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The first title insurance company, the Law Property Assurance and Trust Society, was formed in Pennsylvania in 1853. [1] Typically the real property interests insured are fee simple ownership or a mortgage. However, title insurance can be purchased to insure any interest in real property, including an easement, lease, or life estate.
In insurance, a managing general agent is defined legally as "an individual or business entity appointed by an underwriting insurer to solicit applications from agents for insurance contracts or to negotiate insurance contracts on behalf of an insurer and, if authorized to do so by an insurer, to effectuate and countersign insurance contracts".
Proposition 103, titled Insurance Rate Reduction and Reform Act, was a California ballot proposition voted on in the 1988 California General Election. It passed with 51% of the vote on November 8, 1988. [1] Proposition 103 expanded the regulatory capacities of the California Department of Insurance, especially in property and casualty insurance.
The insurance policy is generally an integrated contract, meaning that it includes all forms associated with the agreement between the insured and insurer. [2]: 10 In some cases, however, supplementary writings such as letters sent after the final agreement can make the insurance policy a non-integrated contract.
Working with an independent insurance agent: Independent agents can compare policies from multiple insurance providers for you. Remember, though — they represent those companies, not you.
Plus, the agreement would require the industry to pass along all rebates to the health plan sponsors, which include insurers and employers, in the commercial insurance market.
A listing contract (or listing agreement) is a contract between a real estate broker and an owner of real property granting the broker the authority to act as the owner's agent in the sale of the property. [1] If the broker is a member of the National Association of Realtors, the agreement must include all of the following terms:
A contingent fee, or contingency fee, is an attorney fee that is made contingent on the outcome of a case. A typical contingent fee in a tort case is normally one third to forty percent of the recovery, but the attorney does not recover a fee unless money is recovered for the client. States prohibit contingent fees in certain types of cases.