Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• INSURANCE (HOMEOWNER)
  
  A product by which a policyholder pays a company a sum, and the company promises to pay compensation if a specified undesired event occurs. Owners can buy hazard insurance that pays to repair damage from fire, hail or other calamities; earthquake, flood and hurricane insurance to pay for damage caused by those events, and other types of policies.
  
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