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INSURERS FIGHT FOR FARM OWNER BUSINESS
Expect farm pricing to begin to harden starting early next year as primary writers ranging from national players like Nationwide, Travelers, Liberty Mutual and Fireman’s Fund to regional players like Donegal Mutual and ACUITY will most likely pay higher property catastrophe treaty premiums in 2009...
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REITs STRENGTHEN BALANCE SHEETSApartment REITs reset guidance figures in an attempt to strengthen balance sheets and enhance liquidity. Players like Equity Residential Properties Trust, AIMCO, Colonial Properties Trust and BRE Properties Inc. bank on agency debt, life insurance...
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STRONG GROWTH IN RISK RETENTION GROUPS FOR PHYSICIANS RRGs like J.M. Woodworth RRG, Obstetricians & Gynecologists Risk Retention Group of America (OGRRGA), Pediatricians Insurance Risk Retention Group of America (PIRGA) and Allied Professional Insurance Co. RRG are a few established RRGs finding success in today’s marketplace and may be emulated by new RRGs
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| Crittenden Report on Real Estate Financing |
INDUSTRIAL LENDERS PLAY IT SAFEThough the industrial market remains strong in principle, look for uncertainty to keep lenders quiet. Principal Real Estate Investors stick to refinancing. First Industrial Realty Trust puts more of its eggs in the basket of its partnership with a pension fund and Single Tenant Acquisition Group Capital Partners puts together a fund with Bank of America and Citizens Bank. |
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| Specialty Coverages Insider |
WRAP-UPS SLIP INTO PRICING VORTEX Zurich continues to roll out enhancements. Wrap Up Insurance Solutions, a new brokerage that uses the papers of ACE, AIG, CV Starr, Zurich, Travelers, Lloyd’s, Navigators, Arch, and Liberty Mutual, among others, sees significantly lower premiums. |
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HONEY, I SHRUNK THE INVENTORYKB Home, Brookfield Homes, Orleans Homebuilders, Ryland Homes, M.D.C. Holdings Inc. and M/I Homes reduce inventory levels more as 2008 draws to a close. Builders trim down home supplies and cut the glut of houses saturating the industry before considering new projects...
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| Crittenden Restaurant Insider |
Positive Revenues Spur DevelopmentBJ’s Restaurants Inc., Peet’s Coffee & Tea and Famous Dave’s of America keep revenue up for Q3, even if SSS are down.%. Count on 12 new Famous Dave’s Legendary Bar-B-Que units next year.
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WOMEN’S APPAREL PREPS FOR TURNAROUNDColdwater Creek may be the latest to pare down growth, but it’s hardly alone. Ann Taylor, Christopher & Banks, New York & Co., Talbots, Chico’s and White House/Black Market all endure sluggish sales and reduce plans accordingly. Anthropologie has managed to avoid the precipitous sales drop...
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