All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 22 2009 // Universal Property and Casualty Insurance Co. (UPCIC) reports it has received approval for a premium rate increase for its homeowners program in Florida. The premium rate increase, which will average approximately 14.6...
Oct 19 2009 // Nationwide Insurance Co. of Florida plans to reduce its personal lines property exposure in the state of Florida by nonrenewing 60,000 homeowners policies across the state.Nationwide said that Tower Hill Group, a Florida...
Oct 19 2009 // In a 9-0 decision, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that so-called “all-risk home insurance policies may cover wind damage from hurricanes, even in situations where the loss is later exacerbated by water from...
Oct 19 2009 // For the first time in five years, customers are significantly happier with their homeowners insurer than they were in the past, according to market research firm J.D. Power and Associates 2009.In its survey, the National...
Oct 16 2009 // James and Maria Ivory’s dreams of a relaxing retirement on Florida’s Gulf Coast were put on hold when they discovered their new home had been built with Chinese drywall that emits sulfuric fumes and corrodes...
Oct 16 2009 // Foremost Insurance Group has expanded its Dwelling Fire program in Kansas effective Oct. 15, 2009. The company said it will write a broad spectrum of landlord and rental coverages, with lower rates and new, larger...
Oct 15 2009 // Homeowners Choice, Inc., a Florida-only homeowners insurance company founded in 2006, has sent a letter to the board of directors of 21st Century Holding Co. proposing a merger between the two companies.In an Oct. 12...
Oct 15 2009 // Three Virginia lawmakers are asking lenders to help homeowners whose homes were built with suspect drywall imported from China. U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and Congressmen Bobby Scott and Glenn Nye Reps issued their appeal...
Oct 14 2009 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that its 2009 online auto and homeowners rate comparison guides are now available for viewing on the Department of Insurance Web site at www.ldi.state.la.us.“The rate...
Oct 13 2009 // Leon County Circuit Court Judge John C. Cooper has granted a request by state insurance officials to place American Keystone Insurance Co. in Ponte Vedra Beach into state receivership to be liquidated.American Keystone...
Oct 12 2009 // With the first big rain storm of the year bearing down on Northern California, the California Department of Insurance has put out an advisory to the public to check their homeowners insurance and to look into whether they...
Oct 9 2009 // In a 9-0 decision, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that so-called “all-risk” home insurance policies may cover wind damage from hurricanes, even in situations where the loss is later exacerbated by...
Oct 9 2009 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is calling for unannounced inspections of nursing homes and revised criminal histories of identified offenders living in the facilities.Madigan’s sent a letter on Oct. 7 to the...
Oct 8 2009 // Nationwide Insurance Co. of Florida plans to reduce its personal lines property exposure in the state of Florida by nonrenewing 60,000 homeowners policies across the state.Nationwide said that Tower Hill Group, a Florida...
Oct 5 2009 // As legions of students head back to college this fall, parents should be mindful of gaps in insurance that can exist while their children are living away from home.Although students attending college away from home may...
Oct 5 2009 // Homeowners insurers doing business in Florida – established as well as new – are losing money and the state regulator says rates may need to go up.Also, the state’s largest private home insurer, State...
Oct 1 2009 // The American Red Cross has released preliminary disaster assessment information from flooding that swamped parts of Georgia.The organization said an estimated 2,803 Georgia homes have been affected by the flooding. Of...
Sep 23 2009 // A financial service worker in South Carolina was sentenced today to two years in prison for using a scheme to dupe mortgage companies and homeowners in Eastern Kentucky.David C. Thomas, of Greenville, S.C. admitted he...
Sep 23 2009 // Florida has given the go-ahead to a new homeowners insurance company that plans to focus on what it says is the underserved market of homes built before 2002.Prepared Insurance Co., headquartered in Tampa, intends to use...
Sep 22 2009 // A Georgia Republican is pushing a measure that would require employers to perform background checks on staffers who work inside other people’s homes.The measure sponsored by state Rep. Allen Peake of Macon would also...