All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 13 2010 // Here’s something you don’t often see in this town at the heart of the state’s $9 billion citrus industry: a sign at the public library that says, “ICE! On sidewalk. Be careful!”Growers were...
Jan 10 2010 // The New York State Insurance Department has ordered insurers Homesite Insurance Co. and Security Mutual Insurance Co. to reinstate 260 homeowners’ policies across the state.Regulators say the insurers improperly...
Jan 10 2010 // The Ohio Department of Insurance reports that auto insurance rates in that state declined for the third consecutive year but homeowners rates have risen slightly.The department based its assessments on data released by the...
Jan 10 2010 // Louisiana remains the third most expensive homeowners insurance market in the nation behind Florida and Texas, according to newly released data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.The average premium...
Jan 7 2010 // Some families in Virginia whose homes were built with suspect drywall from China may be eligible for assistance to help rehabilitate their properties.To qualify, families must have insurance through the Federal Housing...
Jan 5 2010 // Boca Raton-based Florida Peninsula Holdings has agreed to acquire another Florida property insurer, Edison Insurance Group, including its two subsidiaries, Edison Insurance Co. and Edison Insurance Underwriters.The company...
Jan 5 2010 // Louisiana remains the third most expensive homeowners insurance market in the nation behind Florida and Texas, according to newly released data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.The average premium...
Jan 4 2010 // USHT Inc., a managing general agent and surplus lines agency based in Dallas, is now offering a homeowners deductible buy-back policy in Texas.The Texas Homeowners Deductible Buy-Back Policy is a separate policy that is...
Dec 31 2009 // Wildfires roared across a swath of Western Australia on Wednesday, razing almost 40 homes and sending hundreds of people fleeing for their lives, officials and witnesses said. At least three people were injured.Two major...
Dec 30 2009 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that on average Ohioans paid slightly more for homeowners insurance in 2007 than in 2006, according to a report issued by the National Association of Insurance...
Dec 29 2009 // State officials have authorized a private Florida insurer to accept 23,000 policies from the state-owned insurer, Citizens Property Insurance Corp.Homeowners Choice, Inc. said the assumption of these policies represents a...
Dec 28 2009 // More Cedar Rapids homeowners are accepting buyout offers for their flood-damaged properties.Officials say 17 more homeowners have signed offers to have the city buy their properties, which were heavily damaged in the flood...
Dec 28 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has issued a cease and desist order against Patricia Howard, a Dunn Center insurance agent, who is alleged to have engaged in deceitful and dishonest practices against her...
Dec 28 2009 // The New York State Insurance Department has ordered insurers Homesite Insurance Co. and Security Mutual Insurance Co. to offer to reinstate at total of 260 homeowners’ policies across the state.Regulators say the...
Dec 22 2009 // Homeowners insurance customers who file a property claim are much less satisfied with their claims experience than auto claimants, according to a new study.The satisfaction level of homeowners claimants is significantly...
Dec 21 2009 // The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) has initiated a countrywide filing of a new earthquake rating plan under its Homeowners Program.The earthquake plan, which consists of self-contained manual...
Dec 18 2009 // The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a man’s drunkenness did not render his attempted shootings of a woman accidental and therefore did not trigger coverage under either his homeowners policy or his...
Dec 18 2009 // A new portion of the New Hampshire building codes will require that sprinkler systems be installed in all new homes.WMUR-TV said the New Hampshire State Building Code Review Board voted to require sprinklers in every newly...
Dec 16 2009 // New York officials recently directed State Farm Insurance Co. to give 113 Long Island property owners the opportunity to renew their homeowners’ policies with the company.The action came as the result of a complaint...
Dec 9 2009 // The Louisiana Recovery Authority is urging homeowners who suspect they might have contaminated Chinese drywall in their homes to report the problems to the state.A federal consumer product safety commission is asking each...