All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 12 2001 // The most telling number about the earthquake that hit Western Washington on Feb. 28 was neither its 6.8 magnitude nor the fact that it was the largest temblor in the state in more than half a century; it was its depth,...
Mar 5 2001 // In September of 1994, a busload of insurance industry members, legislators and business folks toured some of inner city Houston to see what Democratic Sen. Rodney Ellis saw in his district. Insurable houses. That’s...
Mar 5 2001 // One in three American homeowners have recently remodeled their home or are planning to do so within the next year. That could make for a lot of financial risk exposure, according to a recent study commissioned by the...
Mar 2 2001 // The California Earthquake Authority has made significant progress in reducing what it pays for reinsurance, according to a report by the California State Auditor released yesterday. The State Auditor concluded that...
Feb 26 2001 // Home insurance premiums are expected to increase by as much as 30 percent this year as building costs push up underwriting losses from weather-related claims. Royal and Sun Alliance, with a 28 percent market share in...
Feb 23 2001 // The Homeownership Alliance has added The Council of Insurance Agents + Brokers and The Independent Insurance Agents of America as its newest members. The Council represents over 250 member firms, all among the top one...
Jan 17 2001 // Homeowners can now pay for losses with a credit card-type innovation introduced by The Hartford. Owners can now opt to receive their claim settlements in the form of The Hartford Insurance Claim Card, a stored value Visa...
Jan 17 2001 // Exactly seven years ago to the day, America experienced its most costly insurance disaster as the Northridge earthquake rumbled through California, killing 60 people and destroying or damaging thousands of homes,...
Jan 10 2001 // Electric Insurance Company, a Massachusetts-based direct writer of automobile and homeowner’s insurance has unveiled its new online homeowner’s insurance quoting feature for 18 states. The new home quoting...
Jan 8 2001 // The demarcation between years always seems to take on a contemplative aspect. We look back to where we’ve been, and then look forward to weigh our expectations. Will the market continue to harden? Will the dot-coms...
Nov 27 2000 // Editor’s note: Following the cover story “Cracks in the Stucco: Construction Defect Litigation Spreads” in our July 24, 2000, issue, several readers called in to share stories of how the problem of...
Nov 10 2000 // Homesite Insurance announced today that it has purchased the Royal Special Risks Insurance Company, which is comprised of 40 property-casualty state licenses, from Royal & Sun Alliance, one of the world’s...
Nov 6 2000 // In 1998, the Texas Supreme Court addressed the question of whether the standard Texas homeowners’ policy covered damage to a home’s foundation resulting from a plumbing leak. The court decided that the standard...
Oct 30 2000 // A routine update of floodplain maps in Pleasant Hill and San Pablo, Calif. has added more than 1,000 households to flood zones in both of the cities. Richmond, Martinez, Concord, Pittsburg, Danville and Clayton will also...
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Oct 9 2000 // Q: Our insured has an HO-160 Scheduled Personal Property endorsement on his homeowners policy covering camera equipment and jewelry. While on vacation, the camera, some jewelry and other unscheduled personal property were...
Oct 9 2000 // Q. Our insured has an HO-160 Scheduled Personal Property endorsement on his homeowners policy covering camera equipment and jewelry. While on vacation, the camera, some jewelry and other unscheduled personal property were...
Sep 18 2000 // Following a joint investigation by the CDI Investigation Bureau and the National Insurance Crime Bureau, Jesse Wong, a Southern California insurance agent, was sentenced on Aug. 17 after pleading no contest to five felony...
Sep 13 2000 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services announced that Michigan Basic Property Insurance Association homeowners premiums are increasing 4.1 percent, effective Oct. 1, 2000. “Consumers that are...
Sep 13 2000 // Acting Insurance Commissioner J. Clark Kelso announced the award of 429 new earthquake retrofit grants to low- to moderate-income California homeowners in Fresno, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, San Bernadino, San Mateo and...