Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Growing a Niche in the Bed and Breakfast Industry
Oct 17 2005 // As leaves begin to fall in the Midwest, city dwellers are making an exodus to quaint towns like Galena, Ill. and Dubuque, Iowa to soak up the autumn colors and ambiance. For many, their stays center around a country inn or...
Continuing Battle against Wildfires Fuels Need for Insurance
Oct 17 2005 // As firefighters battled into last week trying to contain one of a number of brush fires in the Los Angeles area, residents throughout California are keeping a close eye on weather conditions and their insurance policies,...
San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. announced that William Dougherty has joined the firm as an Account Executive w
Oct 17 2005 // Hilb Rogal and Hobbs Company, headquartered in Glen Allen, Va., has appointed Michael Crowley to the position of president. In that role, Crowley will have overall responsibility for profit and loss, revenue growth,...
News Briefs
Oct 17 2005 // California Judge throws out $700 million jury award in Executive Life Suit A federal judge has thrown out a $700 million (euro586 million) award for punitive damages won by the state of California in a lawsuit stemming...
Citizens Completes Analysis: Board to Consider Increases in Three South Florida Counties
Oct 14 2005 // An analysis rate structure analysis of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. was just completed after an order by the Office of Insurance Regulation, indicates that Palm Beach, Broward and Dade county policyholders could soon...
California Supreme Court Upholds Insurance Commissioner’s Authority
Oct 14 2005 // The California Supreme Court ordered to “de-publish” a Court of Appeal ruling — AIA vs. Garamendi — often touted by insurance companies as limiting the regulatory authority of the Insurance...
N.H. Grapples with Worst Flood in Decades; Lives, Homes, Businesses Lost
Oct 11 2005 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch, joined by state emergency officials, today toured communities devastated by flooding from this weekend’s rains. “This weekend’s floods devastated a number of our...
Mich. Gov. Seeks 20% Reduction on Auto, Homeowners
Oct 10 2005 // Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Democratic lawmakers want to give homeowners and motorists a 20 percent cut in their insurance rates, a move the insurance industry says isn’t justified. Granholm and lawmakers...
XN Financial Unveils Products for High Value Homeowners’ on Fla. Coast
Oct 5 2005 // XN Holdings, parent company of XN Financial Services and XN Risk Insurance Services, will enter the Florida high value homeowners’ market with a comprehensive suite of products that includes wind-only coverage. The...
Miss. Attorney General Hood Accuses Carriers of Cheating
Oct 3 2005 // Five major insurance companies were recently sued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who charged that insurance adjusters attempted to cheat Hurricane Katrina survivors out of millions of dollars in...
Case Law Watch
Oct 3 2005 // Exclusions–Criminal Acts Bamert v. Johnson (La. App. Aug. 17, 2005) Insured claims self-defense/question of fact on applicability of intentional, willful and malicious acts exclusion: This concerned an...
After the Wreckage, Hurricane Katrina Spawns Lawsuits
Oct 3 2005 // Shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform issued a statement warning that the financial wreckage caused by Hurricane Katrina could...
Miss. AG Accuses Carriers of Cheating
Oct 3 2005 // Five major insurance companies were recently sued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who charged that insurance adjusters attempted to cheat Hurricane Katrina survivors out of millions of dollars in...
California May Lower Quake Insurance Rates in Wake of Katrina
Oct 3 2005 // As federal, state and local officials grapple with the financial and physical ruin wrought by Hurricane Katrina, momentum is building to make earthquake insurance offered by the semipublic California Earthquake Authority...
New Report Warns of Rising Threat to US Insurers from Climate Change
Oct 3 2005 // Higher premiums, coverage restrictions already hitting many parts of country Hurricane Katrina is a poignant reminder that U.S. insurers, government and consumers are at enormous risk from escalating losses from hurricanes...
Miss. Attorney General Hood
Oct 3 2005 // Five major insurance companies were recently sued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who charged that insurance adjusters attempted to cheat Hurricane Katrina survivors out of millions of dollars in...
Miss. AG Accuses Carriers of Cheating
Oct 3 2005 // Five major insurance companies were recently sued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who charged that insurance adjusters attempted to cheat Hurricane Katrina survivors out of millions of dollars in...
After the Wreckage, Hurricane Katrina Spawns Lawsuits
Oct 3 2005 // Shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform issued a statement warning that the financial wreckage caused by Hurricane Katrina could...
LOUISIANA
Oct 3 2005 // Bamert v. Johnson (La. App. Aug. 17, 2005) Insured claims self-defense/question of fact on applicability of intentional, willful and malicious acts exclusion: This concerned an insurer’s obligation to defend and...
Calif. May Lower Quake Insurance Rates in Wake of Katrina
Oct 3 2005 // As federal, state and local officials grapple with the financial and physical ruin wrought by Hurricane Katrina, momentum is building to make earthquake insurance offered by the semipublic California Earthquake Authority...
