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National Real Estate Investor
April 1, 2005
Matt Hudgins |
Who Will Bear the Risk of Terror? Insurance policyholders in 47 states are in jeopardy of losing coverage on terrorism-related losses after Dec. 31 of this year. The construction, purchase and leasing of new buildings and shopping malls, etc., could be cancelled or postponed if the federal backstop expires.   |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2005
Parke Chapman |
Terrorism Abroad Elevates Case for TRIA Ripple effects from the terrorist attacks in London last month have bolstered the case for extending government-backed terrorism insurance in the United States. |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2005
Matt Hudgins |
Capital Hill Rallies To Extend TRIA A week after suicide bombers killed 57 people at U.S.-branded hotels in Jordan, leaders introduced legislation to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. That's good news for U.S. businesses, roughly half of which have added terrorism coverage to their property insurance. |
National Real Estate Investor
April 1, 2003
Chapman & Valley |
Terrorism Insurance: Why Owners Are Balking Not all property owners are buying coverage. Many landlords who believe their properties pose a low risk for a terrorist attack are declining to accept coverage because they think it's too pricey or unnecessary. The repurcussions of this are felt throughout the industry. |
Insurance & Technology
April 6, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Cover Your Assets Insurers must focus on internal risk management rather than depend on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, which is set to expire in two years, to mitigate losses from a terrorist attack, according to Risk Management Solutions. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2004
Jonathan L. Kempner |
A Rallying Cry for TRIA Extension Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA) kept ratings agencies from lowering ratings on loans in the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market, allowing borrowers to obtain terrorism insurance coverage at a reasonable cost. |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2003
Thomas Bisacquino |
A Much-Needed Morale Boost For more than a year, organizations representing commercial real estate owners pressed for enactment of The Terrorism Insurance Act of 2002. The bill, signed into law by President George W. Bush late last year, gives the industry a shot of optimism needed for a faster recovery. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Special Issue 2005
Christopher M. Wright |
Global REIT Indexing--The Shape of Things to Come An interview with two industry experts on the impact of indexing on global real estate to raise the profile of the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT series among investors worldwide. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2002
Chris De Reza |
Keeping an Eye on Insurance Over the past year, rising insurance premiums, reduced capacity and increasingly restrictive coverage have pushed insurance to the forefront for many participants in, and observers of, the real estate industry. |
Knowledge@Wharton
May 7, 2003 |
To Pay or Not to Pay: Business Weighs the Cost of Terrorism Coverage Nearly two years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, businesses continue to evaluate the threat of another catastrophe and try to gauge their own exposure to it. |
Financial Advisor
March 2005
Dorothy Hinchcliff |
A New Investment Frontier For financial advisors, international commercial real estate may be another way to diversity portfolios. REITs will broaden the shareholder base in global real estate and make it easier for smaller players to invest. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2004
Sam Zell |
Brave New World Once a misunderstood alternative investment that many investors couldn't even pronounce, REITs have moved into the mainstream both domestically and internationally. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Mar/Apr 2003
Steven Roth |
REITs and Dividend Tax Relief President Bush's plan to eliminate the double taxation of corporate profits does not apply to REITs. Some feel that this plan will have a negative impact on REITs. I disagree. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2006
Parke M. Chapman |
An Invisible Threat Commercial buildings are ill-quipped to thwart nuclear, biological and chemical agent attacks, which are excluded from terrorism insurance policies. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Be a Real Estate Tycoon Want to make some money? Consider real estate. Whether buying a property or shares of a real estate investment trust, it's imperative that you do your research. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2003
Traci Purdum |
Preparing For The Worst Turbulent times call for manufacturers to assess their risks when it comes to potential terrorist attacks. |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2007
G.M. Filisko |
Tax Breaks in Jeopardy? The battle lines have been drawn in Congress over the federal budget for fiscal year 2007. Real estate industry experts fear casualties will be bedrock tax breaks for the commercial real estate industry. |
CFO
Russ Banham |
Pray As You Go Without a government safety net, companies are left with little coverage against terrorist attacks... |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2002
Sam Jaffe |
The Aging REIT Craze Are we in the midst of a REIT bubble that, much like the dot-com bubble before it, is bound to pop? |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
What Are REITs? The popularity of real estate investment trusts has increased in recent years, as people have discovered this way to invest in real estate without actually buying any. |
National Real Estate Investor
June 20, 2003
Parke Chapman |
Manhattan Landlord Stalls Lenders In Terrorism Insurance Dispute The New York Supreme Court has ruled that two lenders cannot hold the owner of 4 Times Square, a major Manhattan office building, in default for not buying adequate terrorism insurance. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2004 |
Political Watch There is nothing quite like a presidential election to bring politics and policy issues to the forefront. However, it doesn't take a Bush-Kerry battle to get the REIT industry's focus toward Washington. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Insurance Industry Conference Looks at Terrorism, Drug Coverage, Malpractice Insurance and M&As The role of government in supplementing the private insurance industry and the industry's response to terrorism were recurrent themes at the seventh annual conference of Wharton's Financial Institutions Center and the Brookings Institution held earlier this month. |
Entrepreneur
September 2003
Scott Bernard Nelson |
Do the REIT Thing? When it comes to returns on real estate, think long-term investment. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jan/Feb 2004
Christopher M. Wright |
Q&A with Tom Robinson The managing director and co-head of real estate investment banking at Legg Mason Wood Walker shares his thoughts on the capital markets and the real estate industry as a whole. |
National Real Estate Investor
March 1, 2007
Matt Hudgins |
Leading a Full-Court Press Column Financial's Kieran Quinn helped the MBA lobby for passage and then renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), a federal backstop that enables insurance companies to offer affordable terrorism insurance. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Special Issue 2005 |
Spotlight on Europe Belgium introduced a REIT-like structure in 1995... Until 2001, domestic investors almost exclusively dominated Finland's property markets... In 2003, France introduced its version of the REIT approach... etc. |
