All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 11 2005 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn announced that State Farm Insurance, the state’s largest insurer of homes and second largest insurer of automobiles, would cut its automobile and homeowners insurance rates...
May 10 2005 // 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 too late that it is not, according to Jerry...
May 9 2005 // When Connecticut state Rep. Melissa Olson called around for homeowner’s insurance recently, an agent on the other end of the line asked what kind of dog the Norwich Democrat owned.Olson didn’t really know for...
May 9 2005 // The use of credit history, one of many underwriting tools, is not a new concept and one that has received strict scrutiny from insurance regulators and consumer advocates around the country. Some insurers have used...
May 9 2005 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher on Monday said that the homeowners insurance legislation that passed late Friday contains numerous provisions that will benefit Florida’s...
May 5 2005 // The main benefit of using credit history to underwrite auto and homeowners insurance policies is that it allows insurers to charge lower risk consumers less for their coverage, according to the Property Casualty Insurers...
May 5 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) of Ohio-based American Modern Insurance Group (American Modern) and its property/casualty affiliates. A.M. Best has also affirmed the financial...
May 4 2005 // Legislation sponsored by the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) to impose strong regulation of the use of credit information by homeowners insurers passed its first committee test today.The bill, AB 1454...
May 2 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America launched an advertising campaign today in Florida warning lawmakers about misguided hurricane insurance bills that will raise rates, make insurance harder to find and...
Apr 29 2005 // There is not one statute in the entire Insurance Code of California that authorizes the insurance commissioner to adopt a proposed set of homeowners’ insurance regulations submitted to the Office of Administrative...
Apr 27 2005 // The Senate Banking, Finance and Insurance Committee this week will consider three bills that have one thing in common – provisions that ultimately will hurt consumers if enacted, according to Sam Sorich, president of...
Apr 27 2005 // The main benefit of using credit history to underwrite auto and homeowners insurance policies is that it allows insurers to charge lower risk consumers less for their coverage, according to the Property Casualty Insurers...
Apr 26 2005 // State Farm Insurance has announced that as of May 1 it will begin accepting applications from West Virginia homeowners and businesses for new insurance policies. The company is the largest property and casualty insurer in...
Apr 25 2005 // Heartland Marketing Group announced they are now quoting Lexington’s High Value Homeowners Product in house, allowing for rapid turnaround. Lexington targets homes over $100,000 in value ($200,000 in Texas) with a...
Apr 22 2005 // Widespread hurricanes have blown through several Florida cities during the past several days, and Hurricane Armando, a simulated hurricane, is expected to hit Tallahassee April 23.Florida American Red Cross and Emergency...
Apr 21 2005 // An insurance referral service to connect Alabama consumers with insurers has been suggested by the Hurricane Insurance Issues Task Force to assist homeowners in finding insurance along the state’s Gulf Coast,...
Apr 21 2005 // Rocklin, Calif.-based, Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. announces a new Preferred and Standard Homeowners and Dwelling Fire market with Travelers Insurance Company. The addition of this new market, A.M. Best...
Apr 20 2005 // With three weeks remaining before the end of the 2005 sessions of the Florida Legislature, it appears that only a few insurance-related proposals have made it through the process of elimination. Remaining proposals...
Apr 20 2005 // Calling insurers “dead wrong” for canceling or non-renewing homeowners who file a legitimate insurance claim, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced new regulations to protect homeowners...
Apr 19 2005 // April 18 was the deadline for insurers to finish processing and paying off 1.69 million hurricane damage claims across Florida, but they still have nine days to go before they have to tell the state how many claims remain...