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Friday, November 12, 2010

Mortgage Scandal Of The Day: Forced-Placed Insurance

In a dark cranny of the mortgage-servicing world a "force-placed insurance" scandal is brewing. When a homeowner's insurance lapses, the servicer steps in and buys them a new one, at a price several factors higher than their original. And the company they buy it from is essentially themselves with a different name. Now investors are finding out about the incestuous self-dealing and kickbacks and they're pissed.

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