All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 25 2006 // Rhode Islanders whose homes are contaminated with toxic waste can now apply for low-interest loans from the state government under a bill signed by Gov. Don Carcieri.The signing ceremony was held in a Tiverton neighborhood...
Jul 24 2006 // Mississippi has increased by 35 percent insurance values used in calculating homeowner grant amounts to compensate for higher post-Katrina construction costs.According to Scott Hamilton, spokesman for the Mississippi...
Jul 24 2006 // The floodwaters that inundated parts of Pennsylvania last month destroyed at least 518 homes and affected another 7,100 homes and businesses, according to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.The preliminary damage...
Jul 24 2006 // Mississippi has increased by 35 percent insurance values used in calculating homeowner grant amounts to compensate for higher post-Katrina construction costs.According to Scott Hamilton, spokesman for the Mississippi...
Jul 24 2006 // Unless the state adopts a comprehensive and workable plan, accumulating financial stress could destroy the viability of the Florida insurance market and leave millions of Floridians without affordable and reliable...
Jul 24 2006 // The biggest increases are in store for coastal Cape Cod, where the Fair Plan has become the leading property insurer rather than the insurer of last resort as intended.News Currents Last summer when the Massachusetts Fair...
Jul 24 2006 // In today’s marketplace insurers are moving towards a case-managed, victim advocacy approach with far less emphasis placed on the restoration of expense reimbursements.Identity-related fraud is a virulent crime, with...
Jul 24 2006 // Louisiana Recovery Authority is considering going after insurance companies on behalf of homeowners who are having trouble with claims on their storm-damaged homes. According to the Associated Press, Louisiana’s...
Jul 24 2006 // A severe thunderstorm nailed the Reno area, turning out the lights at casinos and a stadium where former major league slugger Jose Canseco was playing for a minor league team.Friday night’s storm dropped up to 1.5...
Jul 24 2006 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon is preparing to take legal action against Allstate Insurance Company in a dispute over wind and hail coverage that would affect...
Jul 24 2006 // Louisiana Recovery Authority is considering going after insurance companies on behalf of homeowners who are having trouble with claims on their storm damaged homes. According to the Associated Press, Louisiana’s...
Jul 24 2006 // Survey finds Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia most preparedAverage insured homeowners throughout Gulf and Atlantic coastal communities have taken just half the steps which would best position them to recover...
Jul 21 2006 // The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (the Fair Plan) will submit a request for new rates by the end of next week, just under the deadline.Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne M. Bowler...
Jul 20 2006 // A federal judge heard closing arguments Wednesday in the first courtroom challenge of the insurance industry’s denial of billions of dollars of homeowners’ claims after Hurricane Katrina.U.S. District Judge...
Jul 19 2006 // Vesta Fire Insurance Company (Vesta Fire) and its Texas subsidiary insurance companies have begun issuing notices to agents to cease writing new and renewal insurance business, including homeowners policies for Texas...
Jul 19 2006 // Peerless Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, is helping its 151,000 homeowner insurance customers throughout the northeast protect their families and homes during hurricane season.A six-page Disaster Planning...
Jul 18 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,...
Jul 18 2006 // Colorado Casualty, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, is helping its 14,000 homeowner insurance policyholders and homeowners throughout the West and Southwestern states protect their families and homes during wildfire...
Jul 18 2006 // Roof deck attachment, secondary water barriers, roof coverings, brace gable ends, reinforced roof-to-wall connections, opening protection and exterior doors, including garage doors, are included in a two-step process to be...
Jul 17 2006 // Commerce Insurance Company has joined with Identity Theft 911 to offer eligible homeowner policyholders identity resolution services to assist them should they fall victim to identity theft.The services Commerce Insurance...