"cover risks" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to take measures to protect or safeguard against potential dangers or losses. Example: Our company has implemented new policies to cover risks associated with cyber attacks.
Britain is concerned about proposals to change capital adequacy requirements — how much money banks need to hold to cover risks.
The regulator threatened to block banks' overseas investments and branch openings unless they can demonstrate adequate capital to cover risks.
"A loan program won't get an underwriter to cover risks," said Julie A. Rochman, a senior vice president of the American Insurance Association.
Until now such bonds have largely been the preserve of rich-country issuers: in 2009 Munich Re estimates that 80% of issuance was to cover risks in America.
It will create a regulator to promote better management of schemes and an insurance pool to bail out those that fail anyway.But insurance cannot cover risks that have already materialised.
FRANKFURT — Reports that the European Central Bank may seek to increase its capital reserves to cover risks from the purchase of Greek, Irish and Portuguese bonds have raised questions about whether taxpayers could be hit with another bailout bill.
These grants cover risk research on everything from biotech fish, insects and plants to viruses.
The Bundesbank's profit, however, has plunged 90 percent since 2008, as the bank set aside ever larger sums to cover risk.
- The session will be conducted by a member of the Charities Management Team, and will cover risk management, commercial practices and business continuity planning.
According to the website Spacenews.com, at the time, Spacecom, Eutelsat and Facebook reported plans to secure insurance policies to cover risk linked to the satellite project.
Alice Cornish, an analyst at Prudential Securities in Boston, has done a thorough analysis of the higher costs to cover risk that American companies will face in coming months.
