Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fla. Gubernatorial Candidates Offer Hurricane Fund Proposals
Oct 12 2006 // If he is elected governor, Florida homeowners would see lower property insurance rates as soon as next year and a guarantee of at least partial coverage by the state, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jim Davis said this...
Narragansett Bay Assumes R.I. Homeowners Renewals from Hanover
Oct 12 2006 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Co., a member of Pawtucket Insurance Group, has agreed to take over the Rhode Island homeowners insurance business of Hanover Insurance Co. The transaction involves approximately 1,500 Rhode...
Fla. Condo, Home Associations Press Politicians Over Insurance Crisis
Oct 11 2006 // As Floridians prepare to go to the polls in November, nine out of every ten of the state’s property owners living in condos, homeowner and other community associations say Florida’s elected officials are doing...
Hurricane Risk Reduces Prospective Profit of Homeowners Insurance
Oct 11 2006 // Increases in homeowners insurance rates have not been sufficient thus far to provide an adequate return on equity on homeowners insurance, making further increases necessary, according to an analysis by Aon Re, the...
Ala. Coastal Property Owners Facing More Insurer Restrictions
Oct 10 2006 // More insurance cutbacks for Alabama coastal properties — not only for buildings and homes near the beaches — are coming in the wake of 2004 and 2005 hurricanes. Two of the state’s largest insurance firms said...
Hawaii to teach homeowners about hurricane retrofits
Oct 9 2006 // Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Insurance Division has created a new Web site: www.hurricaneretrofits.hawaii.gov, which details the State’s Loss Mitigation Grant Program for Hawaii...
Finding a solution to natural disaster insurance
Oct 9 2006 // In 2005, our country faced several devastating and record-setting natural disasters that left the lives of many Americans in ruins, and roiled the insurance marketplace and the nation’s overall economy. Estimates for...
News Currents
Oct 9 2006 // Hawaii to teach homeowners about hurricane retrofits Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Insurance Division has created a new Web site: www.hurricaneretrofits.hawaii. gov, which details the...
Finding a solution to natural disaster insurance
Oct 9 2006 // In 2005, our country faced several devastating and record-setting natural disasters that left the lives of many Americans in ruins, and roiled the insurance marketplace and the nation’s overall economy. Estimates for...
Miss. Looks to Speed Up Delivery of Katrina Housing Grants
Oct 5 2006 // The state of Mississippi is trying to speed up the processing of housing grants to get checks faster to homeowners in Hurricane Katrina damaged areas, according to aides to Gov. Haley Barbour. “(Barbour’s) not...
PSIC Launches Homeowners Market in Arizona
Oct 4 2006 // Property and casualty insurer Pacific Specialty Insurance Co., Menlo Park, Calif., is launching a new homeowners program in Arizona. Homeowners (HO-3), renters (HO-4) and unit-owners (HO-6) policies will now be offered,...
Graziano Joins Homeowners of America Insurance as Marketing Rep
Oct 3 2006 // Irving, Texas-based Homeowners of America Insurance Company announced that Joe Graziano has joined the company as a marketing representative. He will concentrate on the North Texas region. Graziano has over thirty...
Citizens’ Rates for Fla. Keys Homes Going Down, Mobile Homes Up
Oct 2 2006 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty and Citizens Property Insurance Corp. have agreed on property insurance rate changes – including an average 35 percent decrease for homes and a 15.2 percent increase for...
La. Commissioner Orders Horace Mann to Halt Cancellations, Nonrenewals
Sep 29 2006 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donleon has directed Horace Mann Insurance Companies of Springfield, Ill., to immediately cease the wrongful cancellation of homeowners policies in 23 parishes and reinstate any...
Residents Worry as SoCal Fire Moves Toward Mountain Homes
Sep 28 2006 // Officials urged residents from Southern California mountain communities to evacuate to safer ground as flames from a 3-week-old forest fire made a dangerous push toward their homes. Firefighters aided by engines,...
Hawaii Web Site To Educate Homeowners on Hurricane Retrofits
Sep 26 2006 // Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Insurance Division has created a new website: www.hurricaneretrofits.hawaii.gov, which details the State’s Loss Mitigation Grant Program for Hawaii...
News Currents
Sep 25 2006 // Mass. AG Reilly opposes FAIR Plan rate hike Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly has decided to appeal Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler’s order allowing the state’s insurer of last resort – the...
The Fiess decision: Mold is out and more
Sep 25 2006 // In early 2005, the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals “certified” a very controversial state law question to the Texas Supreme Court. Certifying a question simply means that the Federal Appellate Court asks...
Judge: Landowners cannot sue Forest Service over lost homes
Sep 25 2006 // Bitterroot Valley, Mont., residents who alleged their homes were destroyed when firefighters lit a backburn to slow encroaching flames cannot sue the U.S. Forest Service over their losses, a federal judge ruled. U.S....
Mass. AG Reilly opposes FAIR Plan rate hike
Sep 25 2006 // Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly has decided to appeal Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler’s order allowing the state’s insurer of last resort — the FAIR Plan — to raise home insurance...
