All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 28 2011 // Five property owners whose homes were inundated by the spring flood could have their homes bought out by the city of Vicksburg next year.The Board of Mayor and Aldermen has authorized Mayor Paul Winfield to apply for a...
Nov 22 2011 // Some North Carolina residents who insure their residences through Allstate are finding themselves dropped by the company for refusing to bundle their home and auto coverage.Allstate Insurance Co. has informed 45,000...
Nov 22 2011 // Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. recently announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, American Platinum Property and Casualty Insurance Corp. has just issued its first Florida homeowners’ policies. American Platinum...
Nov 22 2011 // Florida has a new player in the insurance market for high-value homes and inland marine policies.Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. recently announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, American Platinum Property and...
Nov 18 2011 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is urging the State Rating Board to hold a hearing to scrutinize the data insurers use to set homeowners insurance rates in her state.The Attorney General’s office says...
Nov 18 2011 // A new settlement has been reached with Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin (KPT) over defective drywall manufactured by the company in China.The Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC), the Homebuilder Steering Committee (HSC)...
Nov 17 2011 // Nearly 11,000 homeowners polices once held by Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort have been absorbed into the private insurance market, state regulators say.Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon...
Nov 16 2011 // Florida’s largest property insurer wants sweeping changes — including the ability to charge higher rates — in the coming year.It may be a hard sell during a contentious election year, but the board that governs...
Nov 14 2011 // Florida policyholders of HomeWise Insurance should not see dramatic changes in their renewal premium if their policies are taken over by Homeowners Choice, according to the company official.The policyholders have the...
Nov 10 2011 // A key provision in the North Dakota Legislature’s disaster aid bill would provide low-interest, unsecured loans of up to $30,000 for homeowners hit especially hard by this year’s flooding, the Bank of North...
Nov 8 2011 // Homeowners Choice Property and Casualty Insurance Co. said it has acquired HomeWise Insurance Co.’s book of business in Florida.Approved by state regulators, the deal adds 70,000 Florida homeowners to Homeowners...
Nov 7 2011 // U.S. insurers’ prospective after-tax return on equity for homeowners’ insurance is 4.8 percent on average, a decrease from the 6.9 percent of 2010, mainly due to subdued investment returns and higher estimates...
Nov 7 2011 // As the United States inches toward recovery, there are several industries that aren’t expected to improve along with the rest of the economy. In a risk analysis of U.S. industries, industry research firm IBISWorld...
Nov 4 2011 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says its flood insurance arm will re-inspect more eastern North Carolina homes and businesses damaged during Hurricane Irene after owners complained claims adjusters weren’t...
Oct 28 2011 // Fifty additional homes have been added to a federal repair program for people in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, whose houses were damaged by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.The Times-Picayune reports the parish council...
Oct 24 2011 // U.S. insurers’ prospective after-tax return on equity for homeowners’ insurance is 4.8 percent on average, a decrease from the 6.9 percent of 2010, mainly due to subdued investment returns and higher estimates...
Oct 21 2011 // Align General Insurance Agency Inc. has named Rod Eldred senior vice president. Eldred will lead the company’s new workers’ compensation division and the expansion of San Diego, Calif.-based Align’s...
Oct 21 2011 // Alabama residents who have their homeowners insurance through the state’s second largest property insurer must now include their auto coverage as part of their insurance package.Alfa Insurance Co. announced it will...
Oct 21 2011 // A divided Georgia Supreme Court has decided to hear arguments in a case involving a woman found dead in a lagoon that was home to an eight-foot alligator in a subdivision near Savannah.Heirs of 83-year-old Gwyneth Williams...
Oct 18 2011 // If Oklahoma communities improve fire protection services it could result in major savings on homeowners’ policies for local families, according to presenters at a recent legislative study.“There are some very...