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UNDERSTANDING > UCC INSURANCE
“UCC insurance is a ‘col-
lateral protection’ title insur-
ance product that insures
the lender’s security interest
in loans secured by non-
real estate assets for validi-
ty, enforceability, attachment,
perfection and priority.”
by Theodore Sprink, SVP, UCC
Insurance Division, FNF
T
The Basics of UCC Insurance
he recently developed
concept of UCC insur-
ance has become a
checklist item for most major
mezzanine investors and lend-
ers, oftentimes driven by sec-
ondary market considerations.
Loans insured by UCC insur-
ance and sold into the second-
ary market tend to have greater
value than those loans that are
not insured.
Most major commercial real
estate transactions have a mez-
zanine component built into the
capital structure of the deal. A
mezzanine loan is often consid-
ered a bridge loan, and appears
in some respects as a subordi-
nate loan secured by a second
trust deed on the real property.
However, a mezzanine loan,
by definition, is located in the
capital stack above the senior
debt and below the equity.
Hence, the word mezzanine
refers generally to the “middle.”
A mezzanine loan is gener-
ally secured by the borrower’s
pledge of its ownership inter-
est, or a pledge of equity in the
entity that owns the entity that
owns the real estate project.
The “pledge” is personal
property, as defined by
Articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code, and is
therefore insured by UCC insur-
ance, not traditional real
estate title insurance.
In recent years, it is not
uncommon for the mez-
zanine component to be
15 to 25 percent of the
overall capital structure
of a large commercial
real estate project.
The title industry
developed UCC insur-
ance in order to provide
lenders and investors
who were collateralized
with non-real estate
personal property with
the benefits of title
insurance, initially spe-
cializing in mezzanine
loans. Such insurance provided
certain coverages and shifted
risk for non-real estate lenders
in much the same way that they
generally did in the real estate
world. Since its introduction,
the title industry has produced
approximately $450 billion in
UCC insurance policies.
UCC insurance is a “col-
lateral protection” title insur-
ance product that insures the
lender’s security interest in
loans secured by non-real estate
assets for validity, enforceability,
attachment, perfection and prior-
ity. UCC insurance covers fraud
and forgery; insures the gap;
and provides cost-of-defense
coverage in the event of a third-
party challenge to the lender’s
lien priority.
UCC insurance protects
against documentation defects,
UCC search office indexing
problems, financing statement
inaccuracies and search office
errors and omissions. Policies
include UCC search and filing
services and are life-of-loan.
Although UCC insurance is a
relative newcomer to the finan-
cial markets, lenders and inves-
tors are poised to gain many of
the same benefits of traditional
title insurance currently and
prominently enjoyed in the real
estate markets.
About the Author ...
Ted Sprink is SVP for the UCC
Insurance division of the Fidelity
National Financial Family of
Companies and is one of the origi-
nal architects of the concept of UCC
insurance. He can be reached at
760.931.4731 or tsprink@fnf.com.
Additional details about UCCPlus can
be found at www.uccplus.com.
Theodore Sprink

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Basics of Mezzanine for Title Agents

  • 1. 4 AGENCY INSIGHTS I VOL. 1, ISSUE 4, 2010 Return to Index Return to Index UNDERSTANDING > UCC INSURANCE “UCC insurance is a ‘col- lateral protection’ title insur- ance product that insures the lender’s security interest in loans secured by non- real estate assets for validi- ty, enforceability, attachment, perfection and priority.” by Theodore Sprink, SVP, UCC Insurance Division, FNF T The Basics of UCC Insurance he recently developed concept of UCC insur- ance has become a checklist item for most major mezzanine investors and lend- ers, oftentimes driven by sec- ondary market considerations. Loans insured by UCC insur- ance and sold into the second- ary market tend to have greater value than those loans that are not insured. Most major commercial real estate transactions have a mez- zanine component built into the capital structure of the deal. A mezzanine loan is often consid- ered a bridge loan, and appears in some respects as a subordi- nate loan secured by a second trust deed on the real property. However, a mezzanine loan, by definition, is located in the capital stack above the senior debt and below the equity. Hence, the word mezzanine refers generally to the “middle.” A mezzanine loan is gener- ally secured by the borrower’s pledge of its ownership inter- est, or a pledge of equity in the entity that owns the entity that owns the real estate project. The “pledge” is personal property, as defined by Articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, and is therefore insured by UCC insur- ance, not traditional real estate title insurance. In recent years, it is not uncommon for the mez- zanine component to be 15 to 25 percent of the overall capital structure of a large commercial real estate project. The title industry developed UCC insur- ance in order to provide lenders and investors who were collateralized with non-real estate personal property with the benefits of title insurance, initially spe- cializing in mezzanine loans. Such insurance provided certain coverages and shifted risk for non-real estate lenders in much the same way that they generally did in the real estate world. Since its introduction, the title industry has produced approximately $450 billion in UCC insurance policies. UCC insurance is a “col- lateral protection” title insur- ance product that insures the lender’s security interest in loans secured by non-real estate assets for validity, enforceability, attachment, perfection and prior- ity. UCC insurance covers fraud and forgery; insures the gap; and provides cost-of-defense coverage in the event of a third- party challenge to the lender’s lien priority. UCC insurance protects against documentation defects, UCC search office indexing problems, financing statement inaccuracies and search office errors and omissions. Policies include UCC search and filing services and are life-of-loan. Although UCC insurance is a relative newcomer to the finan- cial markets, lenders and inves- tors are poised to gain many of the same benefits of traditional title insurance currently and prominently enjoyed in the real estate markets. About the Author ... Ted Sprink is SVP for the UCC Insurance division of the Fidelity National Financial Family of Companies and is one of the origi- nal architects of the concept of UCC insurance. He can be reached at 760.931.4731 or tsprink@fnf.com. Additional details about UCCPlus can be found at www.uccplus.com. Theodore Sprink