All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 18 2013 // Louisiana may owe the federal government more than $115 million for disaster relief aid that was misspent or awarded to ineligible recipients after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, a state audit said.The legislative auditor...
Apr 17 2013 // New Jersey officials plan to unveil a plan in the next two to three weeks for buying out roughly 1,000 flood-prone homes from owners who want to sell them, a state Department of Environmental Protection spokesman said...
Apr 17 2013 // Some lawmakers say a bill recently passed by the Legislature could leave taxpayers vulnerable if future flooding damages homes surrounding a lake in eastern Iowa.The measure exempts Lake Delhi along the Maquoketa River...
Apr 15 2013 // Earlier in April, the federal government announced that it would not give grants to repair homes badly damaged by Superstorm Sandy unless the owners agreed to make sure they are in compliance with new advisory flood...
Apr 15 2013 // Federal mortgage payment relief has been extended up to one year for more than 200,000 homeowners whose houses were damaged by Superstorm Sandy. U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced the...
Apr 11 2013 // Interest in personal liability insurance for firearms owners has expanded with the media focus on gun-centric events and the public discussion of liability issues.While coverage is available through gun owner associations...
Apr 10 2013 // Despite the McCarran-Ferguson Act, which reserved the regulation of the “business of insurance” to the states, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has given itself the ability to upset and...
Apr 9 2013 // Construction defect laws intended to protect consumers have morphed into a trial lawyer’s dream and a nightmare for Nevada’s building trades, putting many out of business and sending the cost of insurance...
Apr 8 2013 // Homeowners and businesses using federal disaster aid to rebuild from Superstorm Sandy will have to take additional flood protection measures, top federal officials announced last week.The new standard, announced on April...
Apr 8 2013 // Agents appear to be winning the race in home insurance — at least when it comes to claims.Home insurance claimants who file through agents show greater satisfaction levels — 50 points higher — than those who file...
Apr 2 2013 // Thirty-seven percent of Texans say Lone Star State spring storms scare them, and more than a third say they feel the weather is getting worse year after year, according to a new survey by Allstate Insurance Co.The number...
Apr 2 2013 // A national survey found 301,874 “zombie” properties dotting the U.S. landscape in which homeowners in foreclosure have moved out, leaving vacant property susceptible to vandalism and degradation.Florida tops...
Apr 1 2013 // Satisfaction among home insurance claimants who file through agents is 50 points higher than it is for those who file claims directly. However, the percentage of customers filing through direct channels continues to...
Mar 26 2013 // St. Bernard Parish officials say the suburban New Orleans, La., community has $10 million in federal grants available to help residents elevate their houses and ease the danger from flooding. The Times-Picayune reports the...
Mar 26 2013 // A novel endeavor to make flooded homes habitable after Superstorm Sandy is wrapping up after repairs to more than 20,000 houses and apartments, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said last Friday, March 22. As officials faced the...
Mar 25 2013 // North Carolina is allowing companies to raise homeowners’ insurance rates by a statewide average of seven percent a year starting in July.Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin agreed to the increase for less than the...
Mar 21 2013 // The New York State Department of Financial Services investigation has produced a settlement with the country’s largest “force-placed” insurer, Assurant Inc.New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who announced the...
Mar 21 2013 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on Tuesday, March 19, that he is asking the federal government to let the state use $250 million in Sandy aid to help New Jersey buy out homeowners in flood-prone areas, but he does not...
Mar 20 2013 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state’s Department of Financial Services announced the “bottom 10” banks with the worst statistics for paying out insurance claims to Superstorm Sandy victims. Officials...
Mar 19 2013 // About 130,000 homes and businesses were still without power early Tuesday in Alabama and Georgia following severe thunderstorms on Monday. Alabama Power, a unit of Southern Co., said on Tuesday that it had about 98,200...