Sentences with phrase «risk of a large claim»

Self - funded health insurance plans (aka self - insured plans) have been available to «big business» for decades, but the risk of a large claim, a wide variance in month to month plan cost, and regulations, have prevented the small employer from stepping into the self - funded arena.

Not exact matches

While Bond King Bill Gross, founder of world's largest bond fund PIMCO, is going deep into California and New York munis, claiming the returns are still the best in the market despite the headline risk, even the discussion of bankruptcy as a bargaining chip has caused some to fear bond market hysteria.
In one paragraph, auditors said the number of damaging incidents was so large that the company was open to claims of a «systematic failure» to stop the risks of fraud.
But unfortunately, these are examples of a larger pool of actors who claim that their unproven and unsafe products will address a serious disease, but instead put patients at significant risk.
Fortunately, progress in stem - cell research can still continue through non-federal funds, and the prevailing zeitgeist does seem to favor an eventual nullification of the decision: Yesterday, another overreaching legal case bit the dust when an appellate judge dismissed a lawsuit that claimed CERN's Large Hadron Collider risked destroying the Earth.
did not understand the nature of the documents, or the extent of the risk you were taking on, and did not receive legal advice before signing (for example, you may have thought you were giving a guarantee limited to a certain amount of money but a much larger amount is now being claimed, or you believe that the credit provider or broker used unfair tactics, or tricked or misled you when arranging the finance).
Liability coverage protects you from the risk of being sued for large claims like the above example.
An umbrella policy reduces your financial risk in the event of a large claim.
The actuaries use large pools of statistics to determine exactly what the risks are, and then they determine how much money will be paid from the risk pool for claims.
There are additional risks related to commodity investments due to large institutional purchases or sales, changes in exchange rates, government regulation, world events, economic and political conditions in the countries where energy companies are located or do business, and risks for environmental damage claims, as well as natural and technological factors such as severe weather, unusual climate change, and development and depletions of alternative resources.
This is because the insurer wants to determine whether it is taking on an appropriate amount of risk, and that it will not have to pay out a large amount of claim soon after it accepts an applicant for coverage.
There are really big canister filters that claim to clean 300 - gallon setups, but I don't recommend risking a large environment of 100 gallons or more by using a single filter.
According to an article from Agence France Presse (AFP) who have seen a leaked draft of that report, the panel gives the «thumbs down» and «pours scorn» on a clutch of wacky plans to intentionally re-engineer large scale ecosystems, referred to collectively as geo - engineering: «Geo - engineering options... remain largely speculative and with the risk of unknown side - effects» claims the IPCC draft according to AFP (1).
In very short form (recognizing that I will write somewhat loosely for purposes of brevity in this setting), Weitzman's central claim is that the probability distribution of potential losses from global warming is «fat - tailed», or includes high enough odds of very large amounts of warming (200C or more) to justify taking expensive action now to avoid these low probability / high severity risks.
The difficulties with a claim of this nature may make it less likely that Lloyds will be willing to provide compensation for damage to reputation so the question is whether Noel wants to take the risk of litigation against one of the UK's largest financial institutions.
One current example is ongoing advice to a large landowner on dealing with and minimising the risk of environment - related nuisance claims anticipated as a result of a substantial development.
Over the last 15 years, praticePRO, LAWPRO's risk and practice management program, has produced a large collection of tools and resources aimed at helping lawyers avoid malpractice claims.
He previously spent nearly five years as an in - house senior solicitor in the legal & risks services department at NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) in Cardiff where he acted for health boards throughout the region and advised on a large caseload of high profile and complex clinical negligence claims across a variety of disciplines.
Due to the credit, a large number of CPD programs now include a significant amount of risk management and claims prevention content.
After all, some areas of practice are considered low risk for large claims.
A large number of claims will peg you as a higher risk and raise your premiums for at least two to three years.
By having a deductible, you retain the risk of very small claims while ensuring that you'll be able to cover larger ones.
Employers who choose to self - fund their employees» medical plans are at risk for large claims or an unusual accumulation of smaller claims.
Personally I would prefer to get one done especially if I am taking a large life insurance cover (more than Rs. 1 crore, say) so that the responsibility of the risk cover does not lie with me and the claim does not get rejected on that ground at least.
Insurers recognize that sick or disabled employees are more likely to enroll which poses a larger future risk of costly claims.
Most Tennessee providers and agencies are going to be searching for the Knoxville drivers that do not pose a large risk of filing insurance claims.
An umbrella policy reduces your financial risk in the event of a large claim.
Liability coverage protects you from the risk of being sued for large claims like the above example.
Known as liquidity risk, this can threaten the company's ability to process, say, a large number of policy surrenders or death benefit claims.
Auto insurance rates are based on the provider's assessment of risk, and this risk perception obviously changes in the face of a large claim.
However, floods can happen anywhere and a large number of flood claims are filed by homeowners who live outside these high - risk zones.
Almost 8 years of experience in risk management function, starting out as a life insurance claims processor and rising through the ranks to a risk management manager in a large commercial airline.
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