All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 1 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 1 2010 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law new rules designed to make it easier for understand their choices when purchasing homeowners insurance.AB2022 will, on July 1, 2011, revise the mandatory language...
Sep 27 2010 // Insurers are blasting a proposal by New York regulators to reform the state’s coastal homeowners insurance market, a plan one exec called “a solution in search of a problem.”“The insurance industry...
Sep 24 2010 // Fremont, Mich.-based Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc. is offering its homeowners insureds a checklist for closing seasonal dwellings, along with an additional incentive — an offer to waive the policyholder’s...
Sep 23 2010 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has approved a statewide average homeowners insurance rate increase of 10.3 percent for policies written by the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp.Citizens had filed...
Sep 23 2010 // New York insurance regulators are proposing a new set of consumer protection measures as part of a package of rules aimed at improving the availability and pricing of homeowners insurance in high-risk areas along the...
Sep 22 2010 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that investigators have identified 124 people with active arrest warrants who were residents or staff members of nursing homes for elderly residents.Madigan said they were...
Sep 21 2010 // One of the most important features of writing high net worth business is high value homeowner’s coverage — but these policies can be complicated for agents to understand because they have many more components...
Sep 21 2010 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has denied Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Co.’s requested 44 percent statewide homeowners rate increase.“Based on our internal reviews and that of our...
Sep 20 2010 // In the entire state of Louisiana, there are only 16 of them, and they want business. They are certified wind inspectors, and for $150 to $200 they say they can knock hundreds of dollars off homeowners’ annual...
Sep 20 2010 // When reviewing errors and omissions (E&O) claims frequency by line of business, homeowners ranks third behind two commercial lines products (casualty and property). Focusing strictly on personal lines makes homeowners...
Sep 17 2010 // While fire may be a common worry among homeowners, claims data from Travelers suggests their homes could be as much as 10 times more likely to be damaged by water than by fire.Fortunately, much of this water-related damage...
Sep 14 2010 // For some Ohioans, the memory of Hurricane Ike is only surpassed by the damage it caused last Sept. 14 as it made its way across the Buckeye State packing winds at speeds equal to a Category 1 hurricane (up to 74...
Sep 10 2010 // A Pacific Gas and Electric gas line explosion that occurred at about 6 p.m. on Sept. 9 in San Bruno, Calif., has killed six people, left at least nine people critically injured, and destroyed more than a dozen homes,...
Sep 10 2010 // In the entire state of Louisiana, there are only 16 of them, and they want business.They are certified wind inspectors, and for $150 to $200 they say they can knock hundreds of dollars off homeowners’ annual...
Sep 7 2010 // Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation will hold a hearing on proposed rate increases for several lines of insurance from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. at 1 p.m. on Sept. 7, 2010, in Tallahassee. The lines of...
Sep 6 2010 // Former Houston Mayor Bill White, a Democrat campaigning to replace Repub-lican Rick Perry as governor of Texas, says homeowners insurance rates in Texas are too high and should be more regulated.White said Texans pay an...
Sep 2 2010 // With Hurricane Earl on a path to skim the barrier islands and the coast of North Carolina beginning this evening, state Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is reminding all North Carolinians to take precautions before the...
Sep 2 2010 // City officials are trying to salvage some of the homes damaged by flooding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 2008 by offering them to builders and nonprofit groups for free.In exchange, the homes would be renovated and sold at a...
Sep 1 2010 // Showing your home’s storm damage to an insurance adjuster should be a feeling of relief rather than high anxiety. An adjuster arriving at your residence means you are that much closer to having your home repaired and...