All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 1 2009 // Americas Insurance Co., which previously took on nearly 1,000 homeowner policies that had been covered by Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., has said it expects to underwrite new policies in most Louisiana...
Jun 1 2009 // Members of the Nevada legislature are battling over a construction defect bill that has turned into one of the most contentious issues of the 2009 legislative session.Senators voted 19-1 in mid-April for SB349, which would...
Jun 1 2009 // As the 2009 hurricane season arrives, many homeowners are finding insurance is either more expensive, or harder to get.Homeowners from New York to Florida and in the Gulf Coast region are again seeing premiums rise and...
May 29 2009 // Mike Manikchand points toward his neighbors in Lehigh Acres — a half-dozen empty, foreclosed-upon homes, sitting on weed-strewn yards — and he wonders: What will happen if a hurricane slams into southwest...
May 28 2009 // A western Pennsylvania town is trying to find an arsonist who has set at least 35 vacant structures on fire in the past 18 months.New Castle Fire Chief Thomas Maciarello says 90 percent of the fires have been in the same...
May 22 2009 // Florida-based American Strategic Insurance Corp. (ASI) has entered the South Carolina marketplace and is offering homeowners’ insurance coverage for coastal property owners through independent agents.“As the...
May 18 2009 // Nevada senators and sssembly members are battling over a construction defect bill that has turned into one of the most contentious issues of the 2009 Nevada Legislature, now in its final weeks.Senators voted 19-1 in...
May 18 2009 // The skies are filled with smoke, and hundreds of homeowners were evacuated from their homes in Santa Barbara earlier in May. During November 2008’s Tea Fire, which occurred in roughly the same areas as this...
May 12 2009 // Homeowners in the South Carolina counties of Charleston and Beaufort who purchase homeowners policies from AIU Holdings’ Private Client Group can now access the advanced disaster preparedness and post-hurricane...
May 8 2009 // A wildfire that began on May 5 in Santa Barbara County, Calif., continues to burn, increasing 448 percent from 500 acres burned yesterday to 2,739 acres burned and at least 20 homes destroyed as of this morning, according...
May 8 2009 // A Louisiana House committee has challenged Gov. Bobby Jindal’s anti-tax stance, approving what amounts to a tax hike on Louisiana homeowners: a proposal to increase an existing fee added to insurance bills.The fee...
May 8 2009 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) says the City of Toledo, and other cities and municipalities considering an additional revenue stream by charging insurers for fire department service runs to local residences should be...
May 8 2009 // As the wildfire in Santa Barbara, CA, expands in scope and intensity, the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has stepped up measures to help protect its homeowners insurance customers’ properties. Earlier this week,...
May 7 2009 // Two bills of interest to the insurance industry are making their way through the Louisiana legislative session, which convened April 27.House Bill 333, by Rep. Kleckley, which places limitations on named-storm, hurricane,...
May 4 2009 // Many Americans have taken steps to reduce personal insurance costs in response to the economic downturn, but a new industry study suggests that maintaining essential auto and homeowners coverage remains a priority for the...
May 4 2009 // A homeowners insurance policy does not cover damages from a fatal sniper attack by the sons of the policyholders, the Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled.The court ruled that a policy exclusion barring coverage for damages...
Apr 30 2009 // Many Americans have taken steps to reduce personal insurance costs in response to the economic downturn, but a new industry study suggests that maintaining essential auto and homeowners coverage remains a priority for the...
Apr 30 2009 // Insurance companies should be restricted in their use of so-called “named storm” deductibles in Louisiana, even though the change will probably trigger a rate increase for homeowners, a House committee voted on...
Apr 30 2009 // A Wake County judge has cleared the way for homeowners insurance rates to drop in nearly three dozen western North Carolina counties and soar along the coast starting Friday.Superior Court Judge Ronald Stephens this week...
Apr 29 2009 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has introduced its ‘green’ insurance product for homeowners in Maryland. The coverage, which is available in 32 states, includes 5 percent discounts for homeowners who already...