Sentences with phrase «higher than other policies»

Premiums are a bit higher than other policies, but there are instances where it is the best way to obtain a life insurance protection.

The price will be higher than the other policy options, but if you are facing a major health crisis and you must get a life insurance policy in place, guaranteed issue life insurance could be your best option to get the coverage you need.

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Guests who believe they have experienced racism while using Airbnb may report instances of discrimination to the company or accept Instant Booking listings at a higher price than normal, but there's currently no policy in place to put them on a level playing field with other white guests.

The stakes are high for this assessment, not only because it will be a primary determinant of the timing of Federal Reserve policy tightening; the more one believes that current high long - term unemployment is cyclically (demand) driven rather than structurally (mismatch and demographic) driven, the more one believes workers can be brought back into employment through monetary (or other) stimulus.»

«It's impossible at this early stage to point to a clear reason why we have a higher percentage of African - American engineers than other companies,» Anne Toth, Slack VP of compliance and policy, responded.

While there are plenty of legitimate policy reasons that evangelicals might support Governor Romney, their willingness to overlook their desire for a coreligionist candidate may also have at least something to do with the fact that 24 % of them — higher than any other religious group — believe Obama is a Muslim, and even more are unaware (or unconvinced?)

But he appeared to flounder, side - stepping some questions and offering few policy specifics other than his plan to increase vocational options so that kids can train to become high - paid electricians and plumbers.

At the time, Cuomo appeared to agree to back the mayor's proposal to allow the city to raise its minimum wage up to 30 percent higher than the state's (as well as other WFP - backed policies and a Democratic takeover of the state Senate).

The Bloomberg administration has produced a flurry of statistics to argue for the success of the policies, but the mayor prides himself on one above all others: life expectancy reached 80.9 years in the city, three years higher than it was in 2001, an increase that outpaced national gains.

«All too often, pollsters ask Americans whether they support more or less gun control, or frame gun policies as controls on gun ownership generally rather than as measures to keep guns from criminals or other high - risk groups,» Barry says.

To find out, we at the Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance have asked nationally representative cross-sections of parents, teachers, and the general public (as part of the ninth annual Education Next survey, conducted in May and June of this year) whether they support or oppose «federal policies that prevent schools from expelling or suspending black and Hispanic students at higher rates than other students.»

To find out, we asked respondents in both 2015 and 2016 whether they supported or opposed «federal policies that prevent schools from expelling or suspending black and Hispanic students at higher rates than other students.»

In a «Dear Colleague» letter released last year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (ED) issued guidance for schools on avoiding discrimination against students on the basis of race when administering school disciplinary policies, and warned that if minority students are subject to disciplinary actions at a higher rate than other students, schools could be faulted for civil - rights violations.

The consensus appears to be that these higher levels of performance have less to do with policy than with everything else: the «ecosystem» of reform in a given place (usually a city) and its network of «human - capital providers,» expert charter - management organizations, leadership - development programs, school - incubator efforts, local funders and civic leaders, etc. — in other words, what conservatives like to call «civil society»: the space between the government and the individual (in this case, between government and individual schools).

The first was asked whether it supported or opposed «federal policies that prevent schools from expelling or suspending black and Hispanic students at higher rates than other students.»

Last month, an opinion piece on Bloomberg.com encouraged the DoE to withdraw their guidance and let schools and districts manage their discipline policies without oversight — despite clear evidence that prior to the 2014 guidance, African American students and other groups were (and in many cases still are) more likely to receive heavier punishment for the same offenses than white students, and to be suspended at a higher rate.

Models of student achievement in a given year as a function of prior achievement and other controls tend to give higher correlations than other models, see: Daniel F. McCaffrey, Tim R. Sass, J. R. Lockwood, and Kata Mihaly, «The intertemporal variability of teacher effect estimates,» Education Finance and Policy, 4, no. 4, (2009): 572 - 606.

This implies that the negative impacts of high school exit exam policies on graduation rates found in other studies are more likely a result of reduced graduation rates of very low - achieving students than of discouragement of marginally low - achieving students.

National social studies tests for 4th grade students and high school seniors have been indefinitely postponed as a result of sequestration cuts, which has alarmed social studies advocates and contributed to the perception that federal decision making and policies have narrowed the curriculum and downplayed the role of subjects other than reading and math in preparing students for college and careers.

In fact, according to the Learning Policy Institute, «new, under - prepared special education teachers outnumber those who are fully prepared 2:1,» a higher ratio than any other major teaching field.

- Examine vehicle to determine if additional safety or service work is required - Advise Manager if additional work is needed - Document all work performed as soon as job is completed - Attend factory sponsored training classes and keep abreast of factory technical bulletins - Understand and follow federal, state and local regulations such as disposal of hazardous wastes - Ensure that vehicles are kept clean - Perform all other duties as assigned - Follow all company safety policies and procedures & immediately report any and all accidents to Manager or Supervisor REQUIREMENTS: - High School Diploma or equivalent - ASE Certification preferred - Automotive Technician - Minimum 2 years previous experience - Excellent driving record - Self - motivated with ability to perform quality work with efficiency - All applicants must be authorized to work in the USA - All applicants must have the ability to pass pre-employment testing to include background checks, MVR, drug test, and valid driver's license - All applicants must perform duties and responsibilities in a safe manner - Ability to read & comprehend instructions and information - Personal & Professional Integrity - Desire for long - term employment If you're looking to work in a progressive environment with a rapidly growing organization, than we have a position available for you.

Amazon saw a free preview on Barnes and Noble as being a complete book — and so given Amazon's policy to never have a higher priced book than any other outlet, they matched the price of the free preview.

The rate itself may not be as high as you would like to have, but, as you can see, it's a very decent rate comparing to other banks, especially when the overall yields of savings accounts are so low, mostly in the lower 1 % range, thanks to the Fed's policy that has kept its benchmark lending rate close to zero for more than two years.

The management fees and administrative fees for variable universal life insurance policies are typically higher than those for other universal life insurance policies.

Oklahoma In Oklahoma, insurance quotes are rather modest for some policies and surprisingly high for others; knowing what makes some policies more costly than others will save you money.

Millennials purchase their home and renters insurance policies directly from insurance carriers at a rate higher than any other age group.

Since you're able to choose from a variety of investment options, variable life insurance policies have higher upside potential than other cash value policies, such as whole life insurance.

However, we urge you to be careful as variable life insurance policies often come with higher fees than other cash value life insurance policies.

If you're still coming in at a higher premium than you'd like, just give us a call — we can evaluate the way the policy is rating and see if there are other factors that are impacting it and look for solutions to help get you covered.

Variable life insurance policies have higher upside potential than other permanent life insurance policies as you can choose how the cash value is invested from a variety of options.

The drawback to whole life would be that whole life insurance rates tend to be higher than other forms of permanent coverage, particularly when you are dealing with a Whole Life Guaranteed policy, such as the one offered by MOO.

There are also other companies in the market who will buy insurance policies at higher rates than the cash - in value insurers will pay you.

Endowment policies provide insurance coverage as well as savings accrual and the savings amount accrued at the end of the tenure is generally higher than other savings options available.

As for other funds offered in the plan, the complaint says that, rather than taking advantage of the plan's economies of scale, as required by its investment policy statement (IPS), to reduce the investment expenses charged to plan participants, Philips North America selected and maintained high - priced share classes of mutual funds, instead of identical lower - cost share classes of those same mutual funds which were readily available to the plan.

To understand why average Texas home insurance quotes are higher than those in many other places, however, you need to understand that Texas home insurance policies are as unique as the state, itself.

Overall, the costs of Variable Life policies can be higher than other types of permanent policies.

If you select an annual 1.5 % energy savings target, building codes (high), combined heat and power (medium), ESCO programs, and utility - scale solar PV (high), the results show that those policies together can achieve a 20 % reduction in 2012 emissions, at a lower cost than many other compliance options.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, «In the high - stakes conflict over U.S. climate - change policy, groups that deny or cast doubt on global warming brought in $ 7.2 million from 2003 to 2010... «Powerful funders are supporting the campaign to deny scientific findings about global warming,» reported Robert J. Brulle...» In the eighth paragraph, the Inquirer noted the response by James Taylor of the Heartland Institute, who observed that many of the groups «support other causes as well» and, in some cases, spend «less than 10 percent of their funding... on climate - related efforts.»

-- The term «Climate Registry» means the greenhouse gas emissions registry jointly established and managed by more than 40 States and Indian tribes in 2007 to collect high - quality greenhouse gas emission data from facilities, corporations, and other organizations to support various greenhouse gas emission reporting and reduction policies for the member States and Indian tribes.

Consistent with previous theorising and empirical research highlighting that foregone - gains are preferred over losses [10], [19]--[23], people supported higher levels of emission cuts when the costs were framed as a foregone - gain than when they were framed as a loss (the one exception to this pattern was in Study 2, where the framing effect was eliminated when combined with a normative message about the emission policy preferences of others).

The bulk of mitigation occurs via other policies, whose implicit carbon prices are often much higher than in the market.

If you select an annual 1.5 % energy savings target, building codes (high), combined heat and power (medium) twice, and ESCO programs, the results show that those policies together achieve 65 % of the state's compliance target, at a lower cost than many other compliance options.

In particular, the high feed - in tariffs for solar photovoltaics can be up to ten times higher than those provided to wind and even higher than investments in efficiency, diverting money away from other policies where it would have been better employed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

At a time when New Yorkers are facing higher energy costs than their neighbors due to the state's anti-fossil fuel policies, Bill de Blasio has taken New York City further down a path that will harm consumers — not to mention police officers and other city employees whose pensions are suffering from similar politicization.

He added that «Slovak energy policy now faces new challenges»: Despite its commendable progress, Slovakia's energy and carbon intensities are higher than in other EU / OECD countries, high import dependency weakens energy security, and EU and international commitments call for more sustained multi-sectoral and coordinated policies.

Ignoring concerns raised by injured workers and their advocates during the policy consultation, the new policy requires a higher burden of proof for workers with work - related chronic mental stress disability to have their claims approved than for workers with all other injuries.

These policies carry higher premiums than other types of term life insurance.

The only downside to this product is that the premiums will be higher than other term policies, but this downside is small when compared to the options offered through ROP Endowment Term coverage.

Because of their permanent protection, these policies tend to have a much higher initial premium than other types of life insurance.

Premium rates for senior life plans are considerably much higher than with other life insurance policies that require a medical exam and an underwritten policy.