All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 2 2006 // State Farm Insurance announced it has submitted several filings to the Texas Department of Insurance as it prepares to implement rate adjustments in the state. The company is reducing auto rates but increasing homeowners...
Jun 1 2006 // On May 31, the eve of the 2006 hurricane season, Texas Watch, a non-profit consumer advocacy organization active on insurance issues, announced the launch of its Hurricane Insurance Company Accountability Network (ICAN) in...
Jun 1 2006 // A class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on May 24, 2006, on behalf of Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Area homeowners insurance policyholders who have...
Jun 1 2006 // A Leon County, Fla. circuit judge has approved putting three financially-troubled insurance companies under the state’s control, a move Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher said will protect more...
May 31 2006 // Lexington Insurance Company, a member company of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), has expanded its LexElite homeowners insurance policy to now include coverage for mechanical breakdowns, identity theft and...
May 30 2006 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin on May 26 signed a Commissioner’s Order allowing the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) to increase rates for residential homeowners’ wind coverage by 3.1...
May 26 2006 // Wholesale Connection Insurance Services has announced that it has purchased a book of homeowners business from Swett & Crawford. In conjunction, Chris Nitz and Yul Hur have joined WCIS. Both previously handled the...
May 26 2006 // Robert Genin embarked on a paper chase in Bay St. Louis, Miss. soon after Hurricane Katrina swamped the house he and his wife, Mary, bought here 35 years ago.The Aug. 29 storm washed away all his belongings, including...
May 25 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has released a new report on the profitability of homeowners and private passenger automobile insurance companies. According to the Commissioner’s office, “the...
May 25 2006 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) is urging Californians living in brush and mountainous areas to be prepared for what could be a particularly dangerous fire season later this year.“It is...
May 23 2006 // Connecticut consumers and agents have a new option for insuring homes and belongings from OneBeacon Insurance.OneBeacon’s new homeowners policy is part of the company’s Web-based OneChoice suite of products,...
May 22 2006 // Florida residents whose homes are insured by Citizens Property Insurance will see their premiums go up by about 16 percent on average this year, although for some coastal residents the increase will be much higher.State...
May 22 2006 // The amount of property damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi and Louisiana has been extensively reported, as has the fact that many people in those states did not have flood insurance coverage. As a result,...
May 22 2006 // The initial decisions from Hurricane Katrina lawsuits provide some comfort to both insurers and insureds and potential warnings to insurance agents.The amount of property damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi...
May 22 2006 // In a move it says will “help protect its ability to meet future customer needs throughout Texas while maintaining a strong presence along the Texas coast,” Allstate Texas Llloyds announced it will phase out...
May 19 2006 // Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif., is offering Homeowners coverage in Arizona. The program includes high risk properties, seasonal homes, brush areas, protection classes 1-10, older homes and...
May 18 2006 // The Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission has approved rate increases of less than 19 percent for three homeowner insurance companies.The largest of the increases, an 18.7 percent increase for 13,461 policyholders, went to...
May 18 2006 // Receding flood waters revealed deep economic damage that hit a broad range of New Englanders — from homeowners who must dry out soggy carpets and replace rotted beams without help from flood insurance, to shopkeepers and...
May 16 2006 // Many Texas homeowners are under the impression that flooding caused by rising water is covered under the standard homeowners insurance policy in Texas and often they discover that fact too late, according to Sandra Ray,...
May 15 2006 // St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Allstate Floridian has reached an agreement with Royal Palm Insurance Co., a new property insurer in the state, to offer Allstate Floridian customers and Florida consumers property insurance...