All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 22 2004 // Northern Capital Insurance Company announced it plans to begin writing homeowners policies in Southeast and Southwest Florida in 2005.Alexander Anthony and Albert Fernandez, the principal shareholders of Citizens Insurance...
Oct 21 2004 // The nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) announced that State Farm Insurance is the first representative of the insurance industry to join HFSC’s Steering Committee.“From the Coalition’s...
Oct 20 2004 // In response reportedly to hundreds of calls from homeowners and construction contractors, both in and out-of-state, concerned about Florida requirements for workers’ compensation insurance coverage, the Florida...
Oct 15 2004 // Coastal homeowners are getting socked again, and it has nothing to do with Charley, Frances, Ivan or Jeanne.Homeowners who buy hurricane insurance on their homes through Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state’s...
Oct 14 2004 // Seventy-eight percent of California homeowners living in identified fire danger areas believe that it is “somewhat” or “very” unlikely their home will be damaged or destroyed by a wildfire,...
Oct 13 2004 // In response to rising difficulty consumers now face in securing homeowners insurance following last year’s firestorms, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Oct. 13 that he has eased eligibility...
Oct 11 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: J.E. Brown & Associates is offering a homeowners program. The program is available to rate, quote and bind, all online and can be accessed through their Web site. The program accepts brush hazards,...
Oct 11 2004 // Myths about the E&S market should not prevent homeowners from securing high-quality coverage. High-quality nonadmitted markets can provide consistent, reliable coverage for high-value and high-risk properties.Even...
Oct 11 2004 // Even before Charley and Frances, insurers were fleeing the homeowners market for high–risk properties at an alarming pace. Over the last several years, large catastrophe and mold losses have caused a number of...
Oct 11 2004 // Even before Charley and Frances, insurers were fleeing the homeowners market for high-risk properties at an alarming pace. Over the last several years, large catastrophe and mold losses have caused a number of insurers to...
Oct 11 2004 // Florida’s State Cabinet approved a measure recommended by Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher to impose a 60-day grace period on premium payments and non-renewals for homeowners insurance, in the aftermath...
Oct 11 2004 // Despite improvements in construction and safety standards since Hurricane Andrew, damage to mobile homes in the paths of recent hurricanes was significant according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Oct 11 2004 // Due to efforts to rebuild the Florida property insurance market after Hurricane Andrew, most policyholders in the wake of 2004s more costly hurricane season should not face the same post-Andrew price increases or limited...
Oct 4 2004 // The year ahead could be a shocker for homeowners in Florida, a state accustomed to skyrocketing insurance rates, due to the recent barrage of hurricanes that hit the state.To keep insurance companies in town and writing...
Oct 4 2004 // Homeowners in southern Louisiana who cannot obtain private insurance face average rate hikes of 27 percent to get coverage, although some may pay 50 percent more, according to reports from The Advocate and the Associated...
Oct 4 2004 // Thanks to Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne, insurance claim payments are expected to exceed $22 billion, far surpassing the claims for hurricane Andrew in 1992, which totaled $15.5 billion. According to the Insurance...
Oct 1 2004 // After preparing for recent hurricanes, then living through them, the last thing shell-shocked Osceola County, Fla. residents want is difficulty in filing claims with insurance or government agencies. Some homeowners are...
Sep 29 2004 // Individuals and business owners who have private flood insurance may still qualify for disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), state and federal officials said.Home and business owners who...
Sep 28 2004 // Alliance Mutual Insurance Company, based in Greensboro, North Carolina, has partnered with Homes4NC, the North Carolina Association of REALTORS® Housing Opportunity Foundation, to aid those in Western North Carolina who...
Sep 21 2004 // Californians overwhelmingly consider it their personal responsibility to keep their homeowners insurance current, but do not always place a high priority on updating their policies to meet their changing needs, a new poll...