Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arizona Homeowners Sue Insurers Over Wildfire
Jun 6 2005 // Homeowners from a vacation mountaintop community northeast of Tucson began filing lawsuits accusing their insurance companies of failing to provide enough coverage on homes destroyed in a June 2003 wildfire. Seventy...
Identity Crisis: Coping With Today’s ID Thievery
Jun 6 2005 // One in 23 adults can expect to be victimized this year by identity thieves, at a cost to Americans of more than $50 billion. That’s according to the 2005 Identity Fraud Survey Report from the Better Business Bureau...
Fire Season 2005: Protect Your Clients from Wildfire Dangers
Jun 6 2005 // California and its Western counterparts are just beginning to enter the 2005 wildfire season, and as usual, fire risk is extremely high. Are your clients prepared to protect their homes and property from the potential...
Some Insurers Decreasing Homeowners Rates in Texas
Jun 2 2005 // One in six Texas homeowners could see reduced insurance rates this year, the Associated Press and Houston Chronicle reported. Several small insurance companies have filed their rate changes for 2005 indicating rate...
Gallagher Applauds As Gov. Bush Signs Homeowner’s Insurance Law
Jun 1 2005 // Gov. Jeb Bush signed a bill today that will enact a new homeowner’s insurance law as Florida’s CFO Tom Gallagher stood by to applaud the governor and state lawmakers for enacting the law, which provides...
Ariz. Fire Departments Urge Homeowners to Clear Brush
May 31 2005 // Fire crews and the State Land Department are frustrated that homeowners at risk of losing their homes to catastrophic wildfires fail to remove dead brush that fuels those fires. Some homeowners let wildflowers, grasses and...
N.Y. Eyes Extending Assessment Deadline For Storm Damaged Homes
May 31 2005 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills has urged the state legislature to extend the deadline to give Broome County homeowners whose properties were damaged in last month’s floods more time to file for...
PIA Panelists Discuss Preparing for Hurricane Season
May 26 2005 // Florida’s insurance industry survived last year’s record-breaking hurricane season and is prepared to help homeowners weather what may come this year. That was the message during a recent web broadcast carried...
Calif. Senate Passes Bill to Help Homeowners Following Disasters
May 25 2005 // Insurance companies would be required to pay living expenses for two years instead of one for homeowners who lose their houses in fires or other natural disasters under a bill approved Monday by the state Senate. The bill,...
W. Va. OKs Decreases in Westfield Insurance’s Auto, Homeowner Rates
May 25 2005 // A request by the Westfield Insurance Company for a 7.7 percent decrease in private passenger automobile rates, and a 6 percent decrease in homeowners rates, has been approved by the West Virginia Insurance Commission. The...
Owners of Arizona Homes Burned by Wildfire Sue Insurance Companies
May 25 2005 // Homeowners from a mountaintop community northeast of Tucson began filing lawsuits May 24 accusing their insurance companies of failing to provide enough coverage on homes destroyed in a June 2003 wildfire. Roughly 70...
Survey: Half of Florida’s Homeowners Ready for Hurricane Season
May 24 2005 // More than half of Florida homeowners participating in a recent statewide survey have taken action to protect their homes from hurricanes. An even larger number recognizes the importance of the state’s building codes...
CONN. DOG BILL WOULD MUZZLE INSURERS:
May 23 2005 // Led by Connecticut state Rep. Melissa Olson whose home insurance was cancelled because she owns a dog, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill that bans insurance companies from refusing coverage based only on...
PIFC: California Commissioner’s Proposed Homeowner Regs Flawed
May 23 2005 // There is not one statute in the entire Insurance Code of California that authorizes the insurance commissioner to adopt a proposed set of homeowners’ insurance regulations submitted to the Office of Administrative...
STATE FARM TRIMS HOMEOWNERS RATES:
May 23 2005 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn announced that State Farm Insurance, the state’s largest insurer of homes and second largest auto insurer, would cut its automobile and homeowners insurance rates by an...
Fla. CFO Issues Warning: ‘Prepare Now for Hurricanes’
May 23 2005 // After an unprecedented hurricane season last year and experts predicting the formation of more than 13 named Atlantic storms this season, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher is issuing a warning to...
HOMEOWNERS’ PREMIUMS STABLE
May 23 2005 // Premiums for homeowners insurance in Kentucky aren’t rising as quickly as they did in past years, and some insurers said rates are coming down. “Rates are staying fairly stable with only small increases,”...
STATE FARM TO WRITE HOMEOWNERS, BUSINESS POLICIES
May 23 2005 // As of May 1, State Farm Insur-ance began accepting applications from West Virginia homeowners and businesses for new insurance policies. The company is the largest property and casualty insurer in West Virginia and in the...
News Briefs
May 23 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Safe Driver Plan Revised: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julie M. Bowler has approved changes in the way drivers receive discounts and surcharges to their auto insurance policies based on their driving...
News Briefs
May 23 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Safe Driver Plan Revised: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julie M. Bowler has approved changes in the way drivers receive discounts and surcharges to their auto insurance policies based on their driving...
