Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Non-Underwritten Homeowners Program Available from Superior Access
Jan 14 2004 // Richard Swoy, chairman of Irvine, Calif.-based Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. has announced that a new specialty program is available to California agents and brokers having problems placing homeowners’...
Non-Underwritten Homeowners
Jan 12 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. has a new, non-underwritten homeowners program now available in California, which is virtually non-underwritten. Designed for homeowners in hard to qualify areas...
Perry Says Reforms are Paving Way for Regulatory Modernization
Jan 12 2004 // To start off the new year, Insurance Journal asked Texas Governor Rick Perry to share his views on insurance reforms initiated by the Texas Legislature in 2003, and to comment on issues he believes need to be addressed in...
Schwarzenegger Governs One-Eighth of the U.S. Population
Jan 12 2004 // The U.S. Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the California at 33,871,648. Approximately 76 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 16 percent had earned a college...
Anniversary of Northridge Quake Prompts Physical, Fiscal Preparedness
Jan 9 2004 // Few people can forget the devastation of the Northridge earthquake, but for some, it’s all too easy to overlook how a major earthquake can leave personal finances in shambles. The Northridge quake caused more than...
St. Johns Insurance Co. Opens Doors for Fla. Homeowners
Dec 19 2003 // Homeowners insurer, St. Johns Insurance Company, announced that it is open for business in the state of Florida. St Johns, which is rated “A” Excellent by Demotech, is writing voluntary homeowners policies in...
Industry People Making Moves in 2003
Dec 15 2003 // As you will probably notice from this list, it is not scientific, preferential, etc. We retraced news coverage of this past year and tried to come to an agreement on who made headlines. We likely left off a few...
Flood Insurance Program Gets Three-Month Extension
Dec 15 2003 // The major changes Congress has in mind for the National Flood Insurance Program are still on the table, as both the House and Senate voted to extend the program as is for only three months to allow time to hammer out an...
Flood Insurance Program Gets Three-Month Extension
Dec 15 2003 // The major changes Congress has in mind for the National Flood Insurance Program are still on the table, as both the House and Senate voted to extend the program as is for only three months to allow time to hammer out an...
Industry People Making Moves in 2003
Dec 15 2003 // As you will probably notice from this list, it is not scientific, preferential, etc. We retraced news coverage of this past year and tried to come to an agreement on who made headlines. We likely left off a few...
21st Century Holding Subsidiary Gets Green Light from Citizens’ Board for Policy Take-out
Dec 11 2003 // 21st Century Holding Company, a vertically integrated financial services holding company, announced that one of its subsidiaries, Federated National Insurance Company, has been approved by the Board of Governors of...
The Seibels Bruce Group Notes Investment in Homeowners Insurance Co.
Dec 8 2003 // South Carolina-based The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc. has made an investment of $2,500,000 and received a 20 percent ownership interest in the holding company for a newly formed homeowners insurance company domiciled in the...
Aon Study Reports Homeowners ROE Still Improving but at Slower Rate
Dec 1 2003 // Aon recently announced the results of Aon Re Worldwide’s follow-up study of return on capital in the U.S. homeowners insurance marketplace. According to the company, the study reveals further improvement in expected...
Aon Study Reports Homeowners ROE Still Improving but at Slower Rate
Dec 1 2003 // Aon recently announced the results of Aon Re Worldwide’s second follow-up study of return on capital in the U.S. homeowners insurance marketplace. The results of the study reportedly reveal further improvement in...
Insdustry Responds to Calif. Wildfires
Nov 17 2003 // The most devastating wildfires in California history have been fully contained, but the numbers reveal a destruction of staggering proportions: statewide, 740,000 acres have been scorched; more than 3,600 homes and the...
Southern California Wildfires Ravage Hundreds of Homes, Property
Nov 3 2003 // Hundreds of homes in Southern California blazed recently as firefighters worked round the clock to contain the out- of-control wildfires that plagued parts of San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura, and Los Angeles counties....
FARMERS RECEIVES APPROVAL FOR LOWER RATES FOR CALIF. HOMEOWNERS:
Nov 3 2003 // The Farmers Insurance Group® of Companies announced it has received approval for a rate reduction from the California Department of Insurance on homeowners business in the state of California. Beginning with renewals...
Wooley, Kyle Battle for Louisiana’s Top Insurance Job
Nov 3 2003 // And then there were two. That is the scenario for this month’s runoff election (Nov. 15) in the race to be the next insurance commissioner in Louisiana. The Oct. 4 primaries brought the field of candidates down to...
Aon Study Reports Homeowners ROE Still Improving but at Slower Rate
Oct 29 2003 // Aon (www.aon.com) announced the results of Aon Re Worldwide’s second follow-up study of return on capital in the U.S. Homeowners insurance marketplace. The results of the study reportedly reveal further improvement...
Safeco Produces Strong Underwriting Results in Auto, Homeowners and Surety
Oct 28 2003 // Safeco – which recently announced a clear focus on Property & Casualty insurance – reported strong third-quarter underwriting results in most insurance lines. “We generated healthy underwriting...
