TL;DR
Builder's risk insurance is a property policy that covers a structure while it is under construction or renovation, paying for damage to the unfinished work and usually to materials on site, in transit, or in storage, from perils like fire, wind, theft, and vandalism. It exists because homeowner's policies commonly exclude or limit construction exposures, and it ends at completion or occupancy.
What it means
Builder's risk insurance is a property policy that covers a structure while it is under construction or renovation, paying for damage to the unfinished work and usually to materials on site, in transit, or in storage, from perils like fire, wind, theft, and vandalism. It exists because homeowner's policies commonly exclude or limit construction exposures, and it ends at completion or occupancy. Either owner or contractor can buy it, and the contract should say who does, for how much, and with which exclusions, since flood, earthquake, and faulty-workmanship gaps are standard. Lenders financing construction nearly always require proof of it before funding.
Where it sits in the glossary
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Why Ohio homeowners should know it
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