Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Virginia Families in Chinese Drywall Case Forging Ahead
Oct 9 2013 // Seven Virginia families fighting for compensation over Chinese drywall that wrecked their homes have their eyes on Louisiana this week, where a federal appeals court will hear arguments over whether the manufacturer of the...
Shutdown Sidelines Safety Inspectors of Workplaces, Mines, Nursing Homes and More
Oct 9 2013 // The partial shutdown of the U.S. government has sidelined thousands of inspectors who monitor everything from air and water pollution to safety hazards at factories and the condition of nursing homes. Federal law requires...
Home Insurer Narragansett Bay Expands Its Coastal Capacity in Mass., R.I.
Oct 7 2013 // Pawtucket, R.I.-based home insurer Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC) said it is increasing its capacity for coastal homeowners insurance through select agency partners. The company said it is expanding its coastal...
Rising Flood Insurance Rates Frustrate Homeowners
Oct 7 2013 // As homeowners in the Northeast continue to rebuild nearly one year after Superstorm Sandy, they are now bracing for another obstacle: higher National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) premiums. In accordance with the...
Insurance Industry Changes to Follow Wicked Colorado Weather
Oct 7 2013 // As the sun peeked out of the normally bright blue Colorado sky, homeowners and businesses began to assess the damage done by the 100-year flood, as weather experts have labeled the devastating rain that pummeled the...
State Farm Raising Louisiana Homeowner Insurance Rates
Oct 3 2013 // State Farm is raising Louisiana homeowner rates an average of 8.7 percent statewide for its nearly 308,000 policyholders. According to State Farm’s filing with the insurance department, the statewide increase will...
Homeowner Fees Recommended To Address Colorado Fires
Oct 2 2013 // Colorado homeowners living in high-risk wildfire areas should be charged fees, and officials need to adopt statewide building requirements to address destructive fires, according to recommendations Monday from a group...
New York’s Lawsky Sees Obamacare as Model to Simplify Home Insurance
Oct 1 2013 // Homeowners’ insurance needs to be more standardized because customers are confused about what their policies protect, New York’s financial regulator said. Few fully understand all the complexities of their...
New York to Compensate Storm Victims for NFIP’s ‘Earth Movement’ Exclusion
Sep 30 2013 // New York will use part of its share of billions of dollars in federal Superstorm Sandy aid to “fully compensate” storm victims who had flood insurance claims denied because of a hard-to-understand rule barring...
J.D. Power: Personal Lines Agents Missing out on Opportunities in Renters Segment
Sep 30 2013 // Insurance agents who only focus on homeowners insurance customers are missing a golden opportunity to build long-term relationships with renter customers as their insurance needs grow due to life or circumstance...
Flood Insurance Premiums Rising Along New Jersey Coast
Sep 30 2013 // Hundreds of New Jersey flood insurance policyholders will soon be facing higher premiums spurred by sweeping changes to the federal law that will take effect Tuesday. The increases stem from legislation passed in June 2012...
Insurers’ Private Firefighters Give Wealthy Homeowners Extra Protection
Sep 30 2013 // Bill Potter wasn’t eager to abandon his high-end house last month during evacuations forced by a massive Idaho wildfire, but he felt reassured when his insurance company sent a team to protect his home near the...
Flood Insurance ‘Sticker Shock’ Hits Floridians with New, Secondary Homes
Sep 26 2013 // When Colin and Joyce Elston bought their Florida dream home in May, they were confident they could afford the three-bedroom, two-bathroom ranch with a pool and a backyard overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway. Now they are...
MetLife: Lack of Car, Home Insurance Sales ‘Ridiculous’
Sep 26 2013 // MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, is pushing agents to sell more car and residential coverage after the head of the company’s main retail business said they’ve been missing an opportunity to...
N.J. Bill Seeks to Strengthen Homeowners’ Cases Against Insurers in Civil Court
Sep 24 2013 // New Jersey Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer/Hunterdon) last week proposed a bill aimed at strengthening homeowners’ cases against their insurers in civil lawsuits. Assemblyman Gusciora said the bill (A-4382) would...
N.J. Group to Rally Against Rising National Flood Insurance Premiums
Sep 23 2013 // Toms River, N..J., homeowner George Kasimos wants to make sure that lawmakers in Washington, D.C., hear the growing concerns of his shore community and other communities across the country. Kasimos started a grassroots...
Bloggers Beware: Defamation Claims Brought by Public Figure Plaintiffs
Sep 23 2013 // It takes thick skin to be in the public eye. As Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once observed, “harsh criticism, short of unlawful action, is a price our people have traditionally been willing to pay for...
Heartbreak For Some In Colorado With No Flood Policy
Sep 20 2013 // Jessica Klauzer-Zimmerman and her children have been sleeping on friends’ couches since floodwaters sloshed into her Boulder townhouse – which wasn’t covered by flood insurance.”We were told we...
Opinion: Insurance Industry Changes to Follow Wicked Colorado Weather
Sep 20 2013 // As the sun peaked out of the normally bright blue Colorado sky, homeowners and businesses began to assess the damage done by the 100-year flood, as weather experts have labeled the devastating rain that pummeled the...
N.Y. Proposes Sweeping Rules to Reform ‘Force-Placed’ Insurance Business
Sep 19 2013 // New York State officials today proposed a comprehensive set of rules to reform the “force-placed” — also known as “lender-placed” or “creditor-placed” — insurance industry in...
