All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 28 2009 // In my opinion, Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty’s assertions that our state has “one of the most” competitive property insurance markets in the country and that easing rate regulation will not...
Apr 27 2009 // Investigators in Delaware continue to look into the cause of fires that damaged three new model homes in a development outside Milton.The State Fire Marshal’s Office has not yet labeled the fires arson. The blazes...
Apr 24 2009 // A coastal wildfire spread early Thursday toward one of the busiest tourist stretches in South Carolina, burning dozens of homes and forcing hundreds to flee in the middle of the night. No injuries were reported.Police...
Apr 23 2009 // In observance of Earth Day yesterday, California Insurance Commissioner Poizner today offered tips for making homes — and insurance — greener in the Golden State.“California has consistently been a global...
Apr 20 2009 // As the drought in the Southwest worsens, the wildfire season in Arizona grows longer, burning more acreage and threatening private property in forested areas.“The Arizona State Forestry Division estimates more than...
Apr 15 2009 // Chubb Personal Insurance has notified its agents it is no longer including wind coverage in Masterpiece homeowners insurance policies for new customers in 14 Southeast and Southwest coastal counties in Florida.The insurer,...
Apr 13 2009 // Arkansas National Guard soldiers and state prisoner work crews in Mena, Ark., removed debris April 11 while firefighters and volunteers from all over pitched in to help residents recover from a devastating tornado and...
Apr 10 2009 // Risk Management Solutions’ latest bulletin on the devastating earthquake, which struck Italy on Monday, estimates that “at least one in four homes in the epicentral area of L’Aquila have been...
Apr 10 2009 // U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson, D.-Fla., and Mary Landrieu, D.-La., have filed legislation for a recall and immediate ban on tainted building products from China, as more and more people around the country are reporting problems...
Apr 10 2009 // Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher issued an injunction on Friday, April 10, preventing Michigan insurance regulators from challenging insurance companies’ home and auto insurance rate filings that use credit...
Apr 9 2009 // Officials say flooding has damaged or destroyed 106 homes in north Florida and the Panhandle and they’re warning residents in the Suwannee River valley to expect more overflows.Portions of U.S. Highway 90, Interstate...
Apr 9 2009 // About 330 homeowners in a suburban Columbia, South Carolina neighborhood used as a practice bombing range in World War II are eligible for a $1,000 settlement in a lawsuit against developers.Nearly three dozen homeowners...
Apr 9 2009 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) announced April 7 that all new rate filings by homeowners insurance companies that rely on insurance credit scoring as a factor in determining their...
Apr 6 2009 // The Texas Forest Services says 24 firefighters have been treated for smoke inhalation from fighting Texas wildflires, near the Panhandle town of Wheeler, where four homes have been lost and an estimated 20 homes damaged in...
Apr 6 2009 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has denied State Farm Florida an administrative hearing on details of the insurer’s plan to withdraw from the state’s homeowners market.State Farm Florida has balked...
Apr 3 2009 // ACE Private Risk Services, part of the ACE Group of Cos., unveiled a new homeowners policy designed to meet the needs of high net worth customers.The new policy, which will be offered through independent agents and...
Apr 1 2009 // Foremost Insurance Group has expanded its dwelling fire program in Utah. Foremost is accepting more landlord and rental property customers, and offering new, larger discounts. Typically known as the solution for...
Apr 1 2009 // As the drought in the Southwest worsens, the wildfire season in Arizona grows longer, burning more acreage and threatening private property in forested areas.“The Arizona State Forestry Division estimates more than...
Mar 31 2009 // Officials in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania officials say a tornado could have cause the destruction to five trailer homes in Clay Township. Dave Wiker, the county’s emergency services shift supervisor, says three...
Mar 31 2009 // Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour surveyed tornado damage in Simpson County yesterday.Nearly 30 people were injured and dozens of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed Thursday when a twister ripped through the town...