Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Reach of Contruction Defect Litigation Extends Beyond Condos
Nov 27 2000 // Editor’s note: Following the cover story “Cracks in the Stucco: Construction Defect Litigation Spreads” in our July 24, 2000, issue, several readers called in to share stories of how the problem of...
Homesite Purchases Royal Special Risks
Nov 10 2000 // Homesite Insurance announced today that it has purchased the Royal Special Risks Insurance Company, which is comprised of 40 property-casualty state licenses, from Royal & Sun Alliance, one of the world’s...
Federal Appellate Court Rules Again on Slab Damage Claim
Nov 6 2000 // In 1998, the Texas Supreme Court addressed the question of whether the standard Texas homeowners’ policy covered damage to a home’s foundation resulting from a plumbing leak. The court decided that the standard...
Drawing the Line: New Maps Put More Homes in Floodplain
Oct 30 2000 // A routine update of floodplain maps in Pleasant Hill and San Pablo, Calif. has added more than 1,000 households to flood zones in both of the cities. Richmond, Martinez, Concord, Pittsburg, Danville and Clayton will also...
Prudential Reduces Rates for Idaho Homeowners
Oct 13 2000 // Oct. 13, 2000 9:35 a.m. CDT
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Oct 9 2000 // Q: Our insured has an HO-160 Scheduled Personal Property endorsement on his homeowners policy covering camera equipment and jewelry. While on vacation, the camera, some jewelry and other unscheduled personal property were...
Questions & Answers
Oct 9 2000 // Q. Our insured has an HO-160 Scheduled Personal Property endorsement on his homeowners policy covering camera equipment and jewelry. While on vacation, the camera, some jewelry and other unscheduled personal property were...
Another Agent Gone Bad
Sep 18 2000 // Following a joint investigation by the CDI Investigation Bureau and the National Insurance Crime Bureau, Jesse Wong, a Southern California insurance agent, was sentenced on Aug. 17 after pleading no contest to five felony...
Michigan Basic HO Rates Up 4.1 Percent
Sep 13 2000 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services announced that Michigan Basic Property Insurance Association homeowners premiums are increasing 4.1 percent, effective Oct. 1, 2000. “Consumers that are...
Hundreds of Homeowners Awarded Earthquake Retrofit Grants
Sep 13 2000 // Acting Insurance Commissioner J. Clark Kelso announced the award of 429 new earthquake retrofit grants to low- to moderate-income California homeowners in Fresno, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, San Bernadino, San Mateo and...
Progressive Rolls Out HO Program in Michigan
Sep 12 2000 // Progressive, the country’s fourth largest auto insurance company, will make its homeowners insurance product available to be sold by independent agents in Michigan next month. The company is a leader in collecting...
Editor’s Note
Aug 14 2000 // Don’t believe the ads you might see or hear about consumers buying their homeowners insurance online. Because if they have to try as hard as I did to procure just one quote, they’re probably going bare. Online...
Countrywide Introduces New HomeSafe Protection
Aug 2 2000 // Countrywide Insurance Services Inc. is now offering consumers the HomeSafe Protection Plan, a new in-home mechanical breakdown insurance policy that protects a variety of appliances and systems which are not covered by...
YouZoom Launches Homeowners Product Line
Aug 1 2000 // Aug. 1, 2000 12:35 p.m. CDT YouZoom.com Inc., an affiliate of Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc., has expanded its product line to include homeowners insurance, including renters and condominium coverage. Consumers...
New Jersey Homeowners’ Price Comparison Survey Available
Jul 31 2000 // The New Jersey Banking and Insurance Department has introduced a 2000 Homeowner’s Insurance Premium Comparison Survey designed to help consumers compare rates for homeowner, renter and condominium insurance. The...
Countrywide Insurance Offers Online Purchasing Of Homeowners Insurance
Jul 27 2000 // Countrywide Insurance Services is offering homeowners insurance online. Initially available in 15 states, consumers can buy their homeowners insurance through the website, www.cwinsurance.com. In the coming months,...
State Farm Adjusts Ohio Homeowners Rates; Estimates $7 Million in Storm Claims
Jul 18 2000 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Company has increased its statewide average rate increase by 1 percent for Ohio homeowners insurance policyholders, including renters and condominium unit owners. The new rates were implemented...
Illinois Health Insurance Complaints Up; Auto & Homeowners Down in ’99
Jul 13 2000 // Consumer complaints to the Illinois Department of Insurance increased by nearly 8 percent in 1999, according to complaint information released today by Director Nathaniel S. Shapo. The Department investigated 14,867 cases...
Historic or Brand New -It’s a High-Valued Home Sweet Home
Jun 12 2000 // It’s spring home-buying season, and realtors throughout California are reporting that despite interest rate fluctuations and a seesawing stock market, the real estate market is hotter than ever. From Ventura to...
Bancassurance Model is Business as Usual in European Countries
Jun 12 2000 // The passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act marked a watershed in U.S. financial regulation, opening up the banking, insurance and securities sectors to cross-holdings and business combinations after almost 70 years of...
