LOSS-PAYABLE CLAUSE

loss-payable clause.Insurance. An insurance-policy provision that authorizes the payment of proceeds to someone other than the named insured, esp. to someone who has a security interest in the insured property. • Typically, a loss-payable clause either designates the person as a beneficiary of the proceeds or assigns to the person a claim against the insurer, but the clause usu. does not treat the person as an additional insured. See MORTGAGE CLAUSE . [Cases: Insurance  3450. C.J.S. Insurance §§ 1404, 1520.]
[Blacks Law 8th]