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SEPTEMBER ISSUE: Prospects for TRIA

Fears of insurance gaps due to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act lapsing have largely subsided, as reauthorization is close to certain by the year-end expiration date. This is good news, considering the business implications of life without TRIA.

SEPTEMBER ISSUE: Capital Markets Update

As employment has struggled to gain momentum, there have been repeated false starts in predicted interest-rate increases over the past few years. But there is growing consensus in the industry that interest rates are really going up this time.

Keeping Control

    Source: Standard & Poors

Economy Watch Weekly: Housing Appreciation, Homeowner Payouts

CPE economy writer Dees Stribling provides his update for the week ending Aug. 29, 2014, offering comments on

housing appreciation and how homeowners are doing with their mortgages.

AUGUST ISSUE: Embracing Change

Realcomm’s Howard Berger talks about where the industry is, and is headed, in terms of development and adoption of technology, automation and innovation.

Greg Maloney: Why Back-to-School Shoppers Prefer Bricks and Mortar

Shopping online just keeps getting easier. As deal sites abound, shipping prices fall away, inventory endlessly expands and it begs the question: “Does anyone load the kids up in the family car and drive to the mall anymore?”