All the headlines from our Condominium Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 7 2009 // With more condominium owners defaulting on their mortgages, condo associations in Maine are seeking relief.When condos are foreclosed upon and their owners leave, the other condo owners are left to pick up the tab for...
Dec 29 2008 // A construction worker is dead after falling about 50 feet while working at a Pittsburgh condominium construction site. Authorities say 40-year-old Scott Oswald died at Allegheny General Hospital less than an hour after...
Sep 11 2008 // Los Angeles-based Heritage General Agency’s has a new HOA product for up to four units for small condominium associations. The non-admitted carrier is offering this as a package; however, it can be written on a stand...
Sep 1 2008 // Piecing condominium association and unit-owner insurance programs together necessitate determination and complete information. A lot of pieces must be snapped together to assure a complete picture of protection. Any...
Aug 4 2008 // Completing the condominium insurance picture necessitates jigsaw puzzle tenacity. Quite a few pieces must be snapped together to assure a proper insurance picture. Any missing information can leave a gaping hole in either...
Jul 7 2008 // A firestorm of confusion and comment was created by a recent Insurance Journal report detailing a recent Maryland Court of Appeals ruling regarding a condominium associations’ requirement to pay for property damage...
Jun 30 2008 // “Given the great interdependence of the unit owners in the stacked unit condominium situation, mandating property insurance for the entire building is the preferable approach.” This one explanatory sentence...
Jun 25 2008 // San Diego-based ICW Group, a group of insurers, announced a new program homeowner’s associations and multi-family condos that provides expanded coverage for buildings of wood frame construction built after 1975. The...
Jun 20 2008 // A firestorm of confusion and comment was created by a June 3, 2008, InsuranceJournal.com exclusive report detailing a recent Maryland Court of Appeals ruling regarding a condominium associations’ requirement to pay...
Jun 3 2008 // A dispute over $6,400 in damage to a Maryland townhouse led to an unexpected court decision that has reversed 26 years of standard industry practice, and left insurers, agents, lawmakers and condominium associations...
Mar 5 2008 // A former exec at Willis Management in Vermont has been charged with embezzling more than $2.2 million from the captive insurance manager.Thirty-six-year-old Kenneth MacKay – a former senior vice president – is...
Feb 15 2008 // Minnesota’s battle over smoking bans is making its way into private homes, as residents of one high-rise condominium along the Mississippi River have voted to make their building smoke-free.At La Rive Condominiums in...
Sep 4 2007 // As Labor Day tourists take an end-of-summer beach trip, owners of thousands of condominiums that line the Alabama Gulf Coast say they’re getting burned by soaring insurance premiums.Insurance legislation aimed at...
Aug 16 2007 // Martin Hartley, executive vice president and chief operating officer with Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), announced the company will expand its homeowners insurance program, including windstorm coverage,...
Oct 19 2006 // Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif., is offering coverage for owner-occupied condos, hard-to-place rental or secondary/seasonal condos, and units rented by tenants in California. Coverage is written...
Oct 12 2006 // New York, N.Y.-based Distinguished Programs has rolled out a small condo and apartment building program designed to give small building owners the same level of coverage and deductible options available to larger property...
Oct 11 2006 // As Floridians prepare to go to the polls in November, nine out of every ten of the state’s property owners living in condos, homeowner and other community associations say Florida’s elected officials are doing...
Apr 17 2006 // Citizens Property In-surance Corp. plans to seek a rate increase for commercial residential associations, primarily condos, to keep up with increasing premiums in the private market.Citizens writes wind coverage for...
Feb 1 2006 // Southern Family Insurance representatives have met with 200 Century Village condominium owners in Boca Raton, Fla. and agreed to pay for extensive hurricane repairs including the replacement of five roofs. Bob Goolman,...
Jan 19 2006 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies is broadening the eligible classes for its condominium product to include office park condominium complexes. Available coverages include Property, General Liability, Automobile,...