Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fla. Official Urges Patience in Filing Insurance Claims
Oct 1 2004 // After preparing for recent hurricanes, then living through them, the last thing shell-shocked Osceola County, Fla. residents want is difficulty in filing claims with insurance or government agencies. Some homeowners are...
W. Va. Disaster Survivors with Insurance Might Also Qualify for FEMA, State and SBA Assistance
Sep 29 2004 // Individuals and business owners who have private flood insurance may still qualify for disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), state and federal officials said. Home and business owners who...
Alliance Mutual Teams with Homes4NC to Aid Hurricane Victims in Western Part of N.C.
Sep 28 2004 // Alliance Mutual Insurance Company, based in Greensboro, North Carolina, has partnered with Homes4NC, the North Carolina Association of REALTORS® Housing Opportunity Foundation, to aid those in Western North Carolina who...
Insurance Updates: A Critical and Personal Responsibility, Statewide Poll Finds
Sep 21 2004 // Californians overwhelmingly consider it their personal responsibility to keep their homeowners insurance current, but do not always place a high priority on updating their policies to meet their changing needs, a new poll...
A Fresh Look at Rating Territories for Auto and Homeowners Insurance
Sep 20 2004 // Inaccurate Territories and Assignments Hurt Consumers, Agents and Companies Territories offer tremendous opportunities for insurance companies to better segment their book of business, but private passenger auto and...
Governor Signs Three Post-Fire Homeowners Bills
Sep 20 2004 // Governor Arnold Schwarz-enegger signed three homeowners bills into law that responded to problems arising out of last year’s Southern California wildfires. Two of the bills, AB 2199 and SB 64, were considered part of...
A Fresh Look at Rating Territories for Auto and Homeowners Insurance
Sep 20 2004 // Inaccurate Territories and Assignments Hurt Consumers, Agents and Companies Territories offer tremendous opportunities for insurance companies to better segment their book of business, but private passenger auto and...
Willis Program Targets High-Valued Homeowners
Sep 15 2004 // Luxury homeowners in high risk areas now have a new option when seeking to protect their properties. Willis Programs’ new offering, VIPHomeGuard, will provide customized coverage to homes valued in excess of $500,000...
Kan. Home and Auto Insurance Guides Available From Insurance Department
Sep 15 2004 // Two new handbooks and shoppers’ guides designed to assist consumers with questions about homeowners and auto insurance are now available from the Kansas Insurance Department. The handbooks outline coverage...
Atlantic Mutual Has Available Checklist to Make Sure Homes Are Properly Insured
Sep 15 2004 // Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co., a specialist in providing personal lines insurance to affluent policyholders, is offering a free checklist to help homeowners determine if their homes have the proper amount of insurance. The...
Higher Deductibles 1 Way to Ease Homeowners Crisis, Argues Big I Report
Sep 14 2004 // Why has the hard market created a homeowners insurance affordability and availability problem for so many consumers? Homeowners insurance policies are too broad, deductibles are too small, and insurers don’t do...
Hard-Hit Floridians Can Turn to FEMA Grants, SBA Loans to Recover From Hurricanes
Sep 8 2004 // While insurance payments will reportedly help most Floridians recover from the financial losses inflicted by Hurricanes Charley and Frances, government grants and low interest loans will be available to help pay for the...
ILL. HOMEOWNERS COMPLAINTS UP 16%:
Sep 6 2004 // While Illinois consumers filed fewer complaints overall about their insurance companies and HMOs in 2003, complaints regarding homeowners insurers were up for the second consecutive year, according to statistics released...
ALLSTATE TO PAY $60M IN REFUNDS:
Sep 6 2004 // Allstate Texas Lloyds, an affiliate of the Allstate Corporation will issue refunds of 8.75 percent of the premium paid by its Texas home insurance customers for policies with effective dates from Sept. 7, 2003 through...
YUMA HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE RATES COULD GO UP:
Sep 6 2004 // Insurance Services Office has lowered its rating on Yuma, Ariz.’s family home building codes, a move that could result in higher homeowners rates, according to the Associated Press. Yuma received a grade six grades...
MICHAEL E. JAMES OFFERING FREE CABO TRIPS FOR AGENTS:
Sep 6 2004 // Mike James, president of Michael E. James Insurance Agency, plans to send agents out of the country to Mexico next year by implementing a reward program that enables qualifying agents and brokers to win an all expense paid...
ACIC URGES GOVERNOR TO SIGN THREE POST-FIRE BILLS:
Sep 6 2004 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) urged Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign into law three significant bills that respond to issues raised following last year’s Southern California wildfires....
ACE Adds Condos, Multi-Family Homes to DMP Program
Sep 2 2004 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of the ACE Group of Companies has announced an enhancement to its Disaster Mortgage Protection program by adding coverage for condominiums and multi-family dwellings through its...
California Governor Signs Homeowners Legislation
Aug 31 2004 // Governor Schwarzenegger recently signed two bills, AB 2199 (Kehoe) and SB 64 (Speier), that were considered part of Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s “Homeowners Bill of Rights” package. Garamendi...
Web Site Advises Homeowners on Oil Tank Safety
Aug 27 2004 // A new Internet Web site aims to help homeowners avoid potentially costly home oil tank spills and damage to the environment. Tankhealth.com informs provides web-based risk analysis program that helps homeowners identify if...
