Commercial title insurance is different from any other type of insurance that a business owner will have to get. Most types of insurance protect against loss or damage that has not occurred yet, but commercial title insurance protects against losses caused by problems that already exist with a new business property. A commercial title insurance company can usually eliminate title defects and adverse interests from the title before the real estate transaction occurs.
A commercial title insurance company will attempt to protect the purchaser by searching public records to identify any known claims against the title or other defects to the new business property. If liens or encumbrances are found, the commercial title insurance company might require that steps are taken by the seller or other responsible parties to eliminate them. Commercial title insurance basically protects the buyer up until the escrow is closed, though, and after that they must get other insurance to protect the property.
Commercial title insurance premiums are also different from other types of insurance because the cost is not principally calculated on the basis of actuarial science. A commercial title insurance company will try to eliminate the source of the losses, rather than correlating the probability of losses with their projected costs, like other insurance. This results in a relatively small fraction of the commercial title insurance premiums being used to pay losses.
Basically, commercial title insurance helps business-related buyers feel secure that the title to the property they are purchasing is free and clear, rather than spending money and going through litigation over unexpected defects.
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