QBE Insurance Group Ltd. was fined $10 million, agreed to cut rates for some residential coverage and will provide customer refunds after a New York probe into kickbacks paid to banks.

The fine follows a $14 million penalty last month against Assurant Inc., the largest provider of so-called force-placed policies, the mandatory coverage for mortgage borrowers who lapse on insurance payments with their original carriers.

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