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Risk Strategies Buys Florida Condominium Insurance Agency

Boston-based broker Risk Strategies announced it has acquired Statewide Condominium Insurance, a Vero Beach, Florida, retail broker focused on the condominium and apartment complex sectors. Founded in 1996, Statewide specializes in serving condominium operators and home-owners associations throughout the state, …

Hippo Expands Homeowners Association Insurance Offering to 15 States

Technology-driven Hippo has expanded its commercial lines homeowners association (HOA) insurance offering into 15 additional states after debuting it last August in Arizona. Hippo’s HOA insurance is now available in Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, …

Hippo Enters Commercial Insurance Market With Homeowners Association Product

Home insurtech Hippo is jumping into the commercial insurance market. The California-based managing general agency startup said its expansion will focus on “targeted commercial insurance” customers. Its first product in the space is a tailored homeowners association (HOA) product. That …

Virginia City Plants Trees to Slow Flooding Woes

In Ocean Lakes, 100 more trees will soon be popping up in yards throughout the flood-prone neighborhood in southern Virginia Beach, each gifted at no cost from a local environmental group. And in nearby parks and other green areas, dozens …

Colorado Couple Will Get $50K After Dog Housing Lawsuit

The U.S. attorney’s office has ordered a Colorado homeowner’s association to pay $50,000 to a couple after they violated the Fair Housing Act by failing to allow a woman to stay in the complex with her emotional support dog. A …

Hawaii Jury Sides with Couple in Disability Discrimination Suit

A jury in Hawaii has sided with a Maui couple in a $1.9 million disability discrimination lawsuit against their condo association which fined them thousands of dollars for uncarpeted floors and attempted to sell their unit in foreclosure. Lawyer Eric …

V3 Launches Community Association Package Program

V3 Insurance Partners LLC has launched V3 CAPP+, a new package program for condominium & homeowner associations, cooperative apartments and office condominium associations. V3 CAPP+ is backed by Hiscox Insurance Co., Inc. The multi-line policy is designed to cover the …

Higginbotham Adds Homeowners Association Insurance Practice Group

A group of five commercial property/casualty insurance professionals led by broker Mark Conner has joined Higginbotham in Houston. The group specializes in homeowners association (HOA) insurance and loss control, serving hundreds of single family community associations in Texas. The group …

Colorado Senate Passes Condo Builder Liability Measure

A bill to make it harder to sue condominium builders has cleared its first hurdle in the Colorado Legislature. The measure would make it harder to sue builders of single and multifamily homes for defective construction. It would require that …

South Carolina Lawmakers Seek to Regulate Homeowners Associations

Complaints about how subdivision and condominium homeowners associations operate have led South Carolina lawmakers to introduce four bills to more closely regulate the groups. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports that lawmakers, including state Reps. Nelson Hardwick and Mike …