All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 14 2019 // Des Moines, Iowa, has spent about $10.5 million to buy 78 homes damaged by June’s flash flooding, and officials hope the move will prevent future flooding issues.Most of the residences are situated along Fourmile...
Jan 14 2019 // State Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, has legislation that would require sellers of residential properties to notify buyers if a property is located in a flood-prone area — and whether it has previously flooded.Senate Bill...
Jan 11 2019 // A federal class action lawsuit alleges that Lloyd’s of London and its affiliated insurance brokers “steered” Hawaiian homeowners throughout the state away from comprehensive home insurance coverage...
Jan 10 2019 // Two insurance companies have agreed to provide a total of $10.5 million to help Connecticut homeowners cover the cost of repairing and replacing crumbling foundations, officials said Tuesday.The state has reached separate...
Jan 7 2019 // Montreal-based Co-operators is offering storm surge insurance for homeowners in Quebec and Manitoba, which completes the company’s product rollout to Canadian homeowners from coast to coast.Co-operators described its...
Jan 7 2019 // An independent agent in a small rural town insured a farmer whose barn burned down. The agent had failed to schedule the farm structure, so the farm policy did not cover the total loss. The agent routinely placed farm...
Jan 3 2019 // A Florida roofing company owner was arrested last month after allegedly attempting to defraud multiple homeowners out of more than $49,000 and working without workers’ compensation insurance, according to a statement...
Jan 2 2019 // The almost weekly headlines about insurers and venture capitalists investing in insurtechs and tech-savvy insurance startups sometimes blocked the view of what established big technology firms were doing in...
Dec 27 2018 // A tornado damaged more than 70 homes in a mobile home park and a 90-year-old woman was taken to a hospital after a roof fell on her head after a day of wild weather in central Florida Dec. 20.Officials in Pasco County,...
Dec 27 2018 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB) has requested a 17.4 percent increase in homeowners’ insurance rates from the North Carolina Department of Insurance, effective Oct. 1, 2019.According to the NCDOI, the NCRB...
Dec 20 2018 // A rare tornado touched down in a Seattle suburb on Tuesday, the National Weather Service confirmed.The tornado damaged several homes and toppled trees, authorities said. Based on radar imagery and video evidence, a tornado...
Dec 17 2018 // A state energy specialist is encouraging those affected by last month’s earthquake in south-central Alaska to retest their homes for radon.Radon is an odorless gas that has been linked to cancer. It is formed when...
Dec 17 2018 // A Louisiana program helping people affected by the 2016 floods is offering buyouts to those living in especially hazardous areas, state officials said.Restore Louisiana officials said that homeowners in floodways can...
Dec 14 2018 // Payments made by FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for insured losses from flooding in central Texas in mid-October have exceeded $22 million and could exceed $30 million when all claims have been filed...
Dec 14 2018 // State and federal authorities estimate that it will cost at least $3 billion to clear debris from 19,000 homes and businesses destroyed by three California wildfires last month.The disaster relief officials said the...
Dec 13 2018 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will file for a statewide average increase of 8.2 percent for personal lines policyholders – homeowners, condominium owners and renters.The Florida insurer of last resort’s Board...
Dec 12 2018 // State records show home insurers have dropped the policies of more than 87,000 Floridians in the third quarter of this year.The Palm Beach Post reports that state records also show half of the state’s top 10 property...
Dec 12 2018 // A new study released by the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) finds that Florida’s assignment of benefits (AOB) crisis has cost consumers billions of dollars in unnecessary litigation and inflated claim costs...
Dec 11 2018 // With Alaska’s history of earthquakes, you might assume most homeowners have earthquake insurance.That’s not the case, the Anchorage Daily News reported. Only about 15 percent of Alaska homeowners buy earthquake...
Dec 5 2018 // Louisiana program helping people affected by the 2016 floods is offering buyouts to those living in especially hazardous areas, state officials said.Restore Louisiana officials said that homeowners in floodways can receive...