Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Miss. Gov. Rolls Out Plan to Revive Housing Recovery on Gulf Coast
Sep 19 2007 // With the Mississippi Development Authority’s recent request for proposals for the long term workforce housing program, Gov. Haley Barbour’s comprehensive recovery strategy continues to assist housing needs on...
Heritage General Adds Admitted Homeowner Market
Sep 19 2007 // Los Angeles-based Heritage General Agency’s personal lines facility has added a new admitted market for homeowner coverage. Program features include full cost replacement for both the home and personal property with...
Fla. Insurance Agent Arrested for Allegedly Victimizing Dozens
Sep 19 2007 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink announced the arrest of a former insurance agent who allegedly pocketed tens of thousands of dollars in premiums and left dozens of homeowners in Pasco, Hernando and Hillsborough...
Chubb Lowering Homeowners Rates in Calif. 18.4 Percent
Sep 17 2007 // The California Department of Insurance has announced that Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is implementing a 18.4 percent homeowners insurance rate reduction that is expected to save Californians approximately $14.5...
Auditor Says La. Road Home Grants Handled Inconsistently
Sep 12 2007 // Computation errors and questionable data shortchanged some homeowners receiving Road Home grants while overcompensating others in the cash-strapped hurricane recovery program, according to a review by the Louisiana...
Some Mississippi Coast Homeowners Plagued by Black Mold
Sep 12 2007 // Despite cleanup efforts, some Jackson County, Miss., homes still have mold festering behind walls and under leaky windows two years after Hurricane Katrina. “It’s growing. It’s in the vents and the walls....
Allstate to Comply with N.Y. Anti-Tying Rule on Home Nonrenewals
Sep 12 2007 // Allstate Insurance Co. and its affiliates have agreed to comply fully with a directive by the New York State Insurance Department that insurance companies may not refuse to renew homeowners insurance policies based on...
Fla. Home Mitigation Program Saves Average $154 Yearly for Particpants
Sep 7 2007 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink announced today that 74.5 percent of homeowners who have received a free wind inspection through the My Safe Florida Home (MSFH) program are eligible for significant savings on...
Industry Skeptical, While Treasury Opposes, Natural Disaster Pool
Sep 6 2007 // Federal legislation that encourages states to pool their catastrophe pool risks and then transfer them to the private market as been greeted with a lukewarm insurance industry reaction at best and outright opposition from...
Allstate Balks at N.Y. Ban on Tying Home Renewals to Other Business
Sep 5 2007 // Allstate Insurance Co. is defending its right to non-renew certain homeowner insurance accounts in New York based in part on whether the insureds also have auto or life policies with the company. The non-renewal tactic is...
Calif. Bill to Lower Industry Support for Earthquake Coverage
Sep 4 2007 // California homeowners who buy earthquake insurance through the state-run California Earthquake Authority (CEA) could see their premiums rise under a bill that passed an Assembly committee over opposition from the state...
Insurance company protecting pricey Idaho homes from wildfire
Sep 3 2007 // Idaho’s Sun Valley Insurance is doing everything it can to keep claims at bay during wildfire season — including sending in a fire truck to cover million-dollar homes threatened by a wildfire outside the...
Olympus starts writing Florida homeowners
Sep 3 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...
Florida home insurers, politicians at odds over rate filings
Sep 3 2007 // About seven months ago, Gov. Charlie Crist signed legislation he said would lower property insurance premiums. It hasn’t quite turned out that way. State officials had promised rates would drop about 25 percent on...
Allstate says it will raise rates in Texas despite state’s opposition
Sep 3 2007 // Allstate will raise its homeowners’ insurance rates despite a state order not to and a request by the state’s consumer advocate to fine the company for each policy it renews at the new rate. “We continue...
News Currents
Sep 3 2007 // Allstate says it will raise rates in Texas despite state’s opposition Allstate will raise its homeowners’ insurance rates despite a state order not to and a request by the state’s consumer advocate to...
State Farm to expand in La.
Sep 3 2007 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon reported that State Farm would resume writing new homeowners insurance policies in Louisiana’s coastal parishes on a limited basis for homeowners customers who...
Insurance company protecting pricey Idaho homes from wildfire
Sep 3 2007 // Idaho’s Sun Valley Insurance is doing everything it can to keep claims at bay during wildfire season — including sending in a fire truck to cover million-dollar homes threatened by a wildfire outside the...
Trial Bar Report: Insurers Still Denying Claims 2 Years After Katrina
Aug 30 2007 // Two years after Hurricane Katrina decimated the homes of thousands of Gulf Coast residents insurance companies are still systematically denying policyholders fair and just claims payments following this and other natural...
Chubb Offers Services to Aid Chicago Area Customers with Storm Damage
Aug 29 2007 // In response to the severe thunderstorms that have resulted in flooding in the Chicago area, the Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. is offering its homeowners insurance customers two services to help reduce damage to their...
