All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 2 2016 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.Agents often find themselves answering questions like this because consumers can be confused when it comes to the appropriate homeowner’s coverage amount for an...
May 2 2016 // The mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi, has declared a state of emergency because of heavy rain and widespread flooding in the largest city on the state’s Gulf Coast. Gulfport emergency managers say 5 to 12 inches of...
Apr 27 2016 // The National Weather Service is surveying damage from a northern Kansas tornado that left two people with minor injuries, damaged about 10 homes and destroyed a trailer.National Weather Service meteorologist Brian...
Apr 25 2016 // Leaders of nonprofit groups in Horry County, South Carolina, say that, six months after historic rains inundated South Carolina, volunteers are needed to help repair hundreds of homes in the county.The Sun News reports...
Apr 24 2016 // The city of Bellevue, Neb., the Metropolitan Utilities District, a plumbing contractor and its insurance company disagree about who’s to blame for a ruptured water line that flooded about 12 homes in February.The...
Apr 20 2016 // The homeowners insurance line, not often thought of as a bastion of change, is actually quietly evolving beyond the traditional “one-size-fits-all” business. Some of the puzzle pieces that make up homeowners...
Apr 20 2016 // One person has died and 11 homes have been destroyed following a fire at an apartment complex in Harriman, Tenn.Harriman Fire Department Chief David Bailey tells news outlets that the fire broke out Sunday morning at the...
Apr 19 2016 // The Alabama Department of Mental Health decertified the owner of nine group homes in northern Alabama.State officials delivered the notice to K&D Group Home executive director Katie M. Smith that the state was...
Apr 19 2016 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to extend its deadline for Louisiana homeowners impacted by flooding, the insurance department announced.A federal disaster...
Apr 18 2016 // State Farm has overcharged its customers roughly $78 million since at least July 2015, and should be required to refund that money, Consumer Watchdog told the California Department of Insurance last week. The group wants...
Apr 18 2016 // Weather incidents account for more than half of all homeowners insurance claims, with wind, pipes freezing and bursting, roof and flashing leaks and ice dams among the major causes of home damage during weather...
Apr 18 2016 // A Florida-based homeowners insurer has beefed up its flood insurance offering with the launch of a new flood-coverage only company called TypTap.The new company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Homeowners Choice Property...
Apr 18 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller issued a consumer alert telling homeowners about a process by which they can appeal their property’s placement in a flood zone by the federal government, which in...
Apr 6 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller issued a consumer alert this week telling homeowners about a process by which they can appeal their property’s placement in a flood zone by the federal government,...
Apr 6 2016 // Weather incidents account for more than half of all homeowners insurance claims, with wind, pipes freezing and bursting, roof and flashing leaks and ice dams among the major causes of home damage during weather...
Apr 5 2016 // Chubb has added cyber bullying coverage to its U.S. Masterpiece Family Protection policy to help cover clients and their families from the expenses associated with a cyber bullying incident.According to Christie Alderman,...
Apr 5 2016 // April 5, 2016- Change isn’t always easy. If you’re an insurance agent or WYO facing the April 1, 2016, regulatory changes to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), you know this all too well. As FEMA...
Apr 4 2016 // The U.K.’s new joint industry and government sponsored reinsurance scheme for flood risk began operating today (April 4).Designed to help provide access to affordable flood insurance cover for households at the...
Apr 4 2016 // April 4, 2016- As you may know, the world of flood is changing. As of April 1, 2016, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is implementing new changes flowing from the Biggert Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of...
Apr 4 2016 // Universal Insurance Holdings Inc., an insurance holding company in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is continuing its expansion into the Northeast.The company announced in March that its subsidiary Universal Property &...