All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 30 2017 // Democrats and Republicans, who have agreed on little this year, have found common ground on plans to give private insurers greater access to the $5 billion flood insurance program and to offer more buyouts for homeowners...
May 24 2017 // A group of former homeowners from a Vermont lakeside neighborhood hopes to recover some of the nearly $4 million they lost after they were forced to vacate.The Burlington Free Press reports the Mallets Bay...
May 22 2017 // Regional officials are reminding state lawmakers it’s urgent this session to provide assistance to eastern and central Connecticut homeowners with crumbling foundations. Both the executive director of the Capitol...
May 17 2017 // Legislation backed by the insurance industry and some Texas business groups that curtails the ability of policyholders to sue insurance companies over property claims following extreme weather events has passed the state...
May 15 2017 // A homeowners association will pay $300,000 to a Keizer family as part of a settlement for banning a motor home from being parked in the family’s driveway. The Statesman Journal reported that Gary, Renee and Khrizma...
May 15 2017 // Tornadoes and mobile homes don’t mix to begin with, but throw in the volatility of climate change and the potential for massive property damage and deaths is even higher in coming decades, indicates a new study by...
May 15 2017 // Tornadoes and mobile homes don’t mix to begin with, but throw in the volatility of climate change and the potential for massive property damage and deaths is even higher in coming decades, indicates a new study by...
May 11 2017 // Ohio Gov. John Kasich believes too many people are dying in manufactured homes, and he wants oversight of those homes transferred from an industry-controlled board to the state.Statistics compiled by the State Fire...
May 10 2017 // Insurance startup Lemonade is now selling homeowners and renters insurance in California.California marks the third state of entry for the insurtech that is built on artificial intelligence and behavioral economics. It...
May 8 2017 // Slice Insurance Technologies, an insurtech company offering on-demand, short-term insurance coverage, is now selling its commercial lines insurance product for homesharing hosts in California.The California Department of...
May 8 2017 // A proposal to divert $190 million of Louisiana’s disaster recovery money to a flood protection project was scrapped amid criticism that it risked stripping aid from thousands of homeowners trying to rebuild after...
May 5 2017 // Tornadoes and mobile homes don’t mix to begin with, but throw in the volatility of climate change and the potential for massive property damage and deaths is even higher in coming decades, indicates a new study by...
May 4 2017 // House Republican lawmakers are proposing to divert $190 million of Louisiana’s congressional disaster-recovery money to a flood-protection project, a move that would shrink aid earmarked for homeowners struggling to...
May 4 2017 // Credit scores have a big effect on home insurance premiums, more than doubling them for those with poor credit compared to those with excellent credit, according to analysis by online insurance seller...
May 3 2017 // Allstate saw its first quarter profit take a big jump this year to $666 million, up from the $217 million reported for the first quarter of 2016.Total revenue of $9.4 billion in the first quarter of 2017 increased by 6.3...
Apr 28 2017 // Florida Peninsula Insurance Company, a Florida homeowner insurance carrier, has launched a new online system offering homeowners insurance quotes to consumers. According to Clint Strauch, president of Florida Peninsula...
Apr 26 2017 // Louisiana’s contract with disaster recovery firm IEM to administer a homeowner flood aid program is estimated to cost $227 million.The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report says the state has completed its deal with...
Apr 26 2017 // An insurtech firm launched in California today with the promise of providing online homeowners insurance quotes in 60 seconds in what the Mountain View, Calif.-based company is calling “the most fundamental redesign...
Apr 20 2017 // On a predictably gorgeous South Florida afternoon, Coral Gables Mayor Jim Cason sat in his office overlooking the white-linen restaurants of this affluent seaside community and wondered when climate change would bring it...
Apr 19 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Florida man’s latest appeal in a landmark case involving the seizure and destruction of his floating home.The justices denied without comment Fane Lozman’s petition...