Sentences with phrase «major risk area»

There is one more major risk area for stable value funds: rapidly rising interest rates.

Do you have policies that cover those four major risk areas?

Not exact matches

Taking into account past patterns of drought and water use, the Columbia study reveals that several major metro areas, including New York City, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, are at high risk for water scarcity, along with the Great Plains agricultural belt extending from North and South Dakota down to North Texas.

Contrast XL's board situation with the other major beef processor in Canada, Cargill Ltd., and its commitment to food safety, its «ethics open line,» and their responsibilities in the area of supply chain and risk management.

Arch MI gauged the economic foundations of home values in 100 major metropolitan areas to determine local housing markets with «minimal» risk.

The risk of getting JE is low for most travelers, particularly for short - term visitors to major urban areas, and most infections present no symptoms.

She lives in a major metro area and should be able to find an OB to take on her high risk TOL with all the precautions that modern medicine has to offer.

«Successful delivery of the project is in doubt, with major risks or issues apparent in a number of key areas,» it noted.

Addressing Iain Duncan Smith's universal credit scheme, it said: «Successful delivery of the project is in doubt, with major risks or issues apparent in a number of key areas.

According to reporting in Scientific American's sister publication Nature, minutes of the meeting show that the researchers were in fact much more circumspect, saying things such as «a major earthquake in the area is unlikely but can not be ruled out» and «because L'Aquila is in a high - risk zone it is impossible to say with certainty that there will be no large earthquake.»

Also, in a poor area near Lima, Peru, researchers found that living near a major road doubled both asthma and allergy risks.

«Today, not only are more people in harm's way than there were 50 years ago, but building in flood plains, earthquake zones and other high - risk areas has increased the likelihood that a routine natural hazard will become a major catastrophe,» warns a 2015 report from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), which maintains an international disaster database.

This trend is likely to continue, the researchers said, adding that major coastal disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012 already have indicated the possibly increasing risks associated with settling in the country's low - lying coastal areas.

«Although this finding did not necessarily play a major role in the control of this particular cluster, it certainly emphasized the risk for additional flare - ups, even within areas where active spread of the virus has been stopped,» Ladner said.

One of his major areas of interest has been the interactions between genetic and environmental risk factors.

The same staff and facility also process deCODE's DNA - based reference laboratory tests for gauging individual risk of major public health challenges ranging from heart attack to breast cancer, as well as the company's pioneering deCODEme ™ scans, the world's first personal genome analysis and focused disease area scans.

The spread of mosquito - borne diseases diseases is quickly becoming a major health risk in tropical and semi-tropical areas.

The World's Healthiest Foods has this to say about strawberries: «Given their unique combination of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory nutrients, it's not surprising to see strong research support for strawberry health benefits in three major areas: (1) cardiovascular support and prevention of cardiovascular diseases (2) improved regulation of blood sugar, with decreased risk of type 2 diabetes, and (3) prevention of certain cancer types including breast, cervical, colon, and esophageal cancer.»

My major area of interest is in working collaboratively with students, teachers and educational leaders to develop innovative and sustainable teaching practices which strengthen the educational opportunities of at - risk students including those with learning difficulties, disabilities and challenging behaviours.

Some of the major areas of risk are disability, death, loss of property, health, etc..

If I can spread around the idiosyncratic risk of vacancies, major repairs, mold problems, hurricanes, earthquakes, lawsuits, etc. over a larger number of properties and over a wider geographic area, I'm all for it!

It's not a huge risk, but major storms come through often enough that many insurance companies are a bit reluctant about the area.

Excess flood insurance is available in all parts of the country — in high - risk flood zones along the coast and close to major rivers as well as in areas of lower risk.

Both areas are a major concern to the unit; however, human safety must take precedence over animal risk in every situation.

Apart from road accidents, it's probably the only other major health risk that you face traveling in this area, and precautions should be taken.

I got some sobering input on the threat of major levee failures along an area called the Middle Mississippi Region (a 200 - mile stretch roughly between Saint Louis, Mo., and Cairo, Ill.) from Nicholas Pinter, a professor of applied geology at the University of California, Davis, who has extensively studied flood risks there.

But popular visitor destinations were at risk, with major cities in coastal areas expected to face more frequent flooding in coming years, while Australia's «Red Centre» region could experience more than 100 days annually above 35 °C by 2030, it found.

But popular visitor destinations were at risk, with major cities in coastal areas expected to face more frequent flooding in coming years, while Australia's «Red Centre» region could experience more than 100 days annually above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2030, it found.

We do need to invest in infrastructure in the face of the climate change we've already locked in, and if we don't simultaneously radically lower our emissions, and that by the way has huge implications for the industry that is the dominant industry in precisely the areas that are being hardest hit, the oil and gas industry, which is a major economic engine in Texas and Louisiana, and specifically in some of the areas that are being hardest hit, which is a whole other layer of risk that we have seen very little about.

Because much of humanity, including many residents of the world's major cities like Kolkata (Calcutta), London, Shanghai, and Washington, DC, are located in vulnerable coastal areas, hundreds of millions of people are directly at risk.

«One major concern about wildfires becoming more frequent in permafrost areas is the potential to put the vast amounts of carbon stored there at increased risk of being emitted and further amplify warming,» said Todd Sanford, a climate scientist at Climate Central and lead author of the group's newly released report on Alaskan wildfires, by e-mail.

But now, perhaps more seriously, the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) and the Environment Agency are worried about the potential for a «major event» arising from part of Sellafield's «high hazard, high risk» area.

Note that «low confidence» and «very low confidence» are only used for areas of major concern and where a risk - based perspective is justified.

As costs in the real estate area of practice have significantly increased, it is clear that real estate claims represent a major risk for LAWPRO and the bar.

It eliminates data silos and connects your entire agency by integrating key tasks from major areas of agency investment, including financial management, matter management, and risk management.

His role on these and a number of other major projects, his reorganisation of the company's legal function and the high - level risk management support and innovation (including «leveraging artificial intelligence in relation to lease due diligence») show Meckert to be a highly versatile lawyer who excels in multiple areas.

Business owners are at risk of major damage when the next big storm hits the area.

Excess flood insurance is available in all parts of the country — in high - risk flood zones along the coast and close to major rivers as well as in areas of lower risk.

For example, if the insurance company actuaries review a certain area one year and determine it has a low - risk factor and only charge very minimal premiums that year, but then by the end of the year they see a rise in crime, a major disaster, high losses or claims payouts for unforeseen reasons, it may cause them to review their results and change the premium they will charge for that area in the new year.

You're just minutes from Washington, DC, so you have easy access to everything you need, but there are risks that come with living in a high density major metropolitan area.

When it comes to planning a trip overseas, one major detail that many travelers overlook is the amount of potential risks that come with visiting a foreign land or exploring an unfamiliar area.

Covington is one of the highest risk areas for tornadoes in Kentucky, with an average of two major tornadoes each year.

It's not a huge risk, but major storms come through often enough that many insurance companies are a bit reluctant about the area.

Major factors that may affect your expected premium quotes include the risk for earthquake in your area and the total amount of personal belongings and property value you want to cover.

The resume format of a UI developer would include major job responsibilities such as assisting in defining software architectures, collaborating with leads for exploring current systems, determining areas of complexity, potential risks for successful execution, learning the capabilities of the built applications.

The review is divided into major sections of studied areas in the literature, namely post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), co-existence of several symptoms and disorders (a term that broadly means serious problems), and risk (vulnerability) and protective (resilience) factors at both pre - and post - migration phases.

The task group chose four areas of major concern to Montanans: 1) family skills; 2) personal development / people empowerment; 3) preparation for career and transitions; 4) people at risk.

We presently have major traffic conjestion; heritage buildings at risk of redevelopment and excessive high density in the Entertainment and Theatre District where current condo owners are expressing concerns of too much change to an area where they were expecting theatre, restaurants, sports and entertainment venues.

Vacancies are a major risk faced by buy - to - let investors, but can be effectively managed by investing in areas with a strong and ongoing demand for rentals.