All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 3 2005 // As federal, state and local officials grapple with the financial and physical ruin wrought by Hurricane Katrina, momentum is building to make earthquake insurance offered by the semipublic California Earthquake Authority...
Oct 3 2005 // Higher premiums, coverage restrictions already hitting many parts of country.Hurricane Katrina is a poignant reminder that U.S. insurers, government and consumers are at enormous risk from escalating losses from hurricanes...
Sep 29 2005 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company said it will treat homeowners’ property damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita as one event for purposes of calculating the amount of hurricane deductible on losses. As a...
Sep 25 2005 // As federal, state and local officials grapple with the financial and physical ruin wrought by Hurricane Katrina, momentum is building to make earthquake insurance offered by the semipublic California Earthquake Authority...
Sep 21 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline announced Wednesday that Deborah K. Wildberger and Michael T. Hovermale were indicted by a Morgan County grand jury Sept. 6 on charges of insurance fraud.Wildberger...
Sep 19 2005 // Rep. Peter J. Daley, D-Washington/Fayette, said he would introduce a bill that would provide flood insurance premium subsidies and other small disaster relief to homeowners, small businesses and municipalities to address...
Sep 19 2005 // In Slidell, La., Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge dumped the contents of two neighboring townhouses into Carol Hess’s backyard, crushed part of her garage and drove debris into her living room, but, her...
Sep 16 2005 // A lawsuit that attempts to force insurance companies to pay for flood insurance losses under homeowners insurance contracts filed by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood will, if successful, destroy the viability of every...
Sep 16 2005 // Evacuees who have come to Texas should contact their insurance companies as soon as possible, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. Adjusters representing insurers have begun the process of entering the areas...
Sep 15 2005 // Members of the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. board of governors will meet Friday in Orlando and will vote on a plan that could sharply increase homeowners policies by from 32.5 percent to 68 percent.The proposed...
Sep 14 2005 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., reported that owners of St. Rita’s Nursing Home surrendered to Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Investigators in Baton Rouge on Sept. 14. St. Rita’s Nursing Home is...
Sep 13 2005 // A large majority of homeowners in the Florida Panhandle, where a special exemption to the state’s building code allows homes to be built without wind-borne debris protection, say they want the same construction...
Sep 12 2005 // Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr. announced his office has launched an investigation into the deaths of 32 nursing home residents of St. Rita’s Nursing Home in St. Bernard parish in the aftermath of Hurricane...
Sep 8 2005 // Hurricane Katrina is a reminder to the U.S. insurance industry, companies, governments and the general public that all are at risk from escalating losses from hurricanes and other weather-related events due to climate...
Sep 7 2005 // To help its customers who become victims of theft of their personal information and face the hassle of restoring their identity, OneBeacon Insurance Group now offers identity theft resolution assistance and expense...
Sep 7 2005 // Pennsylvania State Rep. Peter J. Daley, D-Washington/ Fayette, is planning on introducing a bill to provide flood insurance premium subsidies and other small disaster relief to homeowners, small businesses and...
Sep 5 2005 // Are disasters in California happening more frequently or are communication technological advances today making us more aware of impending and hard hitting disasters?To really comprehend, we must examine how our state has...
Sep 5 2005 // Citing concern that insurance companies are using the 2004 hurricanes to unfairly raise rates, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher has called for an independent review of a rate increase on homeowners...
Sep 5 2005 // Are disasters in California happening more frequently or are communication technological advances today making us more aware of impending and hard hitting disasters?To really comprehend, we must examine how our state has...
Sep 3 2005 // In what has and will in the weeks to come be only described as a grisly job, search and rescue teams announced Sunday that 59 deaths in Louisiana have been confirmed as a result of Hurricane Katrina, which hit the Bayou...