All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 11 2017 // The California Supreme Court this week ended a long legal battle between a Richmond homeowner and her homeowners insurance company by declining to consider the insurance industry’s petition to overturn a lower...
Aug 8 2017 // Mississippi’s top insurance regulator and its only Democratic congressman are both ready to cede some of the federal flood insurance market to private insurers.Both Republican Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney and...
Aug 8 2017 // Thousands of property owners in one Florida County will be in newly created flood hazard zones later this year, and that means they’ll be required to buy flood insurance for the first time.The Palm Beach Post reports...
Aug 7 2017 // Officials in Florida said Saturday a sinkhole that swallowed two homes last month is growing.Pasco County officials during a news conference that a large chunk of the hole’s edge has collapsed. Two more homes in Land...
Aug 7 2017 // Whenever severe weather strikes and there is property damage, insurers are among the first responders to help throughout the recovery process. However, in too many cases, some shady contractors, public adjusters and...
Aug 7 2017 // Progressive announced a new tool called HomeQuote Explorer, an online platform designed to enable homeowners to compare home insurance quotes from multiple carriers.The insurer says it takes 15 minutes or less to get most...
Aug 2 2017 // Allstate saw its profit more than double thanks to increased premiums, strong investment results and lower auto insurance claims frequency. Net income was $550 million for the second quarter of 2017 compared to $242...
Jul 31 2017 // Lightning struck seven homes in Florida, causing extensive damage to at least two of them during a severe thunderstorm. Niceville Fire Chief Tommy Mayville tells the News Herald firefighters were kept busy Thursday night...
Jul 27 2017 // Fire officials in the southeast Missouri town of Poplar Bluff are investigating a rash of arson fires at vacant homes. The Poplar Bluff Daily American Republic reports that 16 vacant houses have been set on fire since...
Jul 27 2017 // Florida’s efforts in establishing a private flood insurance market have been hailed as a model by many other states looking to buff up their flood insurance offerings, as well as the National Flood Insurance Program...
Jul 25 2017 // Borrowing from its own auto insurance model, Progressive is announcing a tool called HomeQuote Explorer, an online platform that allows homeowners to quickly compare home insurance quotes from multiple carriers.The insurer...
Jul 25 2017 // Answer Financial, a personal lines insurance agency in the U.S., has expanded its insurance comparison platform to include homeowners and condo insurance. The expansion enables shoppers to compare rates and customize...
Jul 24 2017 // London Underwriters LLC, a national MGA and surplus lines broker, has partnered with Birmingham based wholesaler Trigon Inc., to provide a new and exclusive low-value homeowners program for the state of Alabama.The product...
Jul 21 2017 // Florida sinkhole that swallowed two homes last week isn’t getting any deeper, but it’s getting wider, officials said Wednesday –and one resident who’s back home after being evacuated is vowing to stay...
Jul 21 2017 // The town of Mariposa, with its century-old saloons and covered sidewalks, normally bustles with summer visitors on their way to Yosemite National Park but the Gold Rush-era hamlet was mostly empty as ash rained down and...
Jul 20 2017 // A fire southeast of Eugene, Ore., destroyed three mobile homes and sent a man to a Portland hospital.Residents of the mobile home park tell The Register-Guard that two dogs and four cats died. The fire happened Monday at...
Jul 19 2017 // Some residents in a northern Ohio city are being forced to leave their homes after the structures began sinking into the ground.Wadsworth officials say four condominiums and a nearby house are unsafe and notices have been...
Jul 19 2017 // A California blaze in the rugged mountains outside of Yosemite National Park has destroyed eight structures and forced thousands of nearby residents to flee their homes.As of Tuesday evening, the fire had scorched 39...
Jul 19 2017 // A fire in New York’s capital city heavily damaged five 19th century buildings and forced more than a dozen people from their homes, officials said Tuesday.Albany fire officials said the blaze started around 9 p.m....
Jul 19 2017 // Cleanup efforts at the site of a sinkhole that swallowed two Florida homes and jeopardized a third house will begin in earnest on Wednesday, as county officials, geologists and insurance adjusters begin the process of...