All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 19 2002 // A new online lead system for helping personal lines property/casualty agents increase production through qualified sales leads is now available at www.homeownersleadsdirect.com.Introduced by California-based iLeads.com,...
Nov 13 2002 // Texas legislators wasted little time in filing post-election insurance reform legislation. One week after an election in which campaigns rang with promises from Republicans and Democrats alike to bring down homeowners...
Nov 12 2002 // As a result of ongoing discussions with the Governor’s office, the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) and the Office of Attorney General (OAG), the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced that it would...
Nov 8 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) pressed the Maryland Insurance Administration not to establish coverage mandate, arguing that such a mandate would destabilize the state’s homeowners insurance...
Nov 6 2002 // Austin, Texas-based homeowner advocate, Melinda Ballard, announced she filed a lawsuit in Travis County District Court against Farmers Insurance (Farmers) and its paid spokesman for falsely accusing her of committing...
Nov 1 2002 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) announced that it is investigating a number of consumer complaints into potential violations of Michigan’s homeowners insurance law.The bulletin said it...
Oct 29 2002 // SAFECO reported continued earnings growth as third-quarter net income increased to $75.2 million, or $0.59 per diluted share. Income before charges and realized gains increased to $86.4 million, or $0.68 per diluted...
Oct 28 2002 // Aon Corporation announced the results of Aon Re Worldwide’s comprehensive study of the U.S. homeowners marketplace. The results of the study reveal that the homeowners insurance industry, despite recent rate and...
Oct 28 2002 // At a Texas Department of Insurance public hearing held in early October, insurance agents and other interested parties testified on TDI proposals to create a temporary residual market or market-of-last-resort for...
Oct 28 2002 // Be prepared.” Personal lines agents would do well to take that time-tested Scout motto to heart during these troubled times in the Texas homeowners market. Already inundated with calls from folks who are having a...
Oct 28 2002 // Be prepared.” Personal lines agents would do well to take that time-tested Scout motto to heart during these troubled times in the Texas homeowners market. Already inundated with calls from folks who are having a...
Oct 21 2002 // State Farm Insurance Co. is expected to resume writing new homeowners insurance policies in Central Florida and other parts of the state on a limited basis after being granted a 23.3 average increase for homeowners...
Oct 21 2002 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) announced that it has launched a special home insurance information web site to provide the state’s consumers with up-to-date information on the...
Oct 18 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced it now offers homeowners a new online resource for finding independent insurance agencies that are actively writing homeowners insurance policies. The resource, called...
Oct 15 2002 // Angry agents from Farmers Insurance Group confronted Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor during a recent public hearing on Texas Department of Insurance proposals designed to increase the availability of homeowners...
Oct 14 2002 // Tell them what they want to hear or offer true solutions? That is the question facing the candidates who are running for offices in California and Texas this Nov. 5. Two of the races—the race for insurance commissioner...
Oct 14 2002 // Tell them what they want to hear or offer true solutions?That is the question facing the candidates who are running for offices in California and Texas this Nov. 5. Two of the races—the race for insurance commissioner in...
Oct 14 2002 // Negotiations continued in early October between state officials and senior executives of Farmers Insurance Group of Companies in the effort to find a solution that would entice the insurer to continue to provide homeowners...
Oct 14 2002 // In response to Farmers’ notification that it won’t be renewing homeowners polices for its Texas customers, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher issued an announcement clarifying that consumers in his...
Oct 14 2002 // The Texas homeowners insurance market—like many around the nation—is experiencing rising premiums, controversy over mold claims and debate over the use of credit scoring.Texans purchase 3.9 million homeowners insurance...