Federal Laws Over Lender-Placed Insurance
As part of a real estate purchasing transaction, mortgage lenders typically require borrowers to obtain property insurance coverage. If the borrower is unable to obtain or maintain adequate coverage, a solution known as force-placed or lender-placed insurance takes over. Obtained by the lender, this insurance protects the lender’s financial interests. Utah lender-placed insurance is used by financial […]
How Can You Remove Lender-Placed Insurance?
When a person secures a loan for a home purchase, financial institutions require that those borrowers maintain adequate mortgage insurance on the property. If a homeowner should fail to maintain that insurance for any number of reasons, the lender is typically able to protect its own financial interests with so-called lender-placed insurance. In the state […]
What is Lender-Placed Insurance?
When someone finances the purchase of a home, mortgage lenders require borrowers to obtain and maintain appropriate property insurance coverage. Unfortunately, borrowers sometimes fail to maintain this critical coverage, potentially putting the financial institution’s interests at risk. Most mortgage contracts in Utah and across the country allow lenders to protect their financial interests – the […]