Latest Homeowners Headlines
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George Dale, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner
Apr 17 2006 // Mississippi Insurance Com-missioner George Dale has expanded the Hurricane Katrina mediation program for homeowners. Dale said that the administrators of the program, the American Arbitration Associa-tion, will increase...
Closer Look: Louisiana Homeowners
Apr 17 2006 // However, insurer trade group says it can be found by those who shop After the wreckage caused by last year’s Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, many home insurers in southern Louisiana are refusing to write new policies,...
LA. HOMEOWNERS MARKET
Apr 17 2006 // TSLA’S PATTERSON 25 years but who’s counting? CHALLENGING WIND DATA Critics say modelers need oversight
News Currents
Apr 17 2006 // Insurers well-braced for next big California earthquake When the next big earthquake strikes California, it’s unlikely to hurt the insurance industry as much as the last one did. The nation’s largest property...
N.Y. Central Mutual Cuts Rates for Homeowners, Renters Statewide
Apr 14 2006 // New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company, the largest regional writer of homeowners insurance in New York State, has announced that it is reducing rates on homeowners policies by an average of 10 percent statewide...
Romania Mandates Home Insurance
Apr 14 2006 // Romania will introduce a mandatory insurance policy for all home owners, according to a government official in Bucharest. Interior Minister Vasile Blaga said the insurance would cost about 20 euros (US$24) per year, with...
Fla. Group Applauds Spring Legislative Proposals
Apr 14 2006 // With Spring meetings of the Florida Legislature coming to an end in Tallahassee in May, the Florida Insurance Council has applauded House and Senate leaders for proposals supporters believe will help entice capital into...
Summation of Insurance-Related Bills Speeding Through Fla. Legislature
Apr 14 2006 // With Spring meetings of the Florida Legislature coming to an end in Tallahassee in May, the Florida Insurance Council has summarized insurance-related bills now being considered in the House and Senate. Sam Miller,...
Proposed California Homeowners Regs Bad Public Policy, Associations Say
Apr 14 2006 // Homeowners’ insurance regulations proposed by the Department of Insurance would result in higher premiums for many Californians, force insurers to charge unfair homeowner rates and cause subsidies among...
Federal Judge in Mississippi ‘Storm Surge’ Case Upholds Home Insurance Flood Exclusion
Apr 13 2006 // A federal judge in Mississippi has upheld the water damage exclusion in homeowners insurance policies in a ruling welcomed by insurers. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter, Jr. of the Southern District of Mississippi denied a...
State-Run Wind Coverage Proposal Would Hurt Florida Consumers
Apr 12 2006 // The problems in the Florida homeowners insurance market will not be solved by the “overly simplistic” idea of establishing a state-run wind coverage program as proposed by Americans for Insurance Reform,...
Florida Senate’s Insurance Fix Hinges on Changes to Citizens
Apr 10 2006 // Owners of homes worth more than $1 million could continue to get hurricane coverage from state-run Citizens Property Insurance until 2011, but would pay a 25 percent surcharge for their coverage under a measure approved...
Consumer Group’s Report Proposes Take-Over of Fla. Wind Coverage
Apr 10 2006 // New York-based Americans for Insurance Reform has released a report calling for the complete removal of the private sector from the hurricane insurance business in Florida. AIR has called on Florida’s Legislature to...
Texas AG Halts Father/Son Real Estate Scam Against Homeowners
Apr 10 2006 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced he has filed a court action to stop an El Paso, Texas, father and his two sons who operate an unlicensed “real estate” business from illegally taking earnest money...
Insurers Refute Reports on Canada’s Home, Auto Policy Prices
Apr 9 2006 // Canada’s home, car and business insurers have countered recent reports suggesting that the cost of homeowner’s insurance in New Brunswick is rising. The industry’s attempt to set the record straight about...
Fla. Senate Looks for Ways to Solve Property Insurance Problems
Apr 7 2006 // With thousands of Floridians reeling from huge property insurance premium spikes as yet another hurricane season approaches, a Senate panel began discussion Wednesday of ways to fix what many say is a broken hurricane...
Cleanup Begins After Storms Demolish Scores of Ark. Homes
Apr 5 2006 // Cheryl Ward stood next to her demolished house in Marmaduke, Ark., and put things in perspective. “None of this means anything when you’ve got one kid and your kid is safe,” she said. Nearly two-thirds of...
New Orleans Residents Await Guidance on Flood Zones
Apr 4 2006 // Audrey Celistan desperately wants to return to New Orleans and rebuild the three-bedroom brick house she lived in for 42 years before Hurricane Katrina drowned it in more than 10 feet (3 meters) of muddy water. Lucky for...
Fire Near Rocky Flats Evacuates 135 Homes
Apr 4 2006 // Blown by winds gusting to 50 miles per hour, a grass fire spread across an estimated 1,600 acres and forced the evacuation of 135 homes Sunday near the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant in Colorado. The fire was...
Insurers Well-Braced for Next Big California Earthquake
Apr 3 2006 // When the next big earthquake strikes California, it’s unlikely to hurt the insurance industry as much as the last one did. The nation’s largest property insurers curtailed their exposure to California quakes a...
