Force-Placed Meets the Feds – The Insurance Regulatory Field Grows

Recent news regarding lender-placed insurance (more colloquially known as “force-placed” insurance) has focused on state efforts to regulate the industry. Now the Feds are getting involved, specifically the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).  FHFA is now prohibiting servicers of mortgages issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from receiving any compensation from those insurers providing the force-placed coverage. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac write over 60 percent of all mortgages in the U.S. As such, this action is going to impact a large segment of …

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