Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
State Farm to Sell Renters Insurance in Mississippi, But Not Homeowners
Jan 30 2009 // State Farm says it will resume selling renters insurance in parts of Mississippi away from the Gulf Coast. Company spokesman David Majors said that State Farm will still not selling new homeowners policies anywhere in the...
Mississippi Grants to Help Homeowners Meet Flood Standard Reach $60M
Jan 28 2009 // The Mississippi Development Authority says federal grants to help coast homeowners meet new post-Katrina flood standards are nearing $60 million. MDA’s Elevation Grant Program is scheduled to complete all applicant...
State Farm Pulling Out of Florida Property Insurance Market
Jan 27 2009 // Florida is losing its largest property insurance company. State Farm Florida Insurance announced today it is beginning the process that will allow it to non-renew policies and halt all sales of homeowners or other...
Missouri Homeowners Need Insurance to Go Green
Jan 25 2009 // A new Missouri law was supposed to make it easy for residents powering their own homes to put in wind turbines or solar panels but the lack of specialized insurance is proving to be an obstacle. The idea was for the...
Domestic Insurers Winning Florida Homeowners Market
Jan 25 2009 // Since 2006, About 25 New Home-Based Insurers Have Been Launched as Part of the Domestc Market Resurgence While large national insurers are downsizing in Florida, more home-based insurers are bulking up on the state’s...
Montana Bill Suggests Implementing Fire-Safety Incentives
Jan 25 2009 // Spending to stomp out wildfires could be reduced by training and rewarding homeowners to practice fire-safety defense, Montana lawmakers said, as they presented several bills intended to cut costs. The bills could force...
North Carolina Urged to Reduce Beach Plan Coverage, Cap Insurers’ Liability
Jan 23 2009 // North Carolina’s state-sanctioned property insurance program at the coast should reduce its maximum property policy coverage to relieve its potential liability in a massive hurricane, a legislative study committee...
Colorado Evaluating Proposed Insurance Rate Filing Rule
Jan 16 2009 // The Colorado Division of Insurance continues to evalute regulation 5-1-10, Rate and Rule Filing Submission Requirements for Property and Casualty Insurance. The rule was proposed to “ensure that property and casualty...
Insurers Buck Against Fire-Safety Discounts in Montana
Jan 16 2009 // Spending to stomp out wildfires could be reduced by training and rewarding homeowners to practice fire-safety defense, Montana lawmakers said as they presented several bills intended to cut costs. The bills could force...
Homeowners Seeking Insurance Discounts
Jan 16 2009 // With the current state of the economy, more home insurance customers are turning to insurance companies who offer bundling, home security and home safety discounts to outweigh the rising cost of homeowners insurance,...
Florida Officially Rejects State Farm Homeowners Insurance Hike
Jan 13 2009 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has affirmed the ruling of an administrative law judge and officially disapproved a State Farm Insurance homeowners rate filing that has been in dispute since last July. McCarty...
Waiver Granted for Mobile Homes in Louisiana’s Cameron Parish
Jan 12 2009 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced it would allow mobile homes for hurricane victims in areas that new maps indicate are at risk of future flooding in Cameron Parish. But the occupants must be out of the...
California Wildfires May Take Longer to Settle
Jan 11 2009 // Industry analysts are predicting insured losses from the Freeway Complex, Sayre and Tea Fires that burned Southern California in mid-November will range from $600 million to $800 million, as of estimates gathered in early...
West Va. Court Absolves Insurer in Underage Drinking Case
Jan 11 2009 // The West Virginia Supreme Court says a homeowner’s insurance company should not be held liable for paying damages stemming from a fatal alcohol-related accident involving underaged drinkers. In its unanimous ruling,...
North Carolina Agrees to 4% Home Rate Hike
Jan 11 2009 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has agreed to permit homeowners insurance companies to hike their rates an overall statewide average of 4.05 percent beginning May 1. This is below the statewide increase than...
States Rate Poorly on Consumer Insurance Information on Web
Jan 11 2009 // A national consumer group says state insurance departments vary in the quality of the information they provide consumers online, with differences in the usefulness of information such as the rates and practices of...
FTC Probing Insurers Over Credit-based Homeowners Insurance Pricing
Jan 11 2009 // U.S. regulators have asked nine major insurance companies, including Allstate Corp. and Travelers Cos. Inc., to provide information about how they set prices for homeowners’ coverage. The Federal Trade Commission...
Florida Panel Backs Rate Hikes, Stricter Rules for Citizens
Jan 9 2009 // A special task force is recommending that Florida’s state-backed property insurer – Citizens Property Insurance — be permitted to raise its rates beginning in 2010 and that restrictions on what homeowners...
Louisiana Homeowners to Get Cash From Insurance Incentive Fund
Jan 7 2009 // Louisiana homeowners could receive cash from the unused portion of an expired pot of government money used to lure insurance companies to the state, Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said. Donelon estimated the checks...
Allstate To Raise California Homeowners’ Insurance Rates 6.9%
Jan 6 2009 // The California Department of Insurance has approved Allstate Insurance’s request to raise its homeowners multi-peril insurance rates 6.9 percent. For information, visit...
