All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 9 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has issued a bulletin to property insurance companies telling them to better inform property owners of the option of coverage from the residual market, the FAIR Plan.The bulletin...
Aug 9 2006 // State Farm announced Tuesday in Charleston, W.Va. it is lowering homeowners insurance rates in West Virginia by an average of 5 percent starting in December.It marked the first time since 1989 that State Farm has won...
Aug 7 2006 // Michigan Insurance Director of Insurance Linda Watters wants to make sure drivers in urban areas get a fair shake on the premiums they pay for auto and homeowners insurance. She has developed an initiative that would...
Aug 7 2006 // Some 150,000 Texas homeowners will be affected by the liquidation of Vesta Fire Insurance Co. and its Texas subsidiaries by the Texas Department of Insurance, but the situation seems to be not as dire as previously...
Aug 7 2006 // Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina now rank as three of the top five states in the nation in flood insurance policy growth according to data released by the National Flood Insurance Program and FloodSmart.In order,...
Aug 7 2006 // Florida’s Department of Financial Services is working out the details of a program offering grants of up to $5,000 to homeowners who take steps to mitigate hurricane damages.Individual matching grants of up to $5,000...
Aug 7 2006 // Some 150,000 Texas homeowners will be affected by the liquidation of Vesta Fire Insurance Co. and its Texas subsidiaries by the Texas Department of Insurance, but the situation seems to be not as dire as previously...
Aug 7 2006 // With 68,775 blazes already this year, the 2006 wildfire season is well on its way to becoming the worst in 10 years, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). Its data shows 5.03 million acres have burned,...
Aug 7 2006 // Companies step up to take Texas Select policyholdersSome 150,000 Texas homeowners will be affected by the liquidation of Vesta Fire Insurance Co. and its Texas subsidiaries by the Texas Department of Insurance, but the...
Aug 7 2006 // With 68,775 blazes already this year, the 2006 wildfire season is well on its way to becoming the worst in 10 years, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). Its data shows 5.03 million acres have burned,...
Aug 7 2006 // News CurrentsSome 150,000 Texas homeowners will be affected by the liquidation of Vesta Fire Insurance Co. and its Texas subsidiaries by the Texas Department of Insurance, but the situation seems to be not as dire as...
Aug 4 2006 // Fairfield, Calif.-based GeoVera Holdings Inc., which entered the Texas homeowners market in April 2006, announced they are actively working with Texas producers to secure replacement coverage for policyholders insured with...
Aug 4 2006 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Louisiana’s state-run insurance company, could provide wind damage coverage for about 30,000 homeowners along the coast if Allstate Insurance Co. drops that coverage,...
Aug 4 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has issued a statement announcing his intention to review and consider approval of an average 22 percent decrease in homeowners insurance rates for policyholders of United...
Aug 2 2006 // Allstate Insurance Co. has no immediate plan to drop wind coverage for homeowners in 18 coastal parishes, but the insurer wants to find new ways to offset potential losses if more hurricanes trigger big claims in south...
Aug 2 2006 // The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (the Fair Plan) has submitted a rate recommendation revised downward slightly from what the state disapproved on June 30.For all homeowners forms, the residual...
Aug 1 2006 // TIP/PIA Texas announced it has set up a special Web page providing information on homeowner markets, in an effort to help with possible solutions in light of the recent problems with Texas Select. This is not an...
Jul 30 2006 // Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is considering a state-run reinsurance pool or joint underwriting pool to help businesses that can’t get policies from private insurers, saying that if companies can’t get coverage, it...
Jul 30 2006 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale on Friday approved a 90 percent rate increase for homeowner policies provided by the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association.The association, commonly known as the wind...
Jul 26 2006 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced he has requested a meeting with Allstate Insurance Company CEO Edward Liddy after failed attempts by company officials to convince the Commissioner of the...