All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 17 2014 // Mississippi’s insurance regulator is withdrawing his lawsuit against the federal government after Congress voted to delay changes to the federal flood insurance program.Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney...
Apr 17 2014 // South Carolina lawmakers are moving forward with a plan to increase grants to homeowners who strengthen their homes against storm damage.The South Carolina Senate Finance Committee approved the “Competitive Insurance...
Apr 14 2014 // Specialty Insurance Managers Inc., a managing general agent based in Austin, Texas, has begun offering a new high value homeowners insurance program in Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas, with plans...
Apr 8 2014 // A long, cold winter has finally given way to spring, and it’s time to start cleaning up the yard and making other household repairs. Amica Mutual Insurance Company in Lincoln, R.I., reminds homeowners to consider six...
Apr 8 2014 // Maine Governor Paul R. LePage and Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa recently announced that the Bureau of Insurance now offers new online resources for consumers who want to compare auto and homeowners insurance...
Apr 7 2014 // A low-lying barrier island community north of Atlantic City is the first to be awarded state aid since Superstorm Sandy to help residents elevate their homes.New Jersey officials announced on April 4 they have approved...
Apr 7 2014 // Demolition has begun on some Central Texas homes left unlivable after flooding during deadly fall storms.The Austin American-Statesman reported that crews are concentrating on Onion Creek neighborhoods. Late October and...
Apr 7 2014 // The city of Lincoln, Neb., is paying thousands to more than a dozen homeowners whose basements were flooded with sewage.A water main break in the Belmont neighborhood of north Lincoln early New Year’s Day filled a...
Apr 7 2014 // On a June morning in 2012, New York bank examiners paid surprise visits to the offices of Ocwen Financial Corp., the biggest non-bank mortgage servicer.That break with tradition — examiners typically set up...
Apr 7 2014 // Bill Cherry has seen his share of storms buffet his house and his Breezeway Restaurant and Motel near Topsail Beach in North Carolina, a slip of a barrier island just over two blocks wide.But with sharp increases in...
Apr 3 2014 // Mercury Insurance said the company is lowering its homeowners insurance rates for Pennsylvania residents by an average of 10 percent. The Los Angeles-based insurer said the rate reduction would help attract more...
Apr 3 2014 // Texas Brine Co. has moved contractors working on the Bayou Corne-area sinkhole in Louisiana into three homes the company purchased from residents who left after the failure of a company-operated salt dome cavern.Texas...
Apr 2 2014 // Ironshore’s Personal Lines unit has expanded property coverage protection for high net worth homeowners. Ironshore will offer a primary flood option as part of its homeowners insurance for properties valued at $1...
Apr 2 2014 // A year and a half after Superstorm Sandy decimated New York City’s coastline, a city-run program that was supposed to rebuild wrecked homes has only begun construction on three houses, and officials say they will...
Mar 31 2014 // Florida’s chief financial officer went to the Legislature this spring with a simple request: grant additional protections to customers dealing with property insurance companies.But the push by Jeff Atwater is in...
Mar 27 2014 // Bill Cherry has seen his share of storms buffet his house and his Breezeway Restaurant and Motel near Topsail Beach in North Carolina, a slip of a barrier island just over two blocks wide.But, with sharp increases in...
Mar 26 2014 // More than 20,000 Virginia homeowners and businesses could see their rates for flood insurance rise up to 25 percent as part of an attempt to put the troubled National Flood Insurance Program back on sound financial...
Mar 24 2014 // The Florida Legislature is moving forward on a plan to entice private insurance companies to sell flood policies in the state that’s the most vulnerable to storm surge.It’s not clear, though, that many private...
Mar 24 2014 // Homeowners living in flood-prone areas are getting relief from big spikes in insurance costs under legislation President Barack Obama signed into law last Friday.Lawmakers from both parties supported the measure in...
Mar 24 2014 // A U.S. Congresswoman from Michigan wants her state to opt out of the National Flood Insurance Program, saying it’s not good for Michigan homeowners.U.S. Representative Candice Miller (MI-10) voted against H.R. 3370,...