Does insurance cover termite damage, and why claims fail
Does insurance cover termite damage? Almost never. The standard form names insect damage once, in a collapse provision that a 2000 revision narrowed.
Author: Sameer Patel
Sameer Patel is the founder and CEO of KCS Global Group, an India-based digital publishing company that owns and operates Gladewick. He leads the editorial team: he sets the site’s research and sourcing standards, oversees editing, and is accountable for everything published under its name. Before founding KCS Global Group, he worked in relationship and digital banking at ICICI Bank and in content operations at Genpact. He holds an MBA and a B.Com. Readers can reach him with questions or corrections through the site’s contact page.
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