Helping Secure Your Future

Cotter Insurance provides quality insurance protection for individuals and families throughout Florida. Securing your future is our #1 priority.
By offering first rate coverage for your Home, Auto, Boat, Personal Watercraft, Trailer, as well as Flood and Umbrella insurance, we make sure that you and your family have the protection you need at rates you can afford. At Cotter Insurance, you have the benefit of working with insurance agents who have over 50 years of combined experience. We'll evaluate your specific needs and find an insurance company that will give you the best value for your dollar.

Glossary Terms

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MEDIATION

situation in which parties agree to take part in a structured settlement negotiation through the guidance of a neutral expert. By participating in this process, the parties do not agree that they will actually settle and the mediator does not have the authority to impose such a settlement.

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MORTALITY TABLES

Charts that show the death rates an insurer may reasonably anticipate among a particular group of insured lives at certain ages.

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MORTGAGE INSURANCE

A contract that insures the lender against loss caused by a mortgagor’s default on a government mortgage or conventional mortgage.

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MORTGAGEE CLAUSE

A clause in an insurance policy that makes a claim jointly payable to the policyholder and the party that holds a mortgage on the property.

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MUDSLIDE

A mudslide is a slippage of mud because of poor drainage of rainfall through soil. An underlying cause is often deforestation or lack of vegetation.

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MULTI PERIL INSURANCE

Personal and business property insurance that combines in one policy several types of property insurance covering numerous perils.

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NAMED PERIL POLICY

The insurance contract under which covered perils are listed. Benefits for a covered loss are paid to the policy-owner. If an unlisted peril strikes, no benefits are paid.

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NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM (NFIP)

The program of flood insurance coverage and floodplain management administered under the Act and applicable Federal regulations promulgated in Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter B.

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NATURAL AND PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES

Consequences from a given act that a reasonable person could foresee.

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NEGATIVE TREND

with respect to a life and/or health insurer, negative trend over a period of time, as determined in accordance with the “Trend Test Calculation” included in the RBC instructions

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