All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 6 2012 // In 2011, more than 62 million people lived in residential homes governed by a community association, including homeowners associations, condominiums, cooperatives and other planned communities. According to the Community...
Aug 6 2012 // North Carolina lawmakers approved a bill with some changes to the property insurance system but, as one industry expert said, in so doing lawmakers “just stuck more fingers in the dike.”Despite what critics say...
Aug 2 2012 // One of Alabama’s largest homeowners’ insurers is raising rates on property insurance by as much as 35 percent per policy while dropping some 2,900 rental properties along the state coastline as part of plan to...
Aug 1 2012 // Grass fires damaged at least 10 homes and burned about 1,500 acres before crews were able to control them late on July 30, authorities in north-central Oklahoma said.Seven mobile homes and three houses were damaged in the...
Jul 31 2012 // Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange, a policyholder-owned property/casualty insurer exclusively focused on high net worth individuals and families, has announced that it will begin accepting new members...
Jul 25 2012 // HomeAway, Inc., an online marketplace for vacation rentals, is now offering HomeAway Assure, a CBIZ Insurance Program product that is tailored specifically for vacation rental properties. The product features an online...
Jul 24 2012 // North Carolina’s property market problems are well known but thus far answers remain elusive even after lawmakers approved a bill that does little more than what one industry expert said, “just stuck more...
Jul 23 2012 // State Farm has filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania last Thursday against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.In its complaint, State Farm asked a judge to declare that the insurer’s...
Jul 23 2012 // Through the first quarter 2012, total direct premium written (DPW) for all property/casualty insurers is up 4 percent compared to first quarter 2011. This increase in DPW represents over $4.8 billion in premium growth, of...
Jul 20 2012 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is urging to take steps now to protect their homes in the event New York is hit by any of the nine to 15 storms the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts for the 2012...
Jul 20 2012 // The Travelers Companies, which reported its second-quarter results yesterday, said renewal rates are continuing to trend up across its business segments.Company executives emphasized, however, that rate hikes are a...
Jul 16 2012 // Historic rainfall levels that drenched the Houston area last week flooded dozens of homes and caused widespread street flooding, but the rain also is likely to result in the end of drought conditions in Southeast Texas,...
Jul 16 2012 // Farm Bureau Insurance said it is dropping about 3,000 South Carolina home insurance customers after paying out millions in storm-related claims last year.The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that property owners in...
Jul 12 2012 // A report from the Texas Department of Insurance says that homeowners insurance premiums in Texas have gone up 21 percent since 2009. The report that state Insurance Commissioner Eleanor Kitzman presented to a Senate...
Jul 12 2012 // Allstate is dropping about 10,000 South Carolina home insurance customers.The company is dropping customers who don’t also carry Allstate auto coverage, have older homes and have homes insured for less than $220,000....
Jul 10 2012 // Seattle, WA, 07/10/12 – ValueAppeal, a pioneering online do-it-yourself property tax appeal service developed to help homeowners ensure that they are not overpaying their property taxes, today announced the launch of...
Jul 9 2012 // Maine wildlife officials say the number of complaints about bears has more than doubled so far this year. Officials say between Jan. 1 and July 3, the Maine Warden Service had received 542 complaints from the public about...
Jul 5 2012 // A newspaper’s analysis indicates that Colorado’s most destructive wildfire burned homes worth a total of more than $110 million in one of the neighborhoods affected by the blaze. The Denver Post reports the...
Jul 3 2012 // As of July 1, 2012, the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) is offering its new Homeowners Choice product line. The new product will give residents greater control over their earthquake insurance premium and the ability...
Jul 3 2012 // Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Cos. named Michael Campbell to its workers’ compensation division as assistant vice president of underwriting. Campbell has more than 20 years of industry experience, most recently at...