05 — If a trigger hits
The order of proceeds is public before anyone contributes.
An illustrative example: a $270,000 parametric payout on a property with a $200,000 mortgage. Your lender is paid first, clearing the debt. What remains goes to you, then to the people who helped fund your premium.
Fast cash in weeks after a disaster. It is not a full rebuild settlement, and it does not replace your primary policy.
Mortgage lenderOwnerCrowdfunders
Share of gross proceeds · illustrative · $270,000 total
$200,000
74% of gross
Your mortgage, cleared
First priority. Named loss payee. Settled in full from gross proceeds. Skipped if the property is unencumbered.
$14,000
5% of gross
Property owner
A share of what remains after the lender, at least equal to the owner’s premium contribution. Here, 20% of $70,000 net.
$56,000
21% of gross
Crowdfunders
The residual, distributed pro-rata by contribution. Not a deposit and not a guaranteed recovery.
Net position to the owner: $200,000 of debt cleared plus $14,000 cash in hand.
If no trigger occurs
The premium is fully consumed by the insurance carrier. There is no refund to the property owner or to contributors. That is the statistically expected outcome for most policies in any given year, and it is disclosed before a contribution is accepted.