Rate increases of "50% to 100% is the number I have heard," the developer says. An unverified industry report has some premiums increasing by 1000%.
Refusing to write terrorism coverage could delay some real estate deals "but I doubt it," Livingston says. "Insurance will be written and deals will be done."
The developer sees the insurance industry's ultimatum to the real estate industry as a pure marketing play.
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