Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Perry Designates Insurance, Med-Mal Reform as Emergency Issues
Jan 27 2003 // Gov. Rick Perry officially designated homeowners insurance and medical malpractice reform as emergency issues for the 78th Texas Legislature. The governor’s designation allows state lawmakers to begin work on these...
Bushfires Ring Australian Capital: 4 Dead, 400 Homes Lost
Jan 20 2003 // Two months after the worst bushfires in 80 years caused extensive damage around Sydney, Australia’s largest city, the worst fires in 50 years have been ravaging the country’s capital, Canberra and its suburbs....
Texas Launches FAIR Plan for Homeowners Market
Jan 10 2003 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor announced the official launch of the Texas FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) Plan Association’s homeowners insurance market-of-last-resort in Texas. As of Jan....
Calif. Commissioner Delivers Inaugural Speech
Jan 8 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi recently delivered his inaugural speech on Jan. 6, 2003, as he took the Oath of Office in a ceremony at the Assembly Chambers California Capitol Building. The following is the...
Mississippi Grants State Farm Homeowners Increase
Jan 6 2003 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale announced that State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. was granted modified rate hikes for homeowners insurance consisting of a 19.9 percent increase statewide, and a 25 percent...
Top Texas Home Insurers Asked to Justify Rates
Dec 23 2002 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) sent letters to the top 10 companies writing homeowners insurance in Texas asking them to voluntarily file their rates by January 2, 2003. TDI also requested that the companies to...
TX Appeals Court Says Farmers Acted in Bad Faith but Slashes Award
Dec 20 2002 // The Third Court of Appeals in Austin, Texas found that Farmers Insurance Group had both acted in bad faith and violated the state’s deceptive trade practices law in the landmark case that originally saddled the...
21st Century Files Suit Relating to Fraudulent Claims
Dec 18 2002 // In response to a flood of insurance fraud relating to homeowners and earthquake insurance, 21st Century Insurance has filed a civil complaint against California-based Unlimited Adjusting Company and its principal Jung Ho...
Grabbing the Headlines in 2002
Dec 16 2002 // Who made the most “news” as opposed to the most “noise” in 2002? There were lots of candidates, but the ones we’ve selected usually made news because they faced problems or took initiatives...
Farmers to Stay in Texas; TDI Resumes Scrutiny of Allstate, State Farm
Dec 16 2002 // A $100 million settlement was reached between the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) and the Office of Attorney General (OAG) and Farmers Insurance Group on Nov. 30, under which Farmers will continue to offer homeowners...
A Year for Reflection and Reaction
Dec 16 2002 // As the end of 2002 nears, it is the time to look back over the past year and to reflect on the major events in this chaotic year. Any consideration of 2002 must consider the tumultuous reaction to the Sept. 11 terrorist...
Let’s Reform the Texas Insurance Market the Right Way
Dec 16 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commis-sioner Carroll Fisher put it best when he recently said, “The best regulator of insurance rates is the consumer. For all the hard work state employees do to regulate insurance companies,...
Grabbing the Headlines in 2002
Dec 16 2002 // Who made the most “news” as opposed to the most “noise” in 2002? There were lots of candidates, but the ones we’ve selected usually made news because they faced problems or took initiatives...
A Year for Reflection and Reaction
Dec 16 2002 // As the end of 2002 nears, it is the time to look back over the past year and to reflect on the major events in this chaotic year. Any consideration of 2002 must consider the tumultuous reaction to the Sept. 11 terrorist...
Abandoned Mine Subsidence Program Beefs Up Homeowners Coverage
Dec 13 2002 // The Pennsylvania Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund Board announced it has increased the maximum coverage available for residential structures from $150,000 to $250,000, effective immediately. “At an average cost of $1...
IRC Reports Satisfaction With Companies Despite Rising Premiums
Dec 12 2002 // According to a recent Insurance Research Council (IRC) survey of U.S. households, most Americans are satisfied with the companies that provide their personal insurance. More than nine out of 10 respondents with homeowners...
TX Governor Calls Homeowners Insurance Reform an Emergency Issue
Dec 11 2002 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry plans to declare homeowners insurance reform an emergency issue when the 78th Texas Legislature convenes on January 14 and put homeowners insurance at the top of the legislative agenda for state...
Top 5 Reasons Calif. Homeowners Insurance Rates are Rising
Dec 6 2002 // Representatives from the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC), the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) recently announced the top five reasons...
Florida Nursing Homes Jump on Quality Improvement Program
Dec 4 2002 // Florida Medical Quality Assurance Inc. reports that Florida nursing homes are not wasting time getting involved with the recently launched Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI) spearheaded by the U.S. Department of Health...
Settlement Reached: Farmers to Stay in Texas
Dec 2 2002 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) and the Office of Attorney General (OAG) announced that a settlement was reached with Farmers Insurance Group on November 30, under which Farmers will continue to offer homeowners...
