Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
South Carolina Home Mitigation Program Reaches 1,000
Mar 2 2010 // A South Carolina program for coastal homeowners who have taken steps to shield their homes against hurricane winds has awarded more than 1,000 grants in two years. Scott Richardson, director of the South Carolina...
State Farm Follows ‘Lose-One, Write-One’ Policy in Mississippi
Feb 26 2010 // State Farm gave consumers one part of its policy change when it announced eight months ago it would resume issuing insurance policies in Mississippi. What the company didn’t say is it is writing policies on a...
Water Pipeline Protection Offered to Homeowners in Washington
Feb 25 2010 // Home Emergency Insurance Solutions will provide its Water Service Line Protection program directly to select area homeowners in Washington. The plan provides homeowners with emergency solutions for unexpected repairs to...
New Florida Legislative Session Faces Familiar Insurance Problems
Feb 24 2010 // Randi Schuknecht worried that her longtime, established insurance company was about to leave Florida — and leave her without a homeowner’s policy. So she found a new insurer — one she wouldn’t have...
PURE Expands High Value Home Coverage into Rhode Island
Feb 22 2010 // PURE Risk Management LLC is expanding its Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), a member-owned reciprocal insurer, to offer property/casualty insurance coverage on high value homes in Rhode Island. PURE will...
California Regulator Considering Regs to Alleviate Underinsurance
Feb 22 2010 // The California Department of Insurance is considering proposing new regulations governing standards and training for estimating replacement value on homeowners’ insurance. Among the ideas that was floated at a recent...
Florida Insurer Citizens Finds Inequities in Homeowner Discounts
Feb 22 2010 // Recent policyholder inspections by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. found some homeowners are getting more of a discount for fortifying their homes than they are eligible for. The state-backed insurer looked at 452...
Hanover to Exit Louisiana Homeowners Market, Then Re-Enter
Feb 22 2010 // In a move he says will prevent the addition of policies into Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s book of business, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has approved an agreement with The...
Mississippi Homeowners Learning Credit Score Link to Insurance
Feb 21 2010 // Mississippi Gulf Coast policyholders are well aware a hurricane is guaranteed to hike insurance rates, but fewer realize their credit reports also are factored into homeowner and automobile insurance premiums. Consumers...
State Farm Homeowners Rate Increase Denied in Louisiana
Feb 21 2010 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon declined to approve a rate request filed by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company that would have raised homeowners insurance rates by a statewide average of 19.1 percent. State...
Idaho Home Insurance Costs Lowest in Nation
Feb 21 2010 // Idaho homeowner insurance is the least costly in the nation, averaging $422 per year, according to a nationwide survey. This compares to an average $822 countrywide. The Gem State also had among the lowest average rates...
Getting Back to Nature Requires Getting Proper Farm Insurance
Feb 21 2010 // Mr. and Mrs. Everyman and their family have decided to get back to nature. They are proud owners of a country home with 25 acres and a barn. Their insurance agent has covered the new home and property with a traditional...
Risks in a Bad Economy
Feb 21 2010 // Agents Take Note of New Errors and Omissions Exposures The current economic turmoil is wreaking havoc across the board. Businesses are downsizing or going out of business. Families are suffering from lost jobs and...
Agents Encouraged to Review Flood Risk in Minnesota
Feb 18 2010 // With the potential for serious flooding in the Red River, Minnesota and possibly Mississippi river valleys this spring, Governor Pawlenty is reminding insurance agents to talk with their homeowners customers about optional...
On Average, Texas Homeowners Rates Are Down, Agents Group Says
Feb 7 2010 // Reduction Is in Cost per $1,000 in Property Value There’s a common perception that homeowners insurance rates in Texas go up and up, and never come down. That’s not necessarily true, however, according to the...
Mississippi Homeowners Learning How Credit Score Affects Insurance Premium
Feb 5 2010 // Mississippi Gulf Coast policyholders are well aware a hurricane is guaranteed to hike insurance rates, but fewer realize their credit reports also are factored into homeowner and automobile insurance premiums. Consumers...
Agents’ Group: On a Cost per Home Value Basis, Texas Rates Are Down
Feb 2 2010 // Texas insurance agents — want to show your customers that the common perception that homeowners rates in Texas always go up but never come down is false? Look to your agency management system, say educators from the...
Florida’s United Insurance to Expand Into 7 Northeast, Southeast States
Feb 2 2010 // United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. in Florida said it is seeking approval to write homeowners insurance in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and New Jersey. The...
Homes Evacuated in San Antonio as Retaining Walls Give Way
Jan 26 2010 // A soil shift in northwest San Antonio led to the evacuation of dozens of homes over fears that two retaining walls could collapse near widening gaps. Engineers are trying to try to determine why the soil is giving way,...
Nationwide Seeks 11.7% Homeowner Insurance Increase in Mississippi
Jan 22 2010 // Nationwide Insurance has proposed a 11.7 percent increase in homeowner insurance premiums statewide. The rate request will take effect April 15 unless Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney denies it or has...
