Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nursing Homes Part-owned by Oklahoma Legislator Cited for Violations
May 8 2008 // An Oklahoma state legislator who partially owns two nursing homes that have been cited for health and safety violations said his facilities struggle with the same issues faced by every nursing home. Hugh Robert, executive...
Mass. Denies Hike in FAIR Plan Home Insurance Rates
May 8 2008 // Massachusetts insurance officials have blocked a 13.2 percent statewide rate hike by the state’s residual market home insurer. The decision by Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S. Burnes also kills a 25 percent increase...
Louisiana Citizens Insurance Begins Transferring Homeowners Policies
May 7 2008 // The Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-sponsored insurer of last resort, will be nearly its pre-Hurricane Katrina size after responsibility for 30,000 homeowner policies is transferred to private...
Tornadoes Hit Tennessee, Demolish Mobile Homes, Injure 4
May 6 2008 // The National Weather Service said four weak tornadoes were spawned by a storm system that moved through Tennessee’s Montgomery County in the early morning hours of May 4. One struck Clarksville’s fairgrounds...
Earthquakes Raise Questions of Future Shocks, Public Readiness
May 5 2008 // Just weeks after earthquakes rattled Nevada, the Midwest and the coast of Oregon, and on the heels of the 102nd anniversary of San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake, the public, government officials and insurance industry...
La. Senate OKs Regional Deductibles for Homeowners Policies
May 2 2008 // The Louisiana Senate voted to allow insurance companies to set different, “named storm” deductibles on homeowner policies depending on how far a property is from the hurricane-prone Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana is...
Hurricane Season Looming, Mississippi Commissioner Says Be Prepared
May 2 2008 // With the 2008 hurricane season less than a month away, Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney encourages all coastal residents to protect their lives and property by making preparations now. One of the first...
Homes, Schools Threatened as Fires Scorch Nevada, Arizona and California
May 1 2008 // Firefighters had to contend with gale-force winds while battling a huge brush fire that raced along the edge of a valley south of Reno, forcing a major highway to close, threatening homes, and causing the evacuation of a...
Coast Strongly Influences Louisiana, Texas Property Markets
May 1 2008 // Louisiana and Texas share a lot. Besides sharing a common border, they share the Gulf of Mexico — both its bounty and its battering, in the form of tropical storms and hurricanes. The latter greatly influences the rates...
Wildfire Near Los Angeles Forces 1,000 to Evacuate Homes
Apr 30 2008 // Crews overcame a threatening flare-up Monday and worked to halt a wildfire east of Los Angeles that has sent 1,000 people fleeing their homes. Water-dropping aircraft were back in the air April 28 to complement ground...
Insurance- ‘Green’ Coalition Opposes Expanding Government Catastrophe Bailouts
Apr 30 2008 // An unusual alliance of insurance and environmental groups is urging lawmakers to focus on policies that encourage property mitigation and environmental protection in catastrophe-prone areas, rather than expanding the...
Virginia Tornado Victims Cope with Injuries, Demolished Homes
Apr 30 2008 // Weary residents of the southern Virginia city of Suffolk, some awakening in emergency shelters, braced themselves to see what was left of their homes and livelihoods Tuesday after three tornadoes smashed houses, piled cars...
100 Homes Evacuated as Wildfire Burns Near Pasadena, Calif.
Apr 28 2008 // A wildfire that has scorched 270 acres and forced the evacuation of about 100 homes in neighborhoods near Pasadena might not be under control for days, officials said Sunday. Firefighters originally had hoped to have the...
Louisiana Senate Approves Bill to Extend Insurance Incentive Program
Apr 24 2008 // The Louisiana Senate has voted to allow the state to continue offering millions in taxpayer dollars to private insurance firms that agree to begin writing homeowners policies along the hurricane-vulnerable coast. Senators...
Illinois Schedules Homeowner Outreach Days to Help Residents
Apr 22 2008 // The Illinois Housing Development Authority and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation are sponsoring Homeowner Outreach Days to help residents avoid losing their homes through foreclosure. The...
Flood Maps Anger N.J. Homeowners
Apr 21 2008 // Federal Emergency Management Administration officials have unleashed a torrent of complaints over new flood-zone maps in Monmouth County’s Bayshore region. The proposed maps show nearly 4,400 more homes at risk in...
Coast Has Big Influence on Louisiana and Texas Property Markets
Apr 21 2008 // After two mild catastrophe years, states hope to share better coverage options Louisiana and Texas share a lot. Besides sharing a common border, they share the Gulf of Mexico — both its bounty and its battering, in the...
Develop Online Renewal Questionnaires for Homeowners Insureds
Apr 21 2008 // During the latter decades of the 20th Century, small insurance offices frequently telephoned their homeowners insureds to say hello and to ask about changes in their lives and property. Today’s larger agencies...
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner: Check Policy for Earthquake Coverage
Apr 18 2008 // The earthquake that struck the Midwest today should serve as a reminder to many Mississippians that they too are at risk for earthquake damage. Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney urges all Mississippians to...
Mississippi Flood Waters Take Farms, Homes, Lives
Apr 16 2008 // In Mississippi, at least two people have died, dozens of farms and houses have been affected by flooding and the Mississippi River is still rising. The river is not expected to crest until this weekend at levels not seen...
