All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 23 2010 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens) has held a fourth depopulation offering in which 13,500 policies have been assumed into the private insurance market, state Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon...
Nov 16 2010 // Earlier in 2010, Colorado State’s Tropical Meteorology Project forecasted eight hurricanes to emerge from 15 named tropical storms in the Atlantic basin. Of those, four were forecasted to become major hurricanes. On...
Nov 16 2010 // Florida insurance regulators today will review proposed rate increases for one of the state’s largest property insurers.Florida Peninsula Insurance Co., ranked seventh largest property insurer, is seeking rate...
Nov 9 2010 // Island Insurance Co. Ltd., Hawaii’s largest locally owned and managed property and casualty insurance carrier, has expanded its current multi-policy discount to include an additional discount on homeowners...
Nov 9 2010 // Home appraisers who overestimate the value of homes may be liable for fraudulent misrepresentation, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled.The state’s high court has overruled an appellate court that had held that...
Nov 3 2010 // Municipalities do not have standing to challenge decisions on insurance rates issued by the state insurance department, a North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled.Twelve North Carolina counties, led by dare County, along...
Nov 1 2010 // New York insurance regulators proposed a series of tweaks to the state’s coastal homeowners insurance market last month, but acknowledged it will probably be months before the state panel tasked with evaluating the...
Nov 1 2010 // A Chinese drywall manufacturer has agreed to participate in the remediation of up to 300 homes in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida that were contaminated by faulty drywall.The agreement reached with Knauf...
Nov 1 2010 // As more and more experienced insurance employees discover their retirement income isn’t what they thought it would be, many are happy to find work they can do from home to supplement their income. That’s where...
Nov 1 2010 // A Chinese drywall manufacturer has agreed to participate in the remediation of up to 300 homes in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida that were contaminated by faulty drywall.The agreement reached with Knauf...
Oct 29 2010 // Scientists want to know just how much shaking is going on in California house.The U.S. Geological Survey issued a request this week for volunteer homes in Southern California to host one of its earthquake sensors. The USGS...
Oct 29 2010 // Allstate Corp. on Wednesday reported that quarterly operating income fell 16 percent, missing analysts’ forecasts, as the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer lost existing customers and ramped up...
Oct 28 2010 // Florida Republican Rick Scott says that if he is elected governor he will require state-backed Citizens Property Insurance to stop offering multi-peril policies in order to bring its costs in line with premiums, while Alex...
Oct 27 2010 // The U.S. is hoping China will help persuade its manufacturers of tainted drywall to cooperate in helping homeowners fix their homes, the chairman of the Consumer Products Safety Commission said.Inez Tenenbaum, in Shanghai...
Oct 20 2010 // The Austin-based consumer advocacy group, Texas Watch Foundation, says a statewide public opinion survey revealed that an average of 74 percent of voters are likely to vote for candidates who favor real home insurance...
Oct 19 2010 // A dozen homeowners in central Kentucky have sued to challenge the legality of a fire protection subdistrict.The homeowners in northwestern Jessamine County contend the property tax that funds the North Jessamine...
Oct 18 2010 // A key trade group for insurance agents in New York is lauding a proposal by regulators to reform the coastal homeowners insurance market in the state.The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY)...
Oct 18 2010 // Overall customer satisfaction with homeowners insurance companies has declined to the lowest level in five years, primarily due to decreases in satisfaction with policy offerings and customer service, according to the J.D....
Oct 15 2010 // New York insurance regulators proposed a series of tweaks to the state’s coastal homeowners insurance market this week, but it will probably be months before the state panel tasked with evaluating the proposals makes...
Oct 14 2010 // A Chinese drywall manufacturer has agreed to participate in the remediation of up to 300 homes in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida that were contaminated by faulty drywall.An agreement was reached with Knauf...