All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 21 2005 // San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. announced the availability of a new homeowners product for Texas. The coverage is written by Balboa Lloyds Insurance Company, an admitted market rated...
Jan 20 2005 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn planned to reveal a new regulation today that will require insurance companies to provide prominent annual disclosures to each homeowner’s policyholder of where there...
Jan 20 2005 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based J.E. Brown & Assoc. is offering a new High Value Homeowner Program, “Masterpiece.” Policy limits are unlimited; carrier is Chubb; “A++” rated, admitted. Deductibles...
Jan 13 2005 // Although disappointed that the Maryland General Assembly chose to override Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s veto of a controversial medical liability reform bill, insurers are reportedly equally concerned about other challenges...
Jan 11 2005 // On Jan. 10, 2004, Texas State Senators Rodney Ellis of Houston, Gonzalo Barrientos of Austin and Eliot Shapleigh of El Paso announced their intent to file a bill in the legislative session that began Jan. 11 that would ban...
Jan 3 2005 // To remain in business, agents need to derive as much revenue as possible from every current insured, at the least possible cost. This is particularly the case now that the structure of the classic contingency commission is...
Jan 3 2005 // Inaccurate Territories and Assignments Hurt Consumers, Agents and CompaniesTerritories offer tremendous opportunities for insurance companies to better segment their book of business, but private passenger auto and...
Jan 3 2005 // After two decades of poor financial results, the homeowners line is finally in the “sweet spot,” according to a new study by Conning Research and Consulting Inc.The study, Homeowners Insurance: The...
Jan 3 2005 // Disgruntled homeowners attempting to repair residences destroyed by hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne applauded Florida legislators after they unanimously approved a bill to reimburse them for multiple...
Jan 3 2005 // Florida’s storm-ravaged hurricane victims made top-of-the page headlines in newspapers and were interviewed “Live at Five” on television news broadcasts during mid-December as the Florida Legislature met...
Jan 3 2005 // Countrywide Insurance Group’s Texas subsidiary Balboa Lloyds Insurance Company, is lowering its rates on homeowners insurance by an average of 20 percent in Texas, the company said. The coverage will be offered...
Jan 3 2005 // A summary of the most important legislation affecting the industry in the New YearThe historic recall of Gray Davis and election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California set the tone for the 2004 legislative...
Dec 29 2004 // Although insurance checks have been cut Florida homeowners are now calling the state’s storm victim hotline to complain because they can not get the money without two signatures.Tom Gallagher, Chief Financial...
Dec 20 2004 // Homeowners who buy insurance from independent insurance agents in Texas should be seeing lower premiums and better coverages, according to a survey conducted by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas of its 1,800-member...
Dec 20 2004 // After two decades of poor financial results, the homeowners line is finally in the “sweet spot,” according to a new study by Conning Research and Consulting Inc.The Conning Research study, “Homeowners...
Dec 20 2004 // Florida homeowners can expect an 8.3 percent statewide increase in the cost of homeowner’s insurance according to Bob Lotane, spokesman for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. He said worst hit areas will...
Dec 20 2004 // Louisiana went on the offensive in 2004 with a campaign to tell insurers and other commercial operations that the state is “open for business.”The Professional Insurance Agents of Louisiana (PIA Louisiana), the...
Dec 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Abram Interstate Ins. Services is offering a new upscale homeowners market. Water back-up provided up to $25,000 without charge. Ten percent ordinance and law coverage automatically included. All risk...
Dec 20 2004 // The year 2004 saw a little bit of everything across the Western Region. Workers’ comp, homeowners, med-mal, and even insurance fraud topped the list of the most talked about stories. We compiled these recaps based on...
Dec 17 2004 // South Carolina’s new flex-rating law for personal lines property insurance is already helping to bring lower premiums to many homeowners, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI).State...