Hazard Insurance

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Hazard Insurance

A property insurance policy that provides coverage for catastrophic events named in the policy. For example, hazard may cover hurricanes and fires, but not tornadoes. Hazard insurance may not cover even the most common events, especially in high-risk areas. For this reason, some property owners buy named perils policies to supplement hazard insurance.

hazard insurance

A form of property insurance that protects against physical damage to property,such as by fire or tornado.

Hazard Insurance

Insurance purchased by the borrower and required by the lender, to protect the property against loss from fire and other hazards.

Hazard insurance is also known as “homeowner insurance,” and is the second “I” in PITI.

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The company also operates two hazard insurance service centers in Duluth, Ga.

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There is a claim for the hazard insurance, which deals with the physical loss to the property itself.

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However, the company's hazard insurance service centers in Santa Ana and Tustin, Calif.

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In the case of hazard insurance servicing, this can encompass loan tracking and information processing as well as customer service.

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The company also operates similar hazard insurance service centers in Duluth, Ga.

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S ince the modernization of the banking system in the 1960s, mortgage servicers have required borrowers (under the terms of the mortgage) to insure the collateral against any unintended damage by carrying the proper amount of hazard insurance.