All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 7 2003 // One of the most frustrating experiences for any insurance buyer—personal, commercial, or institutional—is to see a sudden, steep rate hike even if you haven’t had a claim in years, if ever.The industry loses...
Apr 7 2003 // For more than a decade, the U. S. homeowners insurance industry has failed to produce acceptable results. Less publicized has been the challenges faced by insurers of high valued homes. To a large extent, the same culprits...
Apr 7 2003 // Could it be that there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the Texas homeowners market? Rates have firmed through waves of increases over the past two years to the point where they may have reached a pinnacle, at least...
Apr 7 2003 // The March 2000 thunderstorm blew in without much warning during the Fort Worth, Texas early evening rush hour. When softball-size hail smashed through the roof of a downtown restaurant, customer Mario Valverde headed for...
Apr 7 2003 // An interview with Mary Ann Avnet, vice president of Chubb & Son and marketing manager for Chubb Personal Insurance.Q. In the current economic environment, does it make sense for agents and brokers to seek...
Apr 7 2003 // One of the most frustrating experiences for any insurance buyer—personal, commercial or institutional—is to see a sudden, steep rate hike even if you haven’t had a claim in years, if ever.The industry loses...
Apr 3 2003 // Diane Colborn, vice president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC), told the California Senate Insurance Committee recently that SB 64 (Speier), if passed, would have the unintended effect of reducing...
Mar 28 2003 // Fiserv FSC, Inc. recently announced that with CapFSC, California insurers can now, with one person, in less than one day, do what used to take a team of employees days or weeks to accomplish.CapFSC is a Windows-based...
Mar 24 2003 // Have we finally arrived at the point where the economy is a critical factor in personal automobile insurance?Not quite but it is my opinion that we are closing in. Although insurance company annual statements do not...
Mar 24 2003 // It looks like changes are underway in the Texas homeowners market. The legislature seems determined to bring down rates one way or another, and Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor’s preliminary report—developed...
Mar 24 2003 // Have we finally arrived at the point where the economy is a critical factor in personal automobile insurance? Not quite, but it is my opinion that we are closing in. Although insurance company annual statements do not...
Mar 24 2003 // According to Jim Donelon, Chief Deputy Commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI), the answer to the homeowners’ insurance crisis in Louisiana is to move to a file and use rating system, and to...
Mar 21 2003 // Property/casualty insurers that write homeowners insurance in Texas can now use policy forms developed by the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS). AAIS is a national advisory organization that develops forms...
Mar 18 2003 // Aon Corporation reports that significant rate and underwriting initiatives in the U.S. homeowners’ insurance marketplace continue to fall short of the cost of capital, in a continuing study of return on capital by...
Mar 18 2003 // CaliforniaSelect Insurance Agency, Inc., an affiliate of the Vesta Insurance Group (NYSE: VTA) announced the launch of a residential property program in California.CaliforniaSelect, part of Vesta’s Select Group of...
Mar 14 2003 // In a highly anticipated preliminary report to the Texas Legislature, Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor told lawmakers that some of the state’s 12 largest homeowners insurance companies are charging rates that...
Mar 11 2003 // WHAT EVERY HOME OWNER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT MOLD And What To Do About ItA Paperback Original By Vicki Lankarge What Every Home Owner Needs to Know About Mold (McGraw-Hill, May 2003; $12.95 Paperback) is the complete guide to...
Mar 11 2003 // What Every Home Owner Needs to Know About Mold (McGraw-Hill, May 2003; $12.95 Paperback by Vicki Lankarge) is the complete guide to dealing with mold in your home – the asbestos of the new millennium.Toxic mold...
Mar 10 2003 // Fiserv FSC, Inc. announced that with CapFSC, California insurers can now, with one person, in less than one day, do what used to take a team of employees days or weeks to accomplish.CapFSC is a dependable and accurate...
Mar 10 2003 // As promised, the 78th Texas Legislature is on a roll with insurance reform, with one bill having been signed into law and many more in committees or on their way to the House and Senate floors. Among the proposed...