All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 2 2008 // With the 2008 hurricane season less than a month away, Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney encourages all coastal residents to protect their lives and property by making preparations now.One of the first...
May 1 2008 // Firefighters had to contend with gale-force winds while battling a huge brush fire that raced along the edge of a valley south of Reno, forcing a major highway to close, threatening homes, and causing the evacuation of a...
May 1 2008 // Louisiana and Texas share a lot. Besides sharing a common border, they share the Gulf of Mexico — both its bounty and its battering, in the form of tropical storms and hurricanes. The latter greatly influences the rates...
Apr 30 2008 // Crews overcame a threatening flare-up Monday and worked to halt a wildfire east of Los Angeles that has sent 1,000 people fleeing their homes.Water-dropping aircraft were back in the air April 28 to complement ground crews...
Apr 30 2008 // An unusual alliance of insurance and environmental groups is urging lawmakers to focus on policies that encourage property mitigation and environmental protection in catastrophe-prone areas, rather than expanding the...
Apr 30 2008 // Weary residents of the southern Virginia city of Suffolk, some awakening in emergency shelters, braced themselves to see what was left of their homes and livelihoods Tuesday after three tornadoes smashed houses, piled cars...
Apr 28 2008 // A wildfire that has scorched 270 acres and forced the evacuation of about 100 homes in neighborhoods near Pasadena might not be under control for days, officials said Sunday.Firefighters originally had hoped to have the...
Apr 24 2008 // The Louisiana Senate has voted to allow the state to continue offering millions in taxpayer dollars to private insurance firms that agree to begin writing homeowners policies along the hurricane-vulnerable coast.Senators...
Apr 22 2008 // The Illinois Housing Development Authority and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation are sponsoring Homeowner Outreach Days to help residents avoid losing their homes through foreclosure. The...
Apr 21 2008 // Federal Emergency Management Administration officials have unleashed a torrent of complaints over new flood-zone maps in Monmouth County’s Bayshore region. The proposed maps show nearly 4,400 more homes at risk in...
Apr 21 2008 // Louisiana and Texas share a lot. Besides sharing a common border, they share the Gulf of Mexico — both its bounty and its battering, in the form of tropical storms and hurricanes. The latter greatly influences the rates...
Apr 21 2008 // During the latter decades of the 20th Century, small insurance offices frequently telephoned their homeowners insureds to say hello and to ask about changes in their lives and property. Today’s larger agencies...
Apr 18 2008 // The earthquake that struck the Midwest today should serve as a reminder to many Mississippians that they too are at risk for earthquake damage.Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney urges all Mississippians to...
Apr 16 2008 // In Mississippi, at least two people have died, dozens of farms and houses have been affected by flooding and the Mississippi River is still rising.The river is not expected to crest until this weekend at levels not seen in...
Apr 14 2008 // In its “Straight Talk About Insurance” column on its Web site, the Texas Department of Insurance has updated information on the decision to approve an increase in State Farm Insurance Company’s homeowners...
Apr 10 2008 // Federal Emergency Management Administration officials have unleashed a torrent of complaints over new flood-zone maps in Monmouth County’s Bayshore region.The proposed maps show nearly 4,400 more homes at risk in...
Apr 8 2008 // Florida-based Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE) plans to expand into the Florida Panhandle, according to Ross Buchmueller, president and chief executive officer, PURE Risk Management LLC .PURE will offer...
Apr 8 2008 // Insurance premium discounts are available in 2008 to homeowners in Louisiana who build or retrofit a structure to comply with the requirements of the State Uniform Construction Code, install damage mitigation improvements,...
Apr 7 2008 // Homeowners insurance rates in Alabama jumped by 69.1 percent between 2001 and 2005 — the second-largest rise nationally — despite the fact that Alabamians have lower incomes and are typically insuring less expensive...
Apr 4 2008 // Governor Mike Beebe, after consulting with Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) Director David Maxwell and Arkansas State Health Officer Dr. Paul Halverson, has decided that Arkansas will accept FEMA mobile...