Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Foremost Insurance Expands Dwelling Fire Program in Vermont
Sep 1 2010 // Foremost Insurance Group is expanding its Dwelling Fire program in Vermont effective September 1, 2010 and is introducing new Dwelling Fire policies and endorsements specifically designed for landlord, owner-occupied or...
Homeowners Insurance an Issue in Texas Gubernatorial Campaign
Aug 27 2010 // Former Houston Mayor Bill White, a Democrat campaigning to replace Rick Perry as governor of Texas, says homeowners insurance rates in Texas are too high and should be subject to more regulation. White says Texans pay an...
Homeowners Coverage Knowledge Gap Wide Among Consumers
Aug 24 2010 // Many Americans admit to having a knowledge gap when it comes to what their home insurance actually covers, according to a new survey. Nearly one third (31 percent) of Americans don’t know how much their most valuable...
Allstate Companies Get Louisiana Homeowner Rate Hikes
Aug 20 2010 // Louisiana homeowners who get their insurance coverage from five companies owned by Allstate Corp. will start paying higher rates in either November or December. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon recently approved rate...
American Integrity Offers Floridians Vacant Home Insurance
Aug 19 2010 // American Integrity Insurance Group, of Tampa, marked a first among Florida-based insurance companies by launching an insurance policy to cover vacant homes. The policy will insure unoccupied homes, on a long or short term...
3 Imaginative Approaches to Agency Marketing in the Entertainment Age
Aug 16 2010 // GEICO, State Farm, Progressive, e-surance and other major insurance marketers currently employ humor in their advertising. There’s GEICO’s prolonged use of the gecko, State Farm’s whyagent.com Web site,...
3 Imaginative Approaches to Agency Marketing in the Entertainment Age
Aug 16 2010 // Agents Must Employ Creative Insurance Marketing … or Else GEICO, State Farm, Progressive, e-surance and other major insurance marketers currently employ humor in their advertising. There’s GEICO’s...
Florida Poll Shows Widespread Concern Over Property Coverage
Aug 13 2010 // The Florida Chamber of Commerce says that a poll they had conducted shows Florida voters put grave importance on efforts at property insurance reform. The poll, which was supported jointly by the Chamber and the Property...
Louisiana High Court Asked to Look at Insurer Duties in Road Home Case
Aug 11 2010 // Are some 151,000 homeowners insurance claim assignments made to the state of Louisiana as part of its Road Home program legal under Louisiana law? That’s the question the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has...
Pipeline Company Buying Homes Affected by Michigan Oil Spill
Aug 10 2010 // The Canadian company whose pipeline ruptured and dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a southern Michigan waterway is buying two homes affected by the spill, and several other homeowners are considering...
State Insurance Commissioners Warn on Keeping Vacant Homes Insured
Aug 9 2010 // As the U.S. housing market struggles to rebound, many homeowners are stuck with hard-to-sell properties longer than expected. Some frustrated home sellers who must relocate for a new job opportunity, want to downsize or...
Florida Home Insurer Royal Palm Asks for 22% Increase
Aug 4 2010 // Royal Palm Insurance Co. is having a hearing before the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation to discuss its proposed rate hike for its dwelling/fire line of insurance. Royal Palm’s proposed, statewide average, rate...
Research Warns Spill Damage to Gulf Homes Could Reach $28 Billion
Aug 3 2010 // The British Petroleum, DeepWater Horizon oil spill may result in a loss in home value in Gulf coast communities of $648 million over one year, according to a new report from CoreLogic, a provider of information, analytics...
The Economy and the Homeowners Market
Aug 2 2010 // How the Economy Turned Optional Coverages into Mandatory Enhancements Offering comprehensive homeowners coverage in today’s insurance market is not only good business, but a necessity. Insuring the property for full...
Florida Citizens’ Rate Increases Way Below Actuaries’ Indications
Jul 28 2010 // If insurance actuaries had their way, rates for homeowners insured through Florida’s public insurer Citizens Property Insurance would be going up 55.9 percent on average. But state law caps how much Citizens can...
Ohio Auto, Homeowners Insurance Rates Increase Slightly in 2009
Jul 20 2010 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that the average rates for the state’s top 10 private passenger auto insurers increased 2.8 percent in 2009. The average rates for the state’s top...
The Hartford Agrees to Roll Back Homeowner Rate Hikes in Texas
Jul 19 2010 // Under agreements between the Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC), the Texas Department of Insurance, and two subsidiaries of the Hartford Financial Services Group, Texas consumers with homeowner insurance from...
American Integrity to Begin Writing Dwelling Fire Policies in Florida
Jul 19 2010 // Tampa, Florida-based American Integrity Insurance Co. said it will begin writing dwelling fire (DP-1) policies for Florida homeowners. American Integrity CEO and President Bob Ritchie, said the company expanded its product...
Make Your Agency Look Big – Even If It’s Not
Jul 19 2010 // Small Agencies Are Bigger Than They Think The problem with being a small insurance agency in the land of marketing giants is that it’s hard to be taken seriously. Why should a consumer or business buy from a little...
Arguments For and Against Reinsurance Tax Bill Continue
Jul 16 2010 // Yesterday’s hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee has inspired both sides in the debate over Rep. Richard Neal’s (D-MA) plan, HR3424, to tax foreign-based insurers and reinsurers. [See IJ web site...
