Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Post-Katrina Lower 9th Ward Re-Development a Long Time Coming
Apr 17 2017 // Judging by the current empty lots, it’s hard to imagine the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina — a bustling neighborhood where African-American residents knew their neighbors, built their homes...
Making a Federal Case Out of ‘Legal’ Marijuana Insurance Claims
Apr 11 2017 // Michael Johnston, the great, great grandson of the founder of one of the first Baptist churches in Texas, grew up being constantly warned about sin, including the evils of television and dancing. Thus it is a bit strange...
Louisiana Surveying Homeowners with 2016 Flood Damage
Apr 10 2017 // Homeowners with damage from last year’s devastating floods are being asked to take a survey, the first step in applying for federal disaster recovery aid that soon will be available. Gov. John Bel Edwards’...
UK MGA Plum Launches High Net Worth Home Cyber Cover
Apr 7 2017 // Plum Underwriting, the London-based specialist home insurance managing general agent, announced the launch of cyber and data risks cover embedded within high net worth (HNW) and mid net worth (MNW) home insurance products...
Judge Gets High-Stakes New Jersey Dune Wars Case
Apr 6 2017 // A judge will consider a high-stakes, multimillion-dollar battle over whether a wealthy New Jersey shore enclave can opt out of a protective sand dune plan in an area devastated by Superstorm Sandy. Both sides in the...
Louisiana’s Plan to Spend $1.2B in Federal Flood Aid Approved
Apr 4 2017 // Louisiana has received federal approval for its plans to spend $1.2 billion in flood recovery aid allocated by Congress, a key step before the money can flow to homeowners and others still struggling to rebuild from last...
Low-lying North Carolina Town Says Dike Saved Homes From Matthew Floods
Apr 4 2017 // Residents of a low-lying coastal North Carolina town say a long-term engineering project did a good job protecting their homes and nearby rich farmland from Hurricane Matthew last fall. The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk,...
AIG Latest to Bring Cyber Insurance to Personal Lines High-Net Worth Clients
Apr 3 2017 // American International Group Inc., the biggest seller of cyber insurance to businesses, is bringing cyber insurance and risk mitigation services adapted from its CyberEdge commercial insurance product to its high net worth...
Insurtech Startups Take Note: Traditional Insurers Score Highest Ever Satisfaction Grades
Apr 3 2017 // Those uppity insurtech startups might want to take note: About one of every 15 U.S. homeowners insurance policyholders files a claim each year, and these claimants are now giving insurers their highest ever satisfaction...
Rutgers Law School Project Addresses ‘Use It And Lose It’ in Homeowners Insurance
Apr 3 2017 // A new report by the Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at Rutgers Law School in Camden, N.J., in cooperation with United Policyholders, offers recommendations to state lawmakers in terms of how homeowners insurance...
Homeowners Insurance Increase Denied by Delaware Insurance Commissioner
Apr 3 2017 // A request by Windsor-Mount Joy Mutual Insurance Company (WNMJ) to increase insurance rates on more than 2,000 manufactured housing policyholders in Delaware by 20 to 30 percent has been denied by Delaware Insurance...
Homeowners Association at Sinking High-Rise in San Francisco Sues Developer
Mar 31 2017 // A homeowners association representing property owners at a downtown San Francisco high-rise has sued the developers on for failing to tell residents the condominium tower was sinking at an unexpected rate. The Millennium...
1347 Property Insurance Holdings to Expand Into Florida Homeowners Market
Mar 28 2017 // Specialty property and casualty insurance holding company 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc., (PIH), which currently offers insurance to individual and commercial customers in Louisiana and Texas through its...
Hailstorms Slam Parts of North Texas
Mar 27 2017 // Thunderstorms, producing up to softball size hail, pounded several cities north of Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex Sunday night causing extensive damage, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. Thousands of homeowner and auto...
Florida Homes Threatened by Fast-Moving Brush Fire
Mar 24 2017 // Florida Forest Service officials say a 400-acre brush fire has forced the evacuation of a neighborhood and threatened or burned up to 15 homes. Nassau County Emergency Management Director Billy Estop ordered residents of...
Bill Requiring Insurance Discounts for Resilient Homes Passes Oklahoma House
Mar 23 2017 // A bill that would require a homeowner’s insurance company to factor into the insurance premium the more resilient construction if the homeowner retrofits or builds a new home to certain specified standards has passed...
9 Homes Destroyed in Oklahoma Wildfire
Mar 22 2017 // Fire officials are suggesting a blaze that has destroyed at least nine homes in eastern Oklahoma and forced the evacuation of more than 100 others may have been intentionally set. Highway 9 Volunteer Fire Department chief...
Airbnb at Odds with Miami Mayor Over Homesharing Regulations
Mar 22 2017 // Airbnb and other home-sharing platforms face more restrictions in Miami, where the mayor plans for more aggressive enforcement of regulations prohibiting rentals of single-family homes in its residential areas. Amid spring...
Wildfire Destroys Homes near Nebraska’s Lake McConaughy
Mar 21 2017 // A fire chief says a wildfire has destroyed at least eight homes and several other buildings near Nebraska’s Lake McConaughy. Keystone Lemoyne Fire & Rescue Fire Chief Ralph Moul said on March 20 that the blaze...
Florida Resident Sues Mining Company Over Contaminated Land Under Homes
Mar 16 2017 // A central Florida man is suing a mining company that he says built homes over former phosphate mines and didn’t warn homeowners about health hazards. Lakeland homeowner John Jerue filed the lawsuit last week against...
