Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fla. Homeowners Air Grievances over Taxes, Insurance
Apr 26 2007 // Jeanette Waddle is frustrated with rising property taxes and unaffordable insurance rates, and she let Fla.’s Gov. Charlie Crist hear about it Tuesday night during a town hall forum. The mother of three is married to...
My Safe Fla. Home Program Addressing Waiting List of Homeowners
Apr 25 2007 // My Safe Florida Home — a state-funded windstorm mitigation initiative — is vowing to take care of the more than 50,000 homeowners on its pilot program waiting list for services and begin accepting new requests for free...
News Currents
Apr 23 2007 // Maryland agents get notice relief Maryland insurance agents are applauding the General Assembly for relieving them of liability in the delivery of notices about flood and homeowners insurance. The Senate and House of...
News Currents
Apr 23 2007 // Katrina homeowners’ lawyers cite e-mails as proof against State Farm E-mails sent by officials of an engineering firm that assessed Hurricane Katrina claims suggest that State Farm Insurance Co. wanted engineers to...
News Currents
Apr 23 2007 // Katrina homeowners’ lawyers claim e-mails as evidence E-mails sent by officials of an engineering firm that assessed Hurricane Katrina claims suggest that State Farm Insurance Co. wanted engineers to blame damage on...
Allstate Wins 29% Rate Hike in Miss.; Resumes Coastal Writings
Apr 20 2007 // Homeowners on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast face another insurance rate hike in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath. Mississippi insurance regulators this week approved a statewide rate increase of 29 percent for Allstate...
N.O. Jury may Consider Whether Katrina Claim was Misrepresented
Apr 16 2007 // Jurors may consider whether a Slidell couple misrepresented part of their claim, possibly voiding the whole homeowner policy, when they decide Louisiana’s second Hurricane Katrina insurance trial against Allstate...
Military Insurer USAA Restricts New Business in Florida
Apr 13 2007 // Effective immediately, military personnel insurer USAA said it will “significantly restrict” the number of new homeowner, fire, and renter insurance policies it sells in Florida. USAA will only sell new...
Wind or Water? Victims Got Conflicting Info on What Caused Damage
Apr 13 2007 // A man who sued Allstate Insurance Co. after losing his home to Hurricane Katrina lashed out April 11 at the insurance industry’s position that damage from a hurricane’s storm surge is excluded from homeowner...
Lawyers: E-mails Help Them Prove Homeowners’ Katrina Cases
Apr 12 2007 // E-mails sent by officials of an engineering firm that assessed Hurricane Katrina claims suggest that State Farm Insurance Co. wanted engineers to blame damage on flooding so that it could make minimum settlements with...
Industry to Congress: Private Market Is the Best Solution on Natural Disasters, But Some Say Federal Help Needed
Apr 11 2007 // The private insurance marketplace, not the federal government, is the best vehicle to address coastal insurance issues and natural disasters in the U.S., according to insurers. Even so, the federal government can play a...
Jury Selection Begins in La. Hurricane Lawsuit Against Allstate
Apr 10 2007 // After Hurricane Katrina demolished Robert and Merryl Weiss’ New Orleans-area home, they were paid hundred of thousands of dollars by their insurance company. But they say it isn’t enough. Jury selection began...
On shaky ground?
Apr 9 2007 // Two decades since its formation, the West’s only regional catastrophe pool, the California Earthquake Authority, faces financial and management changes that could have significant implications for its future. Those...
News Currents
Apr 9 2007 // Mo. Court dismisses homeowners’ lawsuits alleging discrimination Attorneys for a group of homeowners said they will continue the fight after a federal judge dismissed their lawsuits charging some of the...
On shaky ground?
Apr 9 2007 // Two decades since its formation, the West’s only regional catastrophe pool, the California Earthquake Authority, faces financial and management changes that could have significant implications for its future. Those...
Study: homeowners more volatile than private passenger auto
Apr 9 2007 // The homeowners insurance line was three times more volatile than private passenger auto during the 14-year period 1992-2005, due in large part to the active 2004 and 2005 Atlantic hurricane seasons, according to a recent...
Bipartisan flood insurance ‘modernization’ bill boosts borrowing, maximum limits
Apr 9 2007 // News Currents U.S. Reps. Judy Biggert, R-Ill., and Barney Frank, D-Mass., introduced bipartisan legislation to revamp the National Flood Insurance Program that boosts the program’s borrowing authority to $21.5...
Claremont, Calif.’s $17.5 Million Deal with Homeowners in Wildfire Suit
Apr 5 2007 // Palmer Canyon, Calif., residents who blamed the city for homes burned in the 2003 Grand Prix wildfire have settled their lawsuit for $17.5 million, city officials announced. Homeowners claimed the city failed to properly...
Insurers Support Tax-Free Savings Accounts for Natural Disasters
Apr 5 2007 // Legislation that would allow homeowners to set up tax-free savings accounts for natural disasters would go a long way toward encouraging them to prepare for catastrophes, according to a national insurer group. A proposal...
Maryland Assembly OKs Measure to Shield Agents from Notice Liability
Apr 4 2007 // Maryland insurance agents are applauding the General Assembly for relieving them of liability in the delivery of notices about flood and homeowners insurance. The Senate and House of Delegates unanimously passed companion...
