All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 23 2006 // Increases in homeowners insurance rates have not been sufficient thus far to provide an adequate return on equity on homeowners insurance, making further increases necessary, according to an analysis by Aon Re.With capital...
Oct 23 2006 // Closer Look: HomeownersPoor stepchild HO market about to smarten up Exclusive interview with personal lines guru Brian SullivanIt’s worth $53 billion a year but the homeowners insurance market is largely...
Oct 23 2006 // Many single-family homes today look more and more like grand estates than the simple boxy houses with attached garages that were abundant not so long ago. Homes are much larger and more customized compared to 20 or 30...
Oct 20 2006 // Louisiana regulators on Oct. 18 approved rate increases for Farmers Insurance Exchange, ensuring that prices for the company’s homeowner policies across coastal Louisiana will nearly double early next year.The...
Oct 19 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn warned consumers about some expected restrictions from homeowners insurance companies for coastal area homes, although he said he does not believe they will be as severe as other...
Oct 17 2006 // Virginia’s Bureau of Insurance has updated its free auto and homeowners insurance consumer guides and corresponding premium comparison pamphlets.The guides are designed to help consumers understand their insurance...
Oct 16 2006 // About 200 homeowners demanded aggressive action to curb Florida’s soaring insurance costs last week at a state meeting on insurance reform.“When your CEOs are making $26 billion a year, we need to make some...
Oct 12 2006 // If he is elected governor, Florida homeowners would see lower property insurance rates as soon as next year and a guarantee of at least partial coverage by the state, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jim Davis said this...
Oct 12 2006 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Co., a member of Pawtucket Insurance Group, has agreed to take over the Rhode Island homeowners insurance business of Hanover Insurance Co.The transaction involves approximately 1,500 Rhode...
Oct 11 2006 // As Floridians prepare to go to the polls in November, nine out of every ten of the state’s property owners living in condos, homeowner and other community associations say Florida’s elected officials are doing...
Oct 11 2006 // Increases in homeowners insurance rates have not been sufficient thus far to provide an adequate return on equity on homeowners insurance, making further increases necessary, according to an analysis by Aon Re, the...
Oct 10 2006 // More insurance cutbacks for Alabama coastal properties — not only for buildings and homes near the beaches — are coming in the wake of 2004 and 2005 hurricanes.Two of the state’s largest insurance firms said...
Oct 9 2006 // Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Insurance Division has created a new Web site: www.hurricaneretrofits.hawaii.gov, which details the State’s Loss Mitigation Grant Program for Hawaii...
Oct 9 2006 // In 2005, our country faced several devastating and record-setting natural disasters that left the lives of many Americans in ruins, and roiled the insurance marketplace and the nation’s overall economy. Estimates for...
Oct 9 2006 // Hawaii to teach homeowners about hurricane retrofitsHawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Insurance Division has created a new Web site: www.hurricaneretrofits.hawaii. gov, which details the...
Oct 9 2006 // In 2005, our country faced several devastating and record-setting natural disasters that left the lives of many Americans in ruins, and roiled the insurance marketplace and the nation’s overall economy. Estimates for...
Oct 5 2006 // The state of Mississippi is trying to speed up the processing of housing grants to get checks faster to homeowners in Hurricane Katrina damaged areas, according to aides to Gov. Haley Barbour.“(Barbour’s) not...
Oct 4 2006 // Property and casualty insurer Pacific Specialty Insurance Co., Menlo Park, Calif., is launching a new homeowners program in Arizona. Homeowners (HO-3), renters (HO-4) and unit-owners (HO-6) policies will now be offered,...
Oct 3 2006 // Irving, Texas-based Homeowners of America Insurance Company announced that Joe Graziano has joined the company as a marketing representative. He will concentrate on the North Texas region.Graziano has over thirty...
Oct 2 2006 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty and Citizens Property Insurance Corp. have agreed on property insurance rate changes – including an average 35 percent decrease for homes and a 15.2 percent increase for...