All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 4 2009 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioner recently issued its annual report on homeowners insurance. The report, based on figures from 2006, the latest year from which data is available, ranks Texas as having the...
Mar 4 2009 // At an average cost of $502 per year, home insurance in Oregon is among the least costly in the nation, according to a nationwide survey. For example, the average homeowner’s premium was $1,257 in Louisiana and $603...
Mar 2 2009 // Texas State Rep. Burt Solomons (Carrollton) has announced plans for a sweeping reform of the state’s homeowners’ association laws, including a constitutional amendment that would prohibit foreclosure of a...
Feb 26 2009 // Texas-based Homeowners of America Insurance Company announced that Michael S. Cox has joined the firm as vice president and director of Marketing.Cox has more than 12 years of insurance industry experience with most of his...
Feb 25 2009 // Legislative efforts to freeze big insurance rate increases for coastal homeowners risk making policies less available and more costly for all state residents, North Carolina’s new insurance commissioner said.Such...
Feb 24 2009 // If a home is damaged or destroyed, homeowners may want to rebuild with green materials and processes, but the additional cost can be prohibitive. Now, homeowners can obtain insurance through the Chubb Group of Insurance...
Feb 22 2009 // While there are an estimated 130 entities selling takaful — cooperative insurance that is true to Shariah tenets of Islamic religious law — in foreign countries around the globe, the insurance industry has...
Feb 11 2009 // The Oklahoma Senate General Government Committee has approved legislation sponsored by Sen. Debbe Leftwich that would require contractors to have general liability and workers’ compensation insurance before they can...
Feb 6 2009 // Honolulu-based Island Insurance Co. Ltd. is offering equipment breakdown coverage to all homeowners policyholders. The optional endorsement is available for $15 per year and covers the cost of repair and replacement of...
Feb 3 2009 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. is now offering ‘green’ homeowner’s insurance to consumers in the state of Minnesota. This is the first-ever admitted green insurance available to homeowners in the...
Feb 3 2009 // Louisiana homeowners stunned by their rising insurance rates should remember that it could be worse. They could live in Florida.State Farm announced recently that it will stop doing business in Florida, the first big firm...
Jan 30 2009 // State Farm says it will resume selling renters insurance in parts of Mississippi away from the Gulf Coast. Company spokesman David Majors said that State Farm will still not selling new homeowners policies anywhere in the...
Jan 28 2009 // The Mississippi Development Authority says federal grants to help coast homeowners meet new post-Katrina flood standards are nearing $60 million. MDA’s Elevation Grant Program is scheduled to complete all applicant...
Jan 27 2009 // Florida is losing its largest property insurance company.State Farm Florida Insurance announced today it is beginning the process that will allow it to non-renew policies and halt all sales of homeowners or other...
Jan 25 2009 // A new Missouri law was supposed to make it easy for residents powering their own homes to put in wind turbines or solar panels but the lack of specialized insurance is proving to be an obstacle.The idea was for the...
Jan 25 2009 // While large national insurers are downsizing in Florida, more home-based insurers are bulking up on the state’s residential homeowners business.The jump in domestic market share is partly attributed to the increase...
Jan 25 2009 // Spending to stomp out wildfires could be reduced by training and rewarding homeowners to practice fire-safety defense, Montana lawmakers said, as they presented several bills intended to cut costs.The bills could force...
Jan 23 2009 // North Carolina’s state-sanctioned property insurance program at the coast should reduce its maximum property policy coverage to relieve its potential liability in a massive hurricane, a legislative study committee...
Jan 16 2009 // The Colorado Division of Insurance continues to evalute regulation 5-1-10, Rate and Rule Filing Submission Requirements for Property and Casualty Insurance.The rule was proposed to “ensure that property and casualty...
Jan 16 2009 // Spending to stomp out wildfires could be reduced by training and rewarding homeowners to practice fire-safety defense, Montana lawmakers said as they presented several bills intended to cut costs.The bills could force...