Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
The Commissioners: Jim Poolman
Feb 26 2007 // Poolman says regulatory modernization, agent licensing are priorities Currently serving in his second term as North Dakota Insurance Commissioner, Jim Poolman has focused his efforts on working for and protecting insurance...
Ohio auto and homeowners rates decrease in 2006
Feb 26 2007 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently announced that the average rates for the state’s top 10 auto and homeowners insurers — which represent 72 percent of both markets — decreased 1.2 percent and 0.8...
Katrina lawsuits: Are the winds of fortune changing for insurers?
Feb 26 2007 // In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when it became apparent that property losses would total billions of dollars, the insurance industry was understandably concerned that courts in Mississippi and Louisiana...
Reaping the wind will be the responsibility of insurers
Feb 26 2007 // There seem to be many questions on the minds of consumers, agents and public policy makers about coastal insurance issues presently and in the future. As an industry, we have been forthright about insurance issues facing...
Miss. AG Hood picks fight with State Farm over pullback
Feb 26 2007 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said he will seek legislation aimed at blocking State Farm Insurance Cos. from refusing to write new homeowners and commercial policies in the hurricane-battered state. Hood’s...
Safeco to cut homeowners, commercial rates across California
Feb 26 2007 // Seattle-based Safeco announced it will be cutting rates for California homeowners in 2007 by an average of 20 percent. The move is expected to affect some 200,000 Safeco home and business customers in California, according...
Superior Court upholds CDI homeowner protections
Feb 26 2007 // Insurers may not depreciate the cost of labor when paying on homeowners’ insurance claims, the California Superior Court has ruled. Previously, that practice by insurers forced homeowners to makeup the difference and...
Thomas Hampton, District of Columbia, Commissioner, Department of Securities, Insurance and Banking
Feb 25 2007 // Thomas Hampton, commissioner of the District of Columbia Department of Securities, Insurance and Banking. Hampton, who was reappointed to his post by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty in January, discusses the District’s...
News Currents
Feb 25 2007 // Maryland mulls how to keep property insurers on coast Alarmed that homeowners on Maryland’s coasts may one day be cut off from home insurance, state lawmakers are mulling new rules prohibiting insurers from pulling...
Jim Poolman, North Dakota, Commissioner of Insurance
Feb 25 2007 // Currently serving in his second term as North Dakota Insurance Commissioner, Jim Poolman has focused his efforts on working for and protecting insurance consumers across the state. He served eight years in the North Dakota...
Ohio auto and homeowners rates decrease in 2006
Feb 25 2007 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently an-nounced that the average rates for the state’s top 10 auto and homeowners insurers — which represent 72 percent of both markets — decreased 1.2 percent and 0.8...
News Currents
Feb 25 2007 // Miss. AG Hood picks fight with State Farm over pullback Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said he will seek legislation aimed at blocking State Farm Insurance Cos. from refusing to write new homeowners and commercial...
Reaping the wind will be the responsibility of insurers
Feb 25 2007 // There seem to be many questions on the minds of consumers, agents and public policy makers about coastal insurance issues presently and in the future. As an industry, we have been forthright about insurance issues facing...
Katrina lawsuits: Are the winds of fortune changing for insurers?
Feb 25 2007 // In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when it became apparent that property losses would total billions of dollars, the insurance industry was understandably concerned that courts in Mississippi and Louisiana...
News Currents
Feb 25 2007 // Safeco to cut homeowners, commercial rates across California Seattle-based Safeco announced it will be cutting rates for California homeowners in 2007 by an average of 20 percent. The move is expected to affect some...
Superior Court upholds CDI homeowner protections
Feb 25 2007 // Insurers may not depreciate the cost of labor when paying on homeowners’ insurance claims, the California Superior Court has ruled. Previously, that practice by insurers forced homeowners to makeup the difference and...
Equipment Breakdown Coverage Now Offered in Homeowners Program
Feb 22 2007 // The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) is filing two new equipment breakdown coverage options for use with its revised homeowners forms. The endorsements are currently being filed and will take effect in...
Lawyer: La. Citizens Nearing Mass Settlement of Hurricane Suits
Feb 21 2007 // Louisiana’s state-run insurer is nearing a mass settlement with policyholders that would be the first deal of its kind in the state since hurricanes Katrina and Rita spawned thousands of lawsuits, an attorney for the...
Miss. Gov. Barbour Rejects Hood’s Call to Block State Farm
Feb 20 2007 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said he will seek legislation aimed at blocking State Farm Insurance Cos. from refusing to write new homeowners and commercial policies in the hurricane-battered state. Hood’s...
Ind. Bills Would Require Nursing Homes to Install Sprinkler Systems
Feb 20 2007 // Legislation that would require all of Indiana’s nursing homes to install sprinkler systems within five years is gaining traction in the General Assembly. Supporters who have pushed lawmakers to enact stricter nursing...
