All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 21 2013 // Australia’s most populous state declared an emergency as wildfires tore through bush land west of Sydney, destroying hundreds of homes and threatening mountain townships.New South Wales State Premier Barry...
Oct 21 2013 // With thousands of Florida homeowners facing significant increases in their federal flood insurance premiums, state lawmakers are considering ways to open up the market to private insurers.Industry experts, however, say...
Oct 18 2013 // A Texas lawmaker has asked the state insurance department to come up with suggestions for ways to lower homeowners insurance rates in the state.Texas has consistently been ranked, along with Florida and Louisiana, one of...
Oct 17 2013 // Homeowners in Minot, N.D. affected by the Souris River flooding in 2011 can begin applying for grants to help with repair costs, while the city prepares to buy out more homes to make way for a flood protection project.The...
Oct 16 2013 // In an effort to assist homeowners facing significant flood insurance increases due to FEMA’s updated and expanded flood zone maps, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and the House Speaker Robert DeLeo have...
Oct 16 2013 // Florida officials plan to file a brief in support of Mississippi’s lawsuit against the federal government in an attempt to block flood insurance rate hikes called for under recent reform legislation.Gov. Rick Scott...
Oct 11 2013 // With thousands of Florida homeowners facing significant increases in their federal flood insurance premiums, state lawmakers are considering ways to open up the market to private insurers.Industry experts, however, say...
Oct 11 2013 // The number of homes at risk from wildfires in western U.S. states jumped 62 percent in the past year as more properties were developed in fire-prone areas, according to a report released on Thursday.About 1.2 million homes...
Oct 9 2013 // Seven Virginia families fighting for compensation over Chinese drywall that wrecked their homes have their eyes on Louisiana this week, where a federal appeals court will hear arguments over whether the manufacturer of the...
Oct 9 2013 // The partial shutdown of the U.S. government has sidelined thousands of inspectors who monitor everything from air and water pollution to safety hazards at factories and the condition of nursing homes.Federal law requires...
Oct 7 2013 // Pawtucket, R.I.-based home insurer Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC) said it is increasing its capacity for coastal homeowners insurance through select agency partners.The company said it is expanding its coastal...
Oct 7 2013 // As homeowners in the Northeast continue to rebuild nearly one year after Superstorm Sandy, they are now bracing for another obstacle: higher National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) premiums.In accordance with the...
Oct 7 2013 // As the sun peeked out of the normally bright blue Colorado sky, homeowners and businesses began to assess the damage done by the 100-year flood, as weather experts have labeled the devastating rain that pummeled the...
Oct 3 2013 // State Farm is raising Louisiana homeowner rates an average of 8.7 percent statewide for its nearly 308,000 policyholders.According to State Farm’s filing with the insurance department, the statewide increase will...
Oct 2 2013 // Colorado homeowners living in high-risk wildfire areas should be charged fees, and officials need to adopt statewide building requirements to address destructive fires, according to recommendations Monday from a group...
Oct 1 2013 // Homeowners’ insurance needs to be more standardized because customers are confused about what their policies protect, New York’s financial regulator said.Few fully understand all the complexities of their...
Sep 30 2013 // New York will use part of its share of billions of dollars in federal Superstorm Sandy aid to “fully compensate” storm victims who had flood insurance claims denied because of a hard-to-understand rule barring...
Sep 30 2013 // Insurance agents who only focus on homeowners insurance customers are missing a golden opportunity to build long-term relationships with renter customers as their insurance needs grow due to life or circumstance...
Sep 30 2013 // Hundreds of New Jersey flood insurance policyholders will soon be facing higher premiums spurred by sweeping changes to the federal law that will take effect Tuesday.The increases stem from legislation passed in June 2012...
Sep 30 2013 // Bill Potter wasn’t eager to abandon his high-end house last month during evacuations forced by a massive Idaho wildfire, but he felt reassured when his insurance company sent a team to protect his home near the...