All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 3 2008 // Atlanta-based Assurant Specialty Property, expanded the benefit choices available through its First Protector® mortgage protection product and launched a redesigned Web site.Recent enhancements to the supplemental...
Apr 2 2008 // Tennessee is taking delivery of mobile homes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to temporarily house Macon County tornado victims.While FEMA trailers have been scrutinized recently over reports of exposing...
Apr 1 2008 // Shards of broken glass outside the basement window of 31 Vine Street (Brockton, Mass.) hint at the destruction inside the three-story home.Thieves smashed the window to break in and then gutted the property for its copper...
Mar 26 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...
Mar 24 2008 // New York lawmakers have decided once is not enough — at least when it comes to telling homeowners that floods will not be covered by a standard homeowners policy.Under legislation signed by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer,...
Mar 24 2008 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance awarded a fifth round of grants through the state’s Safe Home Grant Program, according to Scott H. Richardson, insurance department director.Richardson, also chairman of the...
Mar 19 2008 // The Insurance Department of New York is telling property owners they “should act now” to buy flood insurance, as saturated ground conditions could worsen with heavy spring rains and increase the potential for...
Mar 19 2008 // Weather officials in Alabama confirmed that storm damages in Blount and Cherokee counties were caused by two tornadoes.The March 15 tornadoes packing 115 mph winds, caused no injuries or deaths, the National Weather...
Mar 19 2008 // It took just three seconds for John Simmons and his family to lose their home in one of at least 15 tornadoes that swept across South Carolina last weekend.On March 15, as winds downed trees and ripped the roof off the...
Mar 18 2008 // Stating it’s the first rate change in two years for its “Texas Family Home Policy,” Farmers Insurance Group, through Texas Farmers Insurance Company, filed a rate increase for the policy with the Texas...
Mar 17 2008 // Despite the insurance industry’s traditional reliance on averages, averages don’t always make sense when comparing premiums. In Texas, as elsewhere, individual premiums are subject to so many variables — from...
Mar 14 2008 // In 2007, Texas insurers recorded one of their most profitable years of the decade, prompting some consumer advocates to call for tougher state regulation on homeowner rates.Financial reports released by the Texas...
Mar 12 2008 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office has filed its final brief recommending that Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes reject the FAIR Plan’s latest proposed homeowners insurance rate hikes.The...
Mar 10 2008 // Halt Non-Renewals“These activities, we strongly believe, are prohibited by the Alabama Trade Practices Law. The law specifically says that inducements not specified in the policy are prohibited.” —Alabama...
Mar 10 2008 // Despite the insurance industry’s traditional reliance on averages, averages don’t always make sense when comparing premiums. In Texas, as elsewhere, individual premiums are subject to so many variables — from...
Mar 10 2008 // Levees can also erode and decay over time and require regular maintenance and upkeep to continue to offer the level of protection they were designed to provide.In the United States, floods are the most common natural...
Mar 10 2008 // That teenaged friend of yours who treasured his beer can collection may now be a 40-something man with thousands of dollars invested in beer steins. That doting mother of three who watched her youngest child graduate from...
Mar 10 2008 // Many urban and suburban areas are made more distinctive thanks to the historic homes nestled in their neighborhoods. Keeping history alive through these special homes is not always easy. With a slowing economy, owners find...
Mar 6 2008 // New York lawmakers have decided once is not enough — at least when it comes to telling homeowners that floods will not be covered by a standard homeowners policy. Under legislation signed this week by Gov. Eliot...
Mar 5 2008 // In a report to state lawmakers, the Arkansas Insurance Department revealed that almost a third of Arkansas homeowners and motor vehicle owners paid less in insurance premiums last year because their credit scores were...