«It is observed that there is a high increase in average death claim size for FY2013 - 14 over the previous year, and the increase in death claim size for the claims arising
out of the policies issued in the years 2014 - 15 and 2015 - 16 (which would get settled over the next 8 - 10 years period) is expected to be much higher,» the exposure draft noted.
Not exact matches
Ross also pointed
out that the trade deficit with China — at a record $ 276 billion last year — is a result primarily
of economic factors instead
of policy issues.
«This president is so sensitive to when he feels like other parts
of his administration are getting
out in front
of where he is on
policy issues, and extraordinarily so with Russia,» said Richard Kauzlarich, a former deputy assistant secretary
of state who is an expert on Russia
policy.
While I agree that it's important to enact
policies with a goal
of achieving the «greatest change,» talking to my daughter about the
issues important to her also taught me that we — men, especially — should pull up a chair and hear
out what changes are needed prior to taking action.
US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin complained about persistent trade surpluses and stated that «We urge the IMF to speak
out more forcefully on the
issue of external imbalances, including by providing clear
policy recommendations for countries with large surpluses, in support
of more balanced global growth.»
This makes sense, since Ross and Navarro were the co-authors
of an important
policy paper the Trump campaign put
out during the election season that mostly focused on trade
issues.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and trade adviser Peter Navarro were the co-authors
of an important
policy paper the Trump campaign put
out during the election season that mostly focused on trade
issues.
Specifically, Robert McCormick, chief
policy officer with Glass Lewis, sees the importance
of the CSA putting the
issue out for open discussion.
Specifically, the FOMC is opting to retain its easy monetary
policies, but undertake no new initiatives at this time, Perhaps the Fed went this more conservative route in view
of the somewhat better news
out on the economic front over the past few weeks, notably the generally improving housing metrics, the pickup in June's personal income, and the surprising uptick in the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index for July
issued yesterday.
The Fed's FOMC is concluding another two - day meeting today and will
issue its latest
policy statement around 2 p.m. EST, as the idiots on financial tv sit on the edge
of their seat trying to figure
out which word or syllable has changed from the last
policy decision statement.
He has been active in a wide range
of community and public
policy organizations and has earned a reputation for speaking
out on innovation and competitive
issues affecting Canada.
Economistic thinkers typically support this opposition, but as long as the
issues are fought
out within the nation, public opinion can support
policies that involve some short - term economic losses for the sake
of long - term environmental gains.
At the very least, as Amy Black points
out in «For the Sake
of the Children» (a 1995 contribution to the Crossroads Monograph Series on Faith and Public
Policy), there are public - justice
issues involved.
The latest
issue of the Competition and Consumer Law Journal is
out now with a couple
of competition items
of interest: Rhonda L Smith, «Market definition and substitution options» and George Raitt, «Misuse
of market power: Why
policy objectives matter».
The controversy spun
out onto the internet — above the fray
of the field
of play — so that the NCAA
issued a statement regarding the
policies in question in such an event as this.
In The Lunch Tray's Guide to Getting Junk Food
Out of Your Child's Classroom, I address a wide variety
of topics including: how wellness
policies and the new federal «Smart Snacks» rules relate to classroom junk food; the tricky problem
of birthday treats and how to respond to your opponents on that
issue; the use
of junk food as a classroom reward; the use
of candy as a teaching «manipulative;» kids and sugar consumption; and much more.
Of course, any time you praise Michelle Obama's efforts, there are advocates who'll quickly point
out all the ways in which the Obama administration fell short on food
policy issues.
One
issue which has led me to be less impressed by the strident confidence
of some on the right is that two
of the three countries which have got into most trouble have been those most vocally championed by the right for their
policy choices (even if the reasons turn
out to be quite different whenever the crash happens).
As some
of our readers know by now, IMANI is, in keeping with past tradition, strongly focused exactly on this
issue: filtering
out partisan and self - serving opinions and claims from solid facts in the promises and
policy proposals being made by politicians in the lead up to the 2016 elections.
An adroit foreign
policy emphasising distance from the United States despite quiet cooperation on many
issues kept France
out of the front line
of Islamist anger.
An 8 - year - old North Jersey transgender boy who was kicked
out of the Cub Scouts was asked to rejoin in what amounts to a major shift in
policy for the Boy Scout
of America, which
issued a statement indicating that it's opening its membership to transgender children.
State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday in Albany appeared close to striking a deal on a $ 168 billion spending plan for the coming fiscal year as
policy - related
issues fell
out of the talks.
Not only that, but this
issue should be one
of the major
policy questions that need to be put to all the candidates in the upcoming Labour leadership debate (as I have already pointed
out on this site) as requested by Sunder (see What are the difficult questions the leadership candidates need to answer?).
«It just seems like things on the major
issues are moving and many, if not all,
of the
policy issues are falling
out,» said Sen. John DeFrancisco, a Republican from Syracuse.
He veered away from that topic and returned to the
issue of the push to reform the financial industry, saying: «You've got to be sympathetic with some
of the legislators,» pointing
out that elected officials have to navigate a complex minefield
of regulations and politics when trying to craft
policy.
Three legislative leaders met with Gov. Andrew Cuomo behind closed doors at the state Capitol yesterday and hammered
out a number
of specifics, though a range
of non-fiscal
policy issues — apparently with the exception
of addressing sexual harassment — have fallen off the table.
It is understood that his approach to and understanding
of issues, superior contribution to debates on the floor
of Parliament and ability to proffer alternative
policies in the year made him stand
out among his peers.
Eventually those patents were sold to an affiliate
of Liberty Media for a hefty sum, allowing Samuels to use his windfall to run for office, flirt with running for office, and help shape the debate from the left by speaking
out on
issues and challenging candidates to adopt
policies he advocates for.
Earlier, Bratton said Clinton's opponent, Republican Donald Trump «scares the hell
out of me,» citing what he called the real estate - turned reality television personality's «lack
of depth» on
policy issues, as well as his lack
of «sensitivity.»
However superficial his
policies may turn
out to be, he exercises his hegemony by occupying what can be described as the mental terrain
of an
issue.
«Sometimes, some
of these
issues take a lot longer to negotiate and compromise with, and you shouldn't be holding up funding for our schools, and funding for our roads, and funding for local governments to keep property taxes down, because
of some
of these major, broader public
policy issues that should be kept
out of the budget.»
In the case
of the European Union Committee many
of the recommendations were directed at European legislation and
policy issues, from women on company boards to food waste, and in October 2014 the outgoing EU Commission President (José Manuel Barroso) singled
out that Committee's reports for their excellence.
Just as with negative comments on a nonprofit blog and flame wars on a discussion board, organizations will want to set
out clear
policies about what kind
of behavior will be allowed, and they should also be prepared to handle a little unruliness (again, a common
issue with all kinds
of social media adoption).
Alexander, who participated — alongside Clegg, Cameron, and Osborne — in the «quad» meetings where coalition
policy was hammered
out, was less interested in the politics
of the
issue than the economic impact; he believed it was a necessary step to reduce the deficit.
The Working Families Party has had a tough time getting many
of their key
issues, such as paid family and medical leave, across the finish line in the General Assembly but most
of the Democrats running for governor this year have come
out strongly in favor
of those types
of progressive
policies.
Schneiderman, elected in 2010
out of the state senator, had increasingly been handed a national profile in part
of his push against the
policies of President Donald Trump's administration as well as his public advocacy for women's
issues.
His response was basically repeating the line Vince put
out in his LDV piece about it — employee ownership is good, this will only be aimed at small firms etc with no acknowledgement
of any
issues — but he also confirmed that it had been agreed as part
of a trade off
of who got to announce which
policies at their party conference.
He points
out the key relationship in ministers» offices is between private secretaries and the SpAds, who deal with party political
issues, although these overlap with the purity
of policy.
NYSUT argues the SED
policy prevents teachers from raising
issues with state testing
out of fear
of reprisal.
It is however important because
of its ramifications.There are many political
issues with no apparent relationship to people «s everyday lives which then turn round and bite them.The
policy of appeasement in the thirties is one example, another is a failure to develop technical education in Britain comparable to Germany.Neither
policy brought people
out on the street, each has had a pervasive effect on people «s lives.
Cuomo said that in recent years, priority
policy issues are resolved as part
of the state budget deal, and
issues that don't make it into the budget usually fall
out for a reason.
Mr Brown, noting that Mr Cameron did not mention
policy issues in any
of his six questions, told the Tory leader: «You are completely
out of your depth when it comes to the big
issues.»
The Fiscal
Policy Institute
issued a report today on the widening gap between New York's rich and poor, pointing
out fun facts like: «Wall Street, with its stratospheric profits and bonuses, sits within 15 miles
of the Bronx — the nation's poorest county.»
Up until around the Civil War the states largely carried
out their own immigration
policy, because
of a lack
of any federal guidance on the
issue.
Omnibus bills are often filled with measures known as
policy riders — specific carve
outs of policy that often have little to do with funding the government but involve a specific, and usually partisan,
issue.
As to Thatcherism, which you see as one
of the «models... to learn from», that was at least partly a matter NOT
of dumbing down complex
policy issues to sell to the cretins
out there but
of actually being in tune, for a time, with some
of the aspirations
of a new social subject.
The Democratic governor used his 12 - minute speech at a Harlem fundraiser for Mayer to call for Democratic unity, pointing the finger at the Senate GOP for standing in the way
of progressive
policy issues that fell
out of state budget negotiations.
Party bigwigs have opened a new
policy consultation on the contentious
issue of electoral reform — and suggestions made so far would not look
out of place in a Liberal Democrat manifesto.
As budget negotiations — which are conducted behind closed doors among the governor and three top legislative leaders,
out of sight
of even other lawmakers — unfolded over the past week, it became increasingly clear that the Legislature would punt
policy issues such as gun control or bail reform to after the budget's April 1 deadline, in favor
of financial considerations.
While Cuomo came
out in vocal support last year and attempted to insert money into the state budget for a preparatory committee, the
issue was not included in his 2017 State
of the State
policy book nor his executive budget proposal.