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When a claim is settled by a title insurance company, the company acquires all rights and claims of the insured against any other person who is responsible for the loss. This is known as what

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Subrogation

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Subrogation occurs when the person that has suffered loss in an insurance contracts is compensated by the insurance company, the insurer, which automatically means that his/her rights or claims to the insured item or object has been transferred to the insurance company.

For instance,an insured insures his house against fire accident, if fires erupts and the house is destroyed, the insurance company compensated the insured with a new house, the right to sue the party that has caused the fire incident has been automatically transferred to the insurance company.

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