User:Abro2/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it was the 20 year anniversary of 9/11 yesterday. This article matters because prior to 9/11, many business owners did not have insurance for terrorism attacks but after 9/11 it was estimated that there 40 billon dollars in insured loss which made business owners want insurance for terrorism attacks but it was hard for business owners to purchase terrorism insurance which resulted in congress stepping in. The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act was enacted in November 2002 which requires business insurers to offer insurance for terrorism attacks. TRIA has been extended to December 31st 2027 and I think it is really important that TRIA is always around because you never know when an event like 9/11 could happen and business owners should be have terrorism attack insurance. My preliminary impression to this article was that I was surprised that congress had to step in, business insurers should have offered insurance for terrorism attacks right after 9/11 occurred.

Evaluate the article
The wikipedia article was created in regards to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. The article starts off by explaining what the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act is which is law signed by President George W. Bush. The Act was created to provided reinsurance for businesses that are effected by terrorism attacks. Everything in the article was relevant but I believe they could have explained TRIA a little better because after reading the wikipedia page, I went on google to research the Act more. I really liked how the article went on to explain the definition of terrorism and the job of insurers. The article is neutral which is should be, there is no sides to pick from. When I went to check out the references, I clicked the first reference ("Terrorism Risk Insurance Program". U.S. Treasury Department Website. U.S. Treasury Department. Retrieved 20 March 2013.) and the page said it has moved. Also reference 10 (http://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/offices/Pages/Federal-Insurance.aspx) has moved as well. Reference 11 ("TRIA Regulations". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 25 March 2013.) was unauthorized, I could not see the information unless I logged into an account. The rest of the references looked good. I do not see any conversations when I clicked on the talk page. The article has not been edited since 2010. Overall, the article was well written but there are small changes that could be made such as updating the references and defining TRIA better.