All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 22 2005 // NCOIL Model Addresses Use of Claims, Inquiries in Underwriting HomeownersConsumers who initiate a homeowners insurance claim but never receive payment could find that single incident may be used by their insurer to cancel...
Aug 22 2005 // MASSACHUSETTSHealth Insurance Rates Rising: The state’s largest health insurers say most Massachusetts companies and their workers will see increases of 10 percent or more in their health insurance premiums beginning...
Aug 22 2005 // Homes built under the Florida Building Code that became effective in 2002 sustained less damage on average than those built between 1994 and 2001 under the Standard Building Code, according to a University of Florida study...
Aug 22 2005 // ALABAMAHurricane Sales Tax Measure Dies An effort was mounted during Alabama Legislature meetings to grant a sales tax break on necessary supplies to prepare for a hurricane but the measure did not pass. Its sponsor Rep....
Aug 22 2005 // Consumers who initiate a homeowners insurance claim but never receive payment could find that single incident may be used by their insurer to cancel their policy, or raise their premium, under a new claims history model...
Aug 22 2005 // InsureMyHouse.com, an informational Web site about homeowners insurance, recently started an online directory of homeowners insurance agents. The directory started in Pennsylvania and is now open to all 50 states....
Aug 19 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...
Aug 16 2005 // Florida’s fourth-largest homeowners insurer, Nationwide Insurance of Florida, has announced that it will drop from 25,000 to 30,000 homeowners policies as part of a strategy to “reduce its overall...
Aug 16 2005 // An ordinance passed last year after Hurricane Ivan struck Escambia County, Florida will have to be amended by the county commission here to allow families to replace trailers destroyed by Hurricane Dennis in areas where...
Aug 15 2005 // Former commodities firm executive Marc E. Thompson set his home ablaze and burned his elderly mother alive to collect insurance money that he later hid during bankruptcy proceedings, a federal jury ruled late last...
Aug 13 2005 // While temperatures fell Friday and the humidity rose, that was about the only good news for folks and firefighters in southeastern Washington State, as a nearly 50,000-acre wildfire continued to blaze. More than 100 homes...
Aug 11 2005 // Fire sprinklers will soon be required in all nursing homes, in new construction of one- and two-family dwellings, and in all new construction of nightclubs and like facilities, as well as for existing nightclubs and like...
Aug 8 2005 // This is the Association of California Insurance Companies special report on the status of significant insurance-related bills that are awaiting action by the Legislature. Lawmakers return from their month-long summer...
Aug 8 2005 // With temperatures soaring in many parts of the country, above-ground pools are an appealing option to beat the summer heat. Inflating a pool for use in the backyard may seem simple enough, but there are insurance and...
Aug 8 2005 // Florida homeowners can expect to receive a 6.8 percent increase in their insurance rates to pay for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s deficit, according to Bob Hartwig, chief economist at the Insurance...
Aug 8 2005 // With temperatures soaring in many parts of the country, above-ground pools are an appealing option to beat the summer heat. Inflating a pool for use in the back yard may seem simple enough, but there are insurance and...
Aug 7 2005 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn wants to restrict insurers from canceling homeowners’ insurance policies because they have made a few claims and require insurers to more fully disclose to insureds...
Aug 5 2005 // The Texas Residential Construction Commission is in the process of establishing an advisory committee to review proposed changes to the adopted warranties and building and performance standards. During the June 2005...
Aug 5 2005 // Florida-based Universal Property and Casualty Insurance Company (“UPCIC”), a subsidiary of Universal Insurance Holdings Inc., announced that it will not seek a rate increase on its homeowners’ insurance...
Jul 26 2005 // As of July 26, Safeco stopped writing new personal property policies in Florida and has notified the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation that at the beginning of 2006, it plans to stop renewing personal lines property...