Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
16 Vacant Homes Torched in Arson Fires in Missouri Town
Jul 27 2017 // Fire officials in the southeast Missouri town of Poplar Bluff are investigating a rash of arson fires at vacant homes. The Poplar Bluff Daily American Republic reports that 16 vacant houses have been set on fire since...
Private Insurers Cautiously Dip Toes Into Florida Flood Market Waters
Jul 27 2017 // Florida’s efforts in establishing a private flood insurance market have been hailed as a model by many other states looking to buff up their flood insurance offerings, as well as the National Flood Insurance Program...
Progressive Unveils Online Homeowners Insurance Comparison Shopper
Jul 25 2017 // Borrowing from its own auto insurance model, Progressive is announcing a tool called HomeQuote Explorer, an online platform that allows homeowners to quickly compare home insurance quotes from multiple carriers. The...
Answer Financial Expands Insurance Comparison Site Into Homeowners Segment
Jul 25 2017 // Answer Financial, a personal lines insurance agency in the U.S., has expanded its insurance comparison platform to include homeowners and condo insurance. The expansion enables shoppers to compare rates and customize...
London Underwriters, Trigon to Offer Low-Value Homeowners Program in Alabama
Jul 24 2017 // London Underwriters LLC, a national MGA and surplus lines broker, has partnered with Birmingham based wholesaler Trigon Inc., to provide a new and exclusive low-value homeowners program for the state of Alabama. The...
Additional Homes at Risk as Florida Sinkhole Widens
Jul 21 2017 // Florida sinkhole that swallowed two homes last week isn’t getting any deeper, but it’s getting wider, officials said Wednesday –and one resident who’s back home after being evacuated is vowing to stay...
50 Homes Destroyed in California Wildfire
Jul 21 2017 // The town of Mariposa, with its century-old saloons and covered sidewalks, normally bustles with summer visitors on their way to Yosemite National Park but the Gold Rush-era hamlet was mostly empty as ash rained down and...
Fire Destroys 3 Mobile Homes in Oregon, 2 Were Uninsured
Jul 20 2017 // A fire southeast of Eugene, Ore., destroyed three mobile homes and sent a man to a Portland hospital. Residents of the mobile home park tell The Register-Guard that two dogs and four cats died. The fire happened Monday at...
Ohio Residents Forced to Evacuate from Sinking Homes
Jul 19 2017 // Some residents in a northern Ohio city are being forced to leave their homes after the structures began sinking into the ground. Wadsworth officials say four condominiums and a nearby house are unsafe and notices have been...
California Wildfire Threatens 1,500 Homes
Jul 19 2017 // A California blaze in the rugged mountains outside of Yosemite National Park has destroyed eight structures and forced thousands of nearby residents to flee their homes. As of Tuesday evening, the fire had scorched 39...
New York Capital City Fire Damages Homes, Residents Flee
Jul 19 2017 // A fire in New York’s capital city heavily damaged five 19th century buildings and forced more than a dozen people from their homes, officials said Tuesday. Albany fire officials said the blaze started around 9 p.m....
Cleanup Begins for Florida Neighborhood Hit by Sinkhole
Jul 19 2017 // In this aerial photo, debris is strewn about after a sinkhole damaged two homes in Land O’ Lakes, Fla. on Friday, July 14, 2017. A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow has...
Florida Insurers Place All Options on Table to Address AOB Abuse
Jul 19 2017 // Florida’s home insurers hope the public doesn’t blame them as they implement rate increases, initiate coverage changes and nonrenew policies. They say they have no choice after the Florida Legislature for the...
Study Shows Many Homeowners Would Do Better with Private Flood Insurance
Jul 13 2017 // It’s no great revelation that when prices are centrally controlled, they tend not to reflect reality. In some cases, this means that consumers pay less than the true value of a good or product. In other cases, they...
Texas’ RHP General Agency Acquiring Homeowner Business from Sycamore Insurance
Jul 12 2017 // Conifer Holdings, headquartered in Michigan, has agreed to sell the book of HomeValue business produced through Sycamore Insurance Agency to Texas-based RHP General Agency Inc. As part of this renewal rights transaction,...
Many Homeowners Don’t Understand Deductibles
Jul 10 2017 // Almost five years after Superstorm Sandy, one third of homeowners in several coastal states are still unaware of hurricane deductibles and how they work, new insurance research has found. Not only did 33 percent of...
Florida’s Citizens Requests Rate Increases, Policy Changes for 2018
Jul 10 2017 // Homeowners in South Florida, as well as in many other parts of the state, can expect another rate increase next year from the state-run insurer of last resort. Citizens Board of Governors approved recommended rates and...
5.4M U.S. Homes at Risk from Sea Level Rise, Report Using Census Data Shows
Jul 6 2017 // Nearly 10 million people living in 5.4 million homes have a high risk from rising sea levels and will be adversely impacted by climate change, according to a new report that takes data from U.S. Census tracts near the...
Homes Near Northern Arizona Wildfire Have Evacuations Lifted
Jul 5 2017 // Homeowners in northern Arizona were given the green light to return days after being displaced by a fast-moving wildfire, while residents more than 200 miles away fled their homes after a blaze forced an evacuation of a...
Connecticut Insurers: Homes Must Fall Down to be Eligible for Coverage
Jul 5 2017 // Connecticut residents whose home foundations are crumbling are facing a perplexing problem with their insurance policies: The damage won’t be covered unless their homes collapse. More than two dozen insurance...
