Dallas-Fort Worth Real Estate Investor Club

Insurance Claims when named insured and county records are different

  • 29 Jan 2016 8:33 AM
    Message # 3789089
    My insurance agent was telling me other day that named insured should match with county records for any claims to honor. At present i am the primary insured and my series of the llc is the additional insured. Did anybody ran in to any issue with property damage or Liability claims when your named insured and county records are different?
  • 29 Jan 2016 12:28 PM
    Reply # 3789638 on 3789089

    Good Morning...this is Dave Burdick, Burdick Insurance.  Your agent is referring to the insurance concept of "insurable interest". That is the named insured must own the property being insured or be the mortgagee to have an insurable interest.  The accepted record of ownership is the county tax roll.  For series LLC's the parent LLC is sometimes shown as the owner on the tax rolls and then I would list the parent LLC as the named insured.  The individual series LLC's can be listed as additional insureds.  Remember, that a bank account for the named insured will be needed since any claim checks will be made out to the named insured. Best practices would dictate the above practices. 

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