Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Woman Who Set Neighbors’ Homes on Fire Sentenced to 4 Years
Aug 21 2007 // An Ohio woman who set her neighbors’ homes on fire because she was upset with their behavior and loud music was sentenced to four years in prison. Johanna Morrison, 50, has mental health problems and didn’t...
Montana Wildfire Destroys Two Homes, Forces Evacuations
Aug 21 2007 // Two homes were destroyed by a wind-whipped wildfire that forced the evacuation of a 350-home subdivision east of Billings, Mont., authorities said. The fire, estimated at 1,000 acres and growing Monday morning, destroyed...
Rural Alabama Homeowners Still Waiting for Katrina Housing Aid
Aug 20 2007 // Two years after Hurricane Katrina struck, more than 1,000 storm victims in parts of Alabama’s rural south Mobile County are still waiting for housing funds to get out of trailers or damaged, patched-over...
Katrina at Two Years
Aug 20 2007 // $40.6 billion paid on 1.7 million insurance claims Two years after Hurricane Katrina struck, the “overwhelming majority of claims” in Gulf Coast states from her destruction have been settled in what has been...
Katrina at Two Years
Aug 20 2007 // Two years after Hurricane Katrina struck, the “overwhelming majority of claims” in Gulf Coast states from her destruction have been settled in what has been the single largest loss — $40.6 billion —...
State Farm to Write More Homeowners Insurance in La.
Aug 15 2007 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that beginning Aug. 15, 2007, State Farm will resume writing new homeowners insurance policies in Louisiana’s coastal parishes on a limited basis for...
Olympus Insurance Begins Writing Homeowners Policies in Florida
Aug 13 2007 // In its application for certificate of authority filed with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, Orlando-based Olympus Insurance Co. disclosed $50 million in start-up capital. The OIR issued a certificate of...
Kemper Introduces New High Value Homeowner Product in Texas
Aug 9 2007 // Kemper announced it has introduced INFINITY, an enhanced homeowners program designed for homes in Texas valued from $400,000 to $1.5 million. According to the company’s announcement, INFINITY features three primary...
Katrina at Two Years: $40.6 Billion Paid on 1.7 Million Insurance Claims
Aug 7 2007 // Two years later, the “overwhelming majority of claims” in Gulf Coast states from Hurricane Katrina have been settled in what has been the single largest loss — $40.6 billion — in the history of the...
In Miss. primary, incumbent Dale faces Katrina, Scruggs and fellow Dems
Aug 6 2007 // Hurricane Katrina has nearly knocked the wind out of George Dale’s re-election campaign for Mississippi insurance commissioner, a job he’s held for 32 years. Dale is the longest-serving state insurance...
Farmers rethinks homeowners rate hike in Texas
Aug 6 2007 // Texas regulators indicated they would turn down a proposal by Farmers Insurance for a 6.6 percent statewide increase in homeowners rates, so in late July 2007, the company said it will revise its plan. Ben Gonzales, a...
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Aug 6 2007 // In Miss. primary, incumbent Dale faces Katrina, Scruggs and fellow Dems Hurricane Katrina has nearly knocked the wind out of George Dale’s reelection campaign for Mississippi insurance commissioner, a job he’s...
More Fla. mobile home owners skipping insurance
Aug 6 2007 // More than half of Florida’s 800,000 mobile homes are no longer covered by homeowner’s insurance — another sign of the state’s soaring insurance costs. The number of insured Florida mobile homes...
180,000 Homeowners Apply to La.’s Road Home Program
Aug 3 2007 // The mailed forms aren’t all in yet. But nearly 9,000 homeowners filed last-day applications for the state’s Road Home hurricane repair and buyout program by phone, online and in person, bringing the total to...
Del. Restricts Insurers’ Use of Credit Scoring for Auto, Home Renewals
Aug 2 2007 // Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has signed legislation restricting the use of credit information in setting auto and homeowner insurance rates, making Delaware’s credit scoring law one of the toughest in the country...
Construction, Insurance Costs Eating Into Rental Repair Aid in La.
Aug 1 2007 // Rental housing programs for storm-damaged south Louisiana won’t rebuild as many rental units as state officials had hoped because of skyrocketing construction and insurance costs, a Louisiana Recovery Authority...
Mich. Forest Wildfire Damages Homes, Forces Evacuations
Jul 31 2007 // A wildfire that started in eastern Michigan’s Huron National Forest and spread across 500 acres forced the evacuation of 100 residents and damaged at least three homes, police said July 30. State police Sgt. Tim...
Fire Threatening Homes Southwest of Polson, Mont.
Jul 27 2007 // Fire crews in northwest Montana worked to keep a fast-moving wildfire from destroying homes Wednesday, as officials near here asked residents near the Meriwether fire to leave their seasonal homes. The 3,000-acre Garceau...
More Fla. Mobile Home Owners are Skipping Insurance
Jul 25 2007 // More than half of Florida’s 800,000 mobile homes are no longer covered by homeowner’s insurance – another sign of the state’s soaring insurance costs. The number of insured Florida mobile homes...
Some Miss. Coast Homeowners Won’t Have to Repay Grant
Jul 24 2007 // Policyholders who settled Hurricane Katrina lawsuits confidentially with insurance companies can keep those payments, along with federal grants for structural damage other homeowners were ineligible to receive or must...
