Insurance, Explained

Insurance should be easy to understand and accessible to everyone. That's why we created this insurance dictionary highlighting the terms you need to know, in plain English ✌️

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A

Actual Cash Value

Additional Insured

Annual Percentage Rate

B

Balloon Payments

Blanket Insurance

Buried Utility Coverage

C

Closed Mortgage

Co-op Insurance

Contents Insurance

Contingent Beneficiary

Credit Life Insurance

D

Declarations Page

Discount points

Due-on-Sale Clause

Dwelling Coverage

E

Equipment Breakdown Coverage

F

Flood Insurance

G

H

Hazard Insurance

Home Appraisals

Home Inspection

Homeowner Insurance Binder

Homeowners Association

Homeowners Insurance

I

Insurable Interest

Interested Party

Irrevocable Beneficiary

J

Jewelry Appraisal

L

Landlord Insurance

Limit of Liability

Loan-to-Value Ratio

Loss Assessment Coverage

M

N

No Exam Life Insurance

O

Other Structures

P

Permanent Life Insurance

Personal Liability

Personal Property

Pet Diagnostics

Pet Health Conditions

Pet Medical Records

Pre-Existing Condition

Preventative Care

Private Mortgage Insurance

Proof of Insurance

Property and Casualty Insurance

Q

R

Reconstruction Cost Estimate (RCE)

Recoverable Depreciation

Replacement Cost

Right of First Refusal

S

Security Deposit

Swimming Pool Coverage

T

Title Insurance

Types of Homeowners Insurance

U

Uninsurable Peril

V

W

Waiting Periods

Whole Life Insurance

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