The agreement that has been reached will require a payment of a total of $300 million to resolve the allegations. Assurant Inc. and J.P. Morgan Chase have now agreed to a settlement in a class action suit against them that will cause them to pay $300 million in order to resolve the allegations against them regarding force placed insurance selling. The claims against the companies had to do with a special type of homeowners coverage applied on behalf of the policyholders. The settlement that has been proposed is among the…
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Force placed insurance settlement achieved in New York
The state has reached a decision to help to prevent future questionable practices in the industry. New York has faced a number of financial industry questionable practices in recent years and, among them, has been the issues with force placed insurance, where homeowners have found that they were paying far more than they would if they had found the coverage on their own. The coverage is purchased by mortgage lenders on behalf of homeowners that have let their policies lapse. The primary struggle that was faced in the force placed…
Read MoreForce placed insurance crackdown launched in the United States
American housing regulators are putting a stop to wrongful practices in this sector of the market. Housing regulators in the United States have commenced a crackdown on the practices surrounding force placed insurance, which is an entirely legal and often necessary form of coverage that has been abused in recent years in the American marketplace. The problem is that this misuse is causing harm to struggling borrowers which is sometimes unnecessary. The issue is that the coverage that is purchased through force placed insurance is often considerably more expensive than…
Read MoreForce placed insurance sales information released by Assurant following inquiry
The Securities and Exchange Commission has put the pressure on the company to release these details. Assurant Inc. is currently under review regarding whether or not it has been overcharging for force placed insurance purchased on behalf of some homeowners, and has broadened its disclosure regarding the profits this activity has generated, following an inquiry by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the insurer’s data, this coverage represented 89 percent of the specialty property profits in Q1 and Q2. Throughout the first half of the year, the company…
Read MoreForce placed insurance should be carefully monitored by the homeowner
The moment a mortgage borrower finds out that coverage has been purchased, the bank should be phoned. When a bank purchases force placed insurance on behalf of a customer, it typically isn’t the highest point on a priority list, as it typically occurs at a time when the homeowners are already at risk of losing their homes. However, it is still in the homeowners best interest to investigate it. Force placed insurance is bought by a bank on a customer’s home when there is still a mortgage on that property…
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