Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Though Rising, Ohio Home and Auto Insurance Rates Still Low
Feb 3 2015 // Combined, average homeowners and auto insurance premiums in Ohio are nearly $500 less than national averages, according to the state’s insurance department. Personal lines premiums in the state are among the lowest...
ABI Says Cost of UK Home Insurance Falls by 6%-Buildings; 5%-Contents
Jan 28 2015 // The Association of British Insurers announced that the cost of home insurance has fallen over the last year according to its latest Average Quarterly Household Premium Tracker, which is based on information from ABI...
New Jersey Moving to Demolish Hundreds of Sandy-Damaged Homes
Jan 27 2015 // New Jersey officials are moving to demolish hundreds of homes that were ravaged by Superstorm Sandy. State Community Affairs Department spokeswoman Tammori Petty tells the Daily Record that the agency is identifying the...
Insurers Sending ‘Consent to Rate’ Letters to North Carolina Homeowners
Jan 27 2015 // North Carolina homeowners are being told to pay higher insurance premiums or risk losing their coverage under a law that allows companies to pay more than the state has approved. The StarNews of Wilmington reported...
Conn. Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Homeowner Insurance Link to Dogs
Jan 26 2015 // A Connecticut state lawmaker is introducing legislation that would bar insurance companies from inquiring about or discriminating against a “bully breed” dog when issuing a homeowners’ insurance policy in...
No State Mandate to Shovel Sidewalks in Ohio, but Local Laws May Require It
Jan 26 2015 // As far as Ohio state law goes, homeowners don’t have a legal obligation to shovel sidewalks due to a natural accumulation of snow and ice, but this doesn’t mean they shouldn’t at least try to maintain...
Anger Remains Over Pace of New Jersey’s Sandy Recovery
Jan 26 2015 // More than two years after Superstorm Sandy hit the Jersey Shore, many residents remain angry and frustrated at the pace of recovery. During a Jan. 6 public hearing in Toms River, New Jersey, on the state’s plans to...
Universal Holdings P/C Subsidiary Enters Indiana Homeowners Market
Jan 23 2015 // Florida-based Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. reported that the Indiana Department of Insurance has approved the homeowners insurance forms of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co....
ABI Launches Campaign for ‘Flood Free’ Homes
Jan 21 2015 // the Association of British Insurers announced that it has launched a campaign for Flood Free Homes, “supported by Friends of the Earth, Know Your Flood Risk, National Flood Forum, and the Property Care...
South Carolina Lawmakers Seek to Regulate Homeowners Associations
Jan 20 2015 // Complaints about how subdivision and condominium homeowners associations operate have led South Carolina lawmakers to introduce four bills to more closely regulate the groups. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports that...
North Carolina Home Insurers to Appeal Rate Denial
Jan 20 2015 // Insurance companies aren’t giving up on their quest to raise premiumson North Carolina homeowners by an average of 25 percent, according to an industry spokesman. The group representing nearly 100 companies selling...
RSA Appointed to Underwrite Cavere Home Insurance Product
Jan 12 2015 // London-based RSA announced its appointment as the sole underwriter for Cavere Home insurance products which will be available to brokers from January 2015 via Cavere’s Magenta platform, which provides online quotes...
Citizens Drops Limits on High-Value Homes
Jan 12 2015 // Florida’s state-backed property insurer is lowering the amount of coverage it provides for high-value properties from $1 million to $900,000, per a 2013 law change. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is implementing...
North Carolina Home Insurers Weigh Appeal of Rate Denial
Jan 12 2015 // North Carolina property insurers are on hold while the industry-backed rating agency contemplates whether to appeal a decision by regulators denying a proposed 25.3 percent rate increase. The North Carolina Rate Bureau...
Nebraska Court Agrees with Insurer on Denial of Dog Bite Coverage
Jan 12 2015 // A woman who had part of her lower lip bitten off by a dog she was watching for friends has no right to seek payment of medical expenses from the owners’ home insurance company, the Nebraska Supreme Court...
Personal Auto Rates Rose 2.1%, Homeowners 3.5% in 2014: RateWatch
Jan 12 2015 // Personal auto insurance companies increased their rates by an average of 2.1 percent countrywide in 2014, according to insurance consulting firm Perr & Knight’s RateWatch reports. The three states with the...
Anger Remains Over Pace of New Jersey’s Sandy Recovery
Jan 7 2015 // More than two years after Superstorm Sandy hit the Jersey Shore, many residents remain angry and frustrated at the pace of recovery. During a public hearing Tuesday on the state’s plans to use the final $502 million...
No State Mandate to Shovel Sidewalks in Ohio, but Local Laws May Require It
Jan 7 2015 // As far as Ohio state law goes, homeowners don’t have a legal obligation to shovel sidewalks due to a natural accumulation of snow and ice, but this doesn’t mean they shouldn’t at least try to maintain...
North Carolina Home Insurers Weigh Appeal of Rate Denial
Jan 7 2015 // North Carolina property insurers are on hold while the industry rating agency contemplates whether to appeal a decision by regulators denying a proposed 25.3 percent rate increase. The North Carolina Rate Bureau made the...
Lighthouse Property Names Stewart as North Carolina Rep
Jan 6 2015 // Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. has appointed Bill Stewart as its marketing representative for North Carolina. Stewart brings 16 years of insurance industry experience to Lighthouse. Before joining the Lighthouse team,...
