Latest Homeowners Headlines

All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Homeowners Insurance Customers Are Not Happy

Apr 1 2024 // Did your homeowners insurance premium go up this year? Mine did. Of course I live just outside of Austin, Texas, where wildfire risk has risen significantly as the state battles ongoing severe drought. Even with a nearly...

Minnesota Homeowners Report Surge in Insurance Complaints

Mar 22 2024 // Minnesota homeowners insurance complaints rose 108% from 2020 to 2023, with of those complaints from homeowners concerned their claims were denied or they faced high out-of-pocket costs after damage from wind and hail. The...

State Farm Nonrenewing 30K California Homeowners, Renters

Mar 20 2024 // State Farm General Insurance Co. said it will non-renew 30,000 California homeowners, rental dwelling, and other property insurance policies State Farm announced in May last year it had stopped accepting new policy...

Homeowners Insurance Customer Satisfaction at 7-Year Low

Mar 20 2024 // With 28 catastrophic weather events in 2023 causing nearly $93 billion in damage, customer service satisfaction plunged to a seven year low, according to the latest J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Property Claims Satisfaction Study...

Xcel Energy Utility Equipment Started Texas Wildfire, Homeowner Claims in Lawsuit

Mar 4 2024 // March 1 (Reuters) – A Texas homeowner whose house was destroyed by a massive wildfire raging northeast of Amarillo sued electric utility Xcel Energy XEL.O on Friday, alleging that a splintered power pole owned by the...

Top 4 Alternatives to Purchasing Homeowners Insurance

Mar 4 2024 // Homeowners insurance companies are having a rough year. What’s worse is that they seem to be taking it out on us, their customers. According to an article on Policygenius, the cost of homeowners insurance went up an...

Fitch: Homeowners Insurers’ Results to Improve In 2024

Feb 23 2024 // U.S. homeowners’ insurance is in position to improve in 2024, according Fitch Ratings. The rating agency said premium revenue growth, tied to recent substantial price increases and more diligent underwriting to...

In SW Florida, High Home Insurance Rates Are Driving Away Would-Be Buyers

Feb 14 2024 // (Bloomberg) — Florida’s southwestern coast — long one of America’s fastest-growing regions — is losing some of its boomtown swagger as a home-insurance crisis and other soaring costs make homes...

Iceland Plans to Buy Out Homeowners in Volcano-Struck Town

Feb 13 2024 // Iceland’s government has agreed to buy all residential properties in the fishing town of Grindavik, which has become uninhabitable after three volcanic eruptions rocked the region in the last two months. Grindavik...

California’s Homeowners Insurance Shift: Population, Inflation and Admitted Insurer Exits

Feb 5 2024 // The excess and surplus lines homeowners insurance market in California has undergone significant changes in recent years. The number of policies has changed substantially in over the last decade — first increasing,...

2 Pennsylvania Homeowners Urged to Evacuate Due to Landslide

Feb 2 2024 // Authorities have urged two western Pennsylvania homeowners to evacuate their residences due to a nearby landslide. The slide in the Sonoma Ridge development in Allegheny County’s Moon Township closed part of a road...

Reforms to US Disaster Aid Expose Growing Home Insurance Gap

Jan 29 2024 // When disaster hits in the US, the federal government gives aid to states and counties, but also to individuals. In 2022, the Federal Emergency Management Agency delivered $3.25 billion to nearly 1.4 million households...

Amazon Pulls Plug on UK Home Insurance Venture

Jan 25 2024 // Amazon has pulled the plug on its UK home insurance venture – a comparison website – after launching in October 2022. “Over the last year, we have been evaluating various businesses and programs, and as a part of...

The Hartford to Discontinue Writing New Homeowners Policies in California

Jan 24 2024 // The Hartford confirmed this week it will discontinue writing new homeowners policies in California. The carrier reportedly has less than 1% of the state’s homeowners market. The Hartford issued the following...

Carolina Homeowners Give an Earful on Proposed 42% Average HO Rate Increase

Jan 23 2024 // North Carolinians have had plenty to say about a proposed homeowners insurance rate increase that could, on average, raise rates in the state by double digits. At a public forum held online and in Raleigh, homeowners...

2024 Oregon Consumer Laws Include Protections for Homeowners Dealing with Wildfire

Jan 22 2024 // Consumer protections for homeowners dealing with wildfire-related issues, property contents coverage, personal data protection and prescription drugs are set to go into effect in 2024. The Oregon Division of Financial...

Viewpoint: California’s Homeowners Insurance Shift: Population, Inflation, and Admitted Insurer Exits

Jan 19 2024 // The excess and surplus lines homeowners’ insurance market in California has undergone significant changes in recent years. The number of policies has changed substantially in over the last decade—first increasing,...

Orion180 Expands Homeowners Insurance to Georgia and Indiana

Jan 11 2024 // Orion180 announced the expansion of its homeowners insurance products to the states of Georgia and Indiana. Underwriting through Orion180 Select Insurance Co., an admitted insurance company domiciled in Indiana, Orion180...

Mortgage Value Limit for Homeowners? That Sounds Like a Bad Idea

Jan 5 2024 // For context, I suggest that you read this Insurance Journal story that provides some details related to the bill that I want to discuss. Here’s the link:...

2024 Oregon Consumer Laws Include Protections for Homeowners Dealing with Wildfire

Dec 29 2023 // Consumer protections for homeowners dealing with wildfire-related issues, property contents coverage, personal data protection and prescription drugs are set to go into effect in 2024. The Oregon Division of Financial...