Mortgage Servicer Imposes Lender-Placed Insurance Despite Active Coverage
Mortgage servicers create lender-placed insurance escrows even when borrowers maintain continuous, documented hazard insurance. The result is a near-doubling of monthly payments that the servicer applies unilaterally. Borrowers must prove their existing coverage retroactively to reverse the change.
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