All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 25 2020 // In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont and Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais are reminding policyholders to review their homeowners insurance policies to understand their coverage...
Aug 24 2020 // 1. Offset Negativity. What can you show your clients that you are doing to help them during the pandemic? Everyone is tired of hearing how all their business income (BI) claims are denied. What are you doing to offset all...
Aug 24 2020 // An insurtech managing general agency focused on commercial auto insurance has raised $16 million in new Series A financing, a climate-risk related platform has $4.2 million in new seed financing, and a home insurance...
Aug 20 2020 // California residents who have been ordered to evacuate due to the hundreds of wildfires burning across the state my be able to recoup their evacuation costs from their insurance company, the California Department of...
Aug 19 2020 // What is the best way to launch this article? I don’t know if I should say I’m itching for a fight or if it’s better to say that insurance carriers are misinterpreting coverage forms and I am trying to...
Aug 19 2020 // New wildfire guidelines from an insurance industry home safety organization offer guidance for adapting suburban communities to the growing threat of wildfire.The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS)...
Aug 14 2020 // An insurtech managing general agency focused on commercial auto insurance has raised $16 million in new Series A financing, a climate-risk related platform has $4.2 million in new seed financing, and a home insurance...
Aug 13 2020 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) has provided guidance for homeowners suffering property damage caused by the recent tropical storm that rattled the state.DOBI has issued guidance for New Jersey...
Aug 12 2020 // As Louisiana tries to protect vulnerable nursing home residents from coronavirus outbreaks, the facilities still have a significant source of risk for new infections. Hundreds of employees coming and going each day have...
Aug 12 2020 // A natural gas explosion destroyed three row houses in Baltimore on Monday morning, killing a woman and trapping other people in the debris. At least seven people were seriously injured, and firefighters were searching for...
Aug 10 2020 // Several residents near a western Colorado wildfire were ordered to evacuate as the blaze continues to expand. The fire about 18 miles north of Grand Junction was started more than a week ago by lightning in remote and...
Aug 10 2020 // What pandemic? Allstate’s doing just fine.The giant personal lines insurer reported net income of $1.2 billion for the second quarter, an increase of 49% compared to the prior year quarter. Underwriting income...
Aug 10 2020 // “Black Lives Matter to me and they matter to us as an organization,” Progressive Corp. CEO Tricia Griffith wrote in a letter to shareholders.In the letter that was mostly commentary on second quarter results,...
Aug 3 2020 // On average, home and auto insurance premiums in Ohio remain among the lowest in the country, the insurance department says. The Ohio Department of Insurance reported that a recent analysis shows the average homeowners...
Jul 30 2020 // New Hampshire health and fire safety officials will spend the next two weeks investigating whether ventilation systems have contributed to coronavirus outbreaks at nursing homes, Gov. Chris Sununu said Tuesday.More than 30...
Jul 29 2020 // The coronavirus transformed Florida’s nursing homes into closely guarded fortresses beginning in March, with the state banning family visits, isolating infected residents in separate wings and now requiring staff be...
Jul 27 2020 // CoreLogic has estimated that more than 14,000 homes were at risk of storm surge damage from Hurricane Hanna, which made landfall in South Texas on July 25.CoreLogic’s Coastal Storm Risk Score shows the number of...
Jul 23 2020 // Plymouth Rock Assurance, an auto and home insurance provider in the Northeast, has launched a new umbrella insurance product for customers across the six states in which it does business. Plymouth Rock’s new umbrella...
Jul 21 2020 // Hippo Enterprises Inc., hot on the heels of rival home insurance technology business Lemonade Inc. going public, has closed a $150 million financing round.The Palo Alto, California-based startup is valued in the investment...
Jul 20 2020 // After a profitable 2019, the U.S. personal lines insurance sector is positioned to see underwriting profits in 2020 even with considerable economic uncertainty from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from...