Latest Homeowners Headlines

All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Florida DA Orders Investigation After Homeowner Fires at Delivery Driver

Apr 25 2023 // A Florida prosecutor has ordered an investigation in a confrontation in which a homeowner fired shots into a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making a late-night grocery delivery....

Louisiana UPC Policyholders Have 2 Weeks to Secure Private Home Insurance

Apr 13 2023 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance sent out a reminder this week that United Property & Casualty Insurance Company’s (UPC) former policyholders and their insurance agents have until April 28 to secure...

Miami Homeowner Charged with Defrauding Citizens by Claiming Old Damage

Apr 13 2023 // Florida authorities have charged a Miami man – who has a long record of criminal and civil cases under his name – with insurance fraud after investigators found that some $300,000 in claims were linked to pre-exiting...

Texas Auto, Homeowners Premiums Grew Double Digits in 2022, Report Shows

Apr 4 2023 // The Texas market for auto and homeowners insurance grew double digits in 2022, according to an annual report put out by the Texas Department of Insurance.Texas insurers reported direct premium written for private passenger...

Fla. Citizens Grants UPC Homeowners Extra Time to Find Repairs or Apply for Coverage

Apr 3 2023 // Policyholders with the now-insolvent United Property & Casualty Insurance Co., who have existing damage and who have been assumed by Citizens Property Insurance, will have an extra 90 days to show that repair contracts...

$1.5M for California Homeowners Overcharged Under Wildfire Risk Score

Mar 29 2023 // Kemper Independence Insurance Co. has issued more than $1.5 million in refunds to thousands of California homeowners after the California Department of Insurance found the carrier overcharged policyholders for wildfire...

Unlicensed Roofing Contractor in Florida Charged After Soliciting Homeowners

Mar 27 2023 // Florida authorities on Friday charged a man with unlicensed contracting, insurance fraud and failing to obtain workers’ compensation coverage on his workers, after he solicited Tampa-area homeowners for roof...

First Cap Launches Admitted Homeowners Program for California

Mar 24 2023 // First Cap Property Insurance Solutions has launched a new admitted homeowners program for California.The program includes Coverage A Limits up to: $1.5 million for HO3 $1 million for DP3 $300,000 for HO6 $250,000 for...

Homeowners of America Applies for Texas Reciprocal Exchange

Mar 20 2023 // Porch Group, Inc. announced that its insurance business, Homeowners of America (“HOA”), has filed an application to form and license a Texas reciprocal insurance exchange (a “Reciprocal”) with the...

First Cap Property Insurance Solutions Announces New Admitted Homeowners Program for California

Mar 15 2023 // First Cap Property Insurance Solutions is a San Diego, CA based MGU with a focus on niche property products. Our management and underwriting team have a long history of developing niche property programs for CA as far back...

Miami Homeowner Charged with Falsifying Insurance Claim on Patio Door Damage

Mar 14 2023 // Florida authorities have charged a Miami-area homeowner with fabricating and inflating damage estimates to his home in an attempt to defraud Tokio Marine Insurance Co. out of thousands of dollars.Trevor Lawrence Taylor,...

Allstate CEO Sees Untapped Opportunity in Direct-to-Consumer Homeowners Market

Mar 6 2023 // When Allstate’s chief executive officer looks at potential growth opportunities for personal lines insurers, he sees an untapped part of the homeowners insurance market — customers that will buy home insurance...

Why Not Go Direct on Homeowners, Allstate CEO Asks

Feb 15 2023 // When Allstate’s chief executive officer looks at potential growth opportunities for personal lines insurers, he sees an untapped part of the homeowners insurance market—customers that will buy home insurance...

Few Homeowners Have Flood Insurance in Soaked California

Jan 23 2023 // On Sunday morning, Kyle Starks woke up to floodwaters that reached the door of his Jeep after yet another heavy rain storm drenched California. Emergency crews showed up with boats to float Starks and other residents of...

La. Nursing Home Owner Faces New Lawsuit in Ida Storm Evacuation

Jan 17 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ A nursing home owner who faces criminal and civil complaints over evacuating residents to a squalid warehouse to ride out Hurricane Ida in 2021 is now being sued by federal authorities who say he...

California Commissioner Issues Moratorium on Homeowners Insurance Cancellations in L.A. and Kern Counties

Nov 28 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ordered insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Nov. 19 emergency declaration.The commissioner’s bulletin...

Directors of Florida’s Largest Homeowners Association Charged with Millions in Theft

Nov 16 2022 // Current and former Board members at Florida’s largest homeowners’ association were arrested Tuesday, charged with taking millions of dollars from the association over several years.It’s the latest...

As Homeowners Rebuild After Ian, a Cooling New Housing Market Drops Material Costs

Nov 7 2022 // If Hurricane Ian would have made landfall in Florida, say, six months ago, the costs of reconstruction could have been even higher than the already staggering estimates now coming from the Sunshine State.Inflation is...

As Homeowners Rebuild After Ian, a Cooling New Housing Market Drops Material Costs

Oct 20 2022 // If Hurricane Ian would have made landfall in Florida, say, six months ago, the costs of reconstruction could have been even higher than the already staggering estimates now coming from the Sunshine State.Inflation is...

Update: Amazon Launches Home Insurance Comparison Website for UK Customers

Oct 19 2022 // Amazon.com Inc. is launching a home insurance portal in Britain and has signed up three big-name insurers as it pushes further into financial services across the globe.Ageas UK, Co-op, and LV= General Insurance, a unit of...