All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 3 2021 // Hippo Enterprises Inc. wants to change homeowners’ insurance by using customer data to make it faster and easier to get coverage, Hippo’s chief executive said in an interview.The company, which has a $5 billion...
Aug 2 2021 // Talk about a growth market. Since Colorado and Washington became the first to pass state laws designed to legalize certain sale and consumption of recreational cannabis in their respective states in 2012, 15 other states...
Jul 26 2021 // A new study found that between 2005 and 2020, the percentage of single family rentals increased by over 10% in North Minneapolis, Southeast Como and parts of St. Paul, with Southeast Como’s rentals changing due, in...
Jul 26 2021 // A study conducted the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University following winter storm Uri revealed a widespread lack of homeowners insurance in the state.The study shows households that are low-income,...
Jul 23 2021 // Home insurtech Hippo is jumping into the commercial insurance market.The California-based managing general agency startup said its expansion will focus on “targeted commercial insurance” customers. Its first...
Jul 19 2021 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon in early July ordered GeoVera Specialty Insurance Co. to stop non-renewing Louisiana homeowners policies in violation of state law.In a cease and desist order, Donelon told the...
Jul 14 2021 // A perfect storm appears to brewing for homeowners and property insurers in the drought-plagued, wildfire-riddled U.S. West – and as odd as it may sound, the trouble may have begun with the pandemic.Property insurance...
Jul 14 2021 // The Boston-based homeowners insurance platform, Openly, is now available for homeowners and independent insurance agents in Oklahoma.Independent insurance agents in Oklahoma can now access Openly’s premium,...
Jul 9 2021 // Lloyds Banking Group Plc’s insurance unit was fined 90.7 million pounds ($125 million) by the UK Financial Conduct Authority for failing to make sure language in millions of home insurance policies was clear.The FCA...
Jul 9 2021 // Obsidian Insurance Holdings Inc. has acquired Western Home Insurance Co. from Western National Mutual Insurance Co.The acquisition supports the company’s growth plans and together with Obsidian’s existing...
Jul 6 2021 // By all accounts the California wildfire season continues to shape up to be a bad one, and another catastrophe modeling firm has reported sales of their products picking up due in part to carriers and reinsurers looking for...
Jul 6 2021 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has ordered GeoVera Specialty Insurance Co. to stop non-renewing Louisiana homeowners policies in violation of state law.In a cease and desist order issued last week, Donelon...
Jul 5 2021 // Severe weather trends causing an increase in claims are impacting the price of homeowners insurance in Missouri, regulators say.A recent report, Missouri Homeowners Insurance — Premium & Losses, by the Missouri...
Jun 22 2021 // Hong Kong Broadband Network Ltd. (HKBN) is now offering customers an “All-in-One Home Kit,” complete with fiber broadband service and home insurance from AXA Hong Kong and Macau (AXA).The kit also has a home...
Jun 21 2021 // Insurance Services Office (ISO) has released its upcoming homeowners’ multi-state filing. This first major revision in over 11 years is filed to be effective in March 2022. Within this filing, ISO: Introduced one new...
Jun 16 2021 // California regulators have approved a plan by Farmers Insurance to assess wildfire risk by using a tool that combines artificial intelligence with high-resolution aerial photography.The carrier said the Z-Fire risk scoring...
Jun 15 2021 // Severe weather trends and an increase in claims are impacting the price of homeowners insurance in Missouri, regulators say.A recent report issued by the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance shows that homeowners...
Jun 7 2021 // It’s now boating season in most parts of the country, so let’s explore some watercraft coverage issues under homeowners insurance. For the educational and illustrative purposes of this article, we’re...
Jun 4 2021 // Security First Insurance, one of the largest private homeowners insurers, has launched its Homeowner’s Premier HO5 policy.Floridians must have no claims or one claim caused by a weather event and with...
May 25 2021 // A pulp and paper mill in South Carolina emits fumes that smells like rotten eggs and which nearby residents say have caused headaches and sore throats, a North Carolina homeowner says in a lawsuit.Kenny White, who lives in...