Re: guess no one wants to touch on this?
Posted by Matt on 3/14/06
If it is a standard homeowner's policy, any word in "-" should have a definition of that word in the policy. Usually in the front of the policy. Look to see if your "mold" has a definition. On 3/14/06, TMV wrote: > > > ok, so when you purchase a home through a loan at a > bank, and they require you to have insurance for protection > against natural hazards, and give you a booklet containing the > statement that this insurance is for covering natural hazards, > and that a natural hazard is anything caused by nature that harms > your health, who is reasponceable? and again, if a policy just > says it doesnt cover mold, I dont think it covers the toxic > molds/mycotoxins, "mold" is a word for regular non-toxic mold, > big difference. biochemicals used in warfare are considered a > natural bio hazard. mycotoxins are used in biochemical > warfare. On 3/13/06, Matt > wrote: >> Insurance is supposed to cover exactly what is outlined in your >> policy. It is not neccesarily a "catch all" coverage. If mold >> is not covered per the terms in the policy, then it is not >> covered. Just like if flooding is excluded from your policy, >> then you will not be compensated if a flood destroys your house. >> There is no bad faith about denying a claim based on occurance >> that is excluded in your policy. >> >> On 2/28/06, TMV wrote: >>> On 2/16/06, TMV wrote: >>>> Part of Insurance coverage is to protect you from natural >>>> hazards, right? natural hazards are anything produced by >>>> nature that harm your health. >>>> even if your policy says mold is not covered, there is a >>>> big difference between mold that is not produceing >>>> mycotoxins and molds that are. policys do not say they >>>> don't cover enviromental illnesses caused by mycotoxin >>>> produceing molds. >>>> mold is a act of nature, and toxic molds/molds that produce >>>> mycotoxins, is a natural hazard. >>>> So when you are exposed to toxic molds in your home, and >>>> have enviromental illness as a result of mold exposure, >>>> How can your claim be denied, and isn't this a act of bad >>>> faith?
Posts on this thread, including this one
- question on insurance, 2/16/06, by TMV.
- Re: guess no one wants to touch on this?, 2/28/06, by TMV.
- Re: guess no one wants to touch on this?, 3/13/06, by Matt.
- Re: guess no one wants to touch on this?, 3/14/06, by TMV.
- Re: guess no one wants to touch on this?, 3/14/06, by Matt.
- Re: mold - Furniture, not taken out place for a year, Place had , 8/10/06, by ,.
- Re: mold - Furniture, not taken out place for a year, Place , 11/14/06, by Scott Ward.
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