All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 24 2006 // Texas home insurers turned substantial profits last year despite Hurricane Rita’s destruction, prompting state regulators to question whether some companies’ rates are too high, the Associated Press...
Mar 22 2006 // Owners of vacation and second homes would be slapped with a 25 percent surcharge on policies obtained from the state’s insurer of last resort under a proposal unveiled by a Senate committee chairman.That’s one...
Mar 21 2006 // San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. introduced a new HOB homeowners program for Texas. The program is offered in conjunction with Balboa Insurance Company, an admitted insurer, rated...
Mar 20 2006 // When San Francisco resident Charlie Bott got an offer in the mail recently for earthquake insurance, he stared long and hard at the bottom line. Then he threw it away.“It was way beyond anything you pay for house...
Mar 20 2006 // If your agency sends out a newsletter, take a moment, sit back and honestly evaluate it. Is it interesting and informative, packed full of helpful insurance information and ideas. Or is it loaded with canned facts and...
Mar 20 2006 // A homeowners catastrophe product for residential dwellings in South Carolina’s coastal counties has been introduced by International Catastrophe Insurance Managers, LLC and Praetorian Financial Group, Inc....
Mar 20 2006 // Only about half of homeowners living in some of the most flood-prone areas of the United States buy federal flood insurance, leaving millions of families at risk for severe financial losses when floods strike, according to...
Mar 19 2006 // The Florida Department of Financial Services in Tallahassee has announced a new round of homeowner-friendly insurance reforms to better protect and prepare Floridians for a catastrophic event, and to help them shop for...
Mar 19 2006 // The top functions of an agency newsletter are to keep in touch with existing insureds at times other than renewal and to establish or maintain contact with selected prospects.Is your agency’s newsletter a...
Mar 19 2006 // News CurrentsOnly about half of homeowners living in some of the most flood-prone areas of the United States buy federal flood insurance, leaving millions of families at risk for severe financial losses when floods strike,...
Mar 17 2006 // Roughly 70,000 homeowners in areas hard hit by Hurricane Rita will face insurance hikes of 49 percent that were approved by Louisiana state regulators.The increase affects Louisiana Farm Bureau policyholders. The increase...
Mar 15 2006 // A report in Jackson, Miss. by Insurance Commissioner George Dale shows that six months after Hurricane Katrina struck a devastating blow to the Gulf Coast, major insurers have made solid progress and are committed to...
Mar 15 2006 // Anita Richardson’s insurance company gave her $4,500 to repair what her contractor says is $50,000 worth of damage done when Hurricane Katrina ripped apart the roof of her New Orleans, La., home and poured about two...
Mar 9 2006 // Florida agents have been notified by Poe Financial Group that thousands of policyholders with its Southern Family Insurance Company will no longer be able to renew or insure new homeowner or commercial lines business.The...
Mar 8 2006 // St. Louis, Mo.-based Stuckey and Company unveiled a new a homeowners and auto insurance program designed exclusively for police and firefighters.“We believe that police and firefighters are deserving of special...
Mar 6 2006 // New legislation to expedite the rebuilding process for hurricane victims has been suggested to the Florida Legislature by Tom Gallagher, the state’s CFO. The measure would ensure homeowners receive insurance money...
Mar 3 2006 // A public hearing is now underway in Tallahassee with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation discussing a Homesite Insurance Company of Florida request for a statewide average increase of 21.8 percent. The requested...
Mar 2 2006 // Despite Hurricane Katrina’s devastation, a new survey says that most Americans are not very concerned about buying flood insurance for their homes.Only 14 percent of Americans say they have purchased flood insurance...
Feb 28 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. reported that a week-long survey of its members regarding the current conditions of the homeowners market in downstate New York found there is no immediate crisis in...
Feb 28 2006 // New York’s homeowners insurance market is either strong, stable or fragile depending upon whether the speaker is an agent or an insurer.Also, Allstate Insurance Co.’s decision to limit its business in eight...