

The primary function that these annuities served — and the reason why an insurance company was the one issuing them — was to protect against longevity risk, or the possibility of running out of money late in life.

How does the company manage against these key risks?

footnote ** Ratings of the insurance companies don't apply to the Vanguard Variable Annuity portfolios and don't provide protection against investment risk.

This is true in that they are diversifying against company - specific risk, but such a portfolio is not diversified against the systematic behavior of U.S. large - cap stocks.

These prices are generally specified in forward contracts that are used by cross-border companies to hedge against currency risk.

Enbridge also hedges against changes in interest rates and foreign exchange, further reducing the risk of investing in this company.

A debt consolidation company will usually look to secure larger loans against an asset such as your home (the interest payable on an unsecured loan will be much higher), which means that it will be at risk if you do not keep up with repayments.

However, compared against the risk of losing the investment, these companies offered no margin of safety.

In ITC investing, there is an emphasis on guarding against investment risk, i.e., something going wrong with the company or the securities it issues.

Protect your company against financial losses and risks with business insurance.

• Positive job creation news in Canada was overshadowed Friday amid reports that JPMorgan Chase, the largest U.S. bank, lost $ 2 billion in the past six weeks from a trading portfolio designed to hedge against risks the company takes with its own money.

It's a calculated risk, since they still have to compete against cash, debit cards, and all the other credit card companies, so they don't have you totally over a barrel, but you shouldn't expect as many freebies, either.

The fund invests (i) equities (ii) convertible securities of U.S. companies without regard to market capitalization and (iii) employs short selling and enters into total return swaps to enhance income and hedge against market risk.