четверг, 15 марта 2012 г.

Title insurance not tied to hike in home value

Q. When I bought my house many years ago, I got a titleinsurance policy in the amount of its cost. The house is now worthmany times over what I paid for it. Shouldn't I have increased theamount of my title insurance to keep pace with the rising value ofthe house, just as I do with my fire insurance? Am I grosslyunderinsured?

A. You don't have to increase the amount of title insurance ona house as it increases in value. Title insurance is not like fireinsurance. It's greatly different from any other kind of insuranceyou have.

Regardless of the amount of title insurance listed on thepolicy, the mere fact that a title insurer was willing to insure yourtitle in …

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