Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers Buck Against Fire-Safety Discounts in Montana
Jan 16 2009 // Spending to stomp out wildfires could be reduced by training and rewarding homeowners to practice fire-safety defense, Montana lawmakers said as they presented several bills intended to cut costs. The bills could force...
Homeowners Seeking Insurance Discounts
Jan 16 2009 // With the current state of the economy, more home insurance customers are turning to insurance companies who offer bundling, home security and home safety discounts to outweigh the rising cost of homeowners insurance,...
Florida Officially Rejects State Farm Homeowners Insurance Hike
Jan 13 2009 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has affirmed the ruling of an administrative law judge and officially disapproved a State Farm Insurance homeowners rate filing that has been in dispute since last July. McCarty...
Waiver Granted for Mobile Homes in Louisiana’s Cameron Parish
Jan 12 2009 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced it would allow mobile homes for hurricane victims in areas that new maps indicate are at risk of future flooding in Cameron Parish. But the occupants must be out of the...
California Wildfires May Take Longer to Settle
Jan 11 2009 // Industry analysts are predicting insured losses from the Freeway Complex, Sayre and Tea Fires that burned Southern California in mid-November will range from $600 million to $800 million, as of estimates gathered in early...
West Va. Court Absolves Insurer in Underage Drinking Case
Jan 11 2009 // The West Virginia Supreme Court says a homeowner’s insurance company should not be held liable for paying damages stemming from a fatal alcohol-related accident involving underaged drinkers. In its unanimous ruling,...
North Carolina Agrees to 4% Home Rate Hike
Jan 11 2009 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has agreed to permit homeowners insurance companies to hike their rates an overall statewide average of 4.05 percent beginning May 1. This is below the statewide increase than...
States Rate Poorly on Consumer Insurance Information on Web
Jan 11 2009 // A national consumer group says state insurance departments vary in the quality of the information they provide consumers online, with differences in the usefulness of information such as the rates and practices of...
FTC Probing Insurers Over Credit-based Homeowners Insurance Pricing
Jan 11 2009 // U.S. regulators have asked nine major insurance companies, including Allstate Corp. and Travelers Cos. Inc., to provide information about how they set prices for homeowners’ coverage. The Federal Trade Commission...
Florida Panel Backs Rate Hikes, Stricter Rules for Citizens
Jan 9 2009 // A special task force is recommending that Florida’s state-backed property insurer – Citizens Property Insurance — be permitted to raise its rates beginning in 2010 and that restrictions on what homeowners...
Louisiana Homeowners to Get Cash From Insurance Incentive Fund
Jan 7 2009 // Louisiana homeowners could receive cash from the unused portion of an expired pot of government money used to lure insurance companies to the state, Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said. Donelon estimated the checks...
Allstate To Raise California Homeowners’ Insurance Rates 6.9%
Jan 6 2009 // The California Department of Insurance has approved Allstate Insurance’s request to raise its homeowners multi-peril insurance rates 6.9 percent. For information, visit...
Florida Task Force Set to Vote on Citizens Insurance Reforms Today
Jan 6 2009 // An 11-member task force charged with making recommendations on how to depopulate Florida’s high risk property insurer and return it to its original purpose as a market of last resort is voting today in Tampa...
Insurance at Issue for Mo. Homeowners Using Wind Turbines, Solar Panels
Jan 5 2009 // Problems have arisen with a new Missouri law that was supposed to make it easy for residents powering their own homes to put in wind turbines or solar panels. The idea was for the homeowners to be able to send any excess...
Colorado Proposes Rate Filing Changes
Jan 5 2009 // Colorado’s Division of Insurance is proposing to amend regulation 5-1-10, Rate and Rule Filing Submission Requirements for Property and Casualty Insurance, “to ensure that property and casualty insurance rates...
Minnesota Mold Expert Wishes Homeowners Would Take Control
Dec 23 2008 // On the surface, Michael Ring’s business is about finding mold in people’s houses and getting rid of it. But shortly after he started Moldex eight years ago, Ring discovered he’s actually in the education...
Insurers Balk at FTC Order for Consumer Data in Credit Score Probe
Dec 23 2008 // The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) decision to order insurance companies to provide a wide array of consumers’ personal information in connection with a study of credit-based insurance scores and homeowners...
FTC Probing Insurers Over Credit-based Homeowners Insurance Pricing
Dec 23 2008 // U.S. regulators have asked nine major insurance companies, including Allstate Corp. and Travelers Cos. Inc., to provide information about how they set prices for homeowners’ coverage, the Federal Trade Commission...
Ho-Ho-Ho Holiday Parties? Survey Says Homeowners Unaware of Risks
Dec 19 2008 // As millions of Americans host and attend holiday parties across the street or across the country, many are unaware of the risks they may be taking or of their own responsibilities to ensure their guests don’t hit the...
West Virginia High Court: Insurer Not Liable in Underage Drinking Case
Dec 19 2008 // The West Virginia Supreme Court says a homeowner’s insurance company should not be held liable for paying damages stemming from a fatal alcohol-related accident involving underaged drinkers. In its unanimous ruling,...
