Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Regulators Approve Rate Increase for Citizens Policyholders
Oct 3 2016 // Rates are going up for many Florida homeowners. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved a 6.4 percent overall rate increase for 2017 for Citizens Property Insurance Corp. homeowners’ multiperil...
Flood Estimates Rise in Minnesota; South Dakota Storms Damage 18 Homes
Sep 28 2016 // Estimates of flood damage from last week’s flood are rising in Waseca, Minnesota, officials say, and in neighboring South Dakota weekend storms damaged homes in the Oglala area. In Minnesota, Waseca County’s...
St. Louis Area Landfill Operator Settles Suit with 34 Homeowners
Sep 27 2016 // The operator of a suburban St. Louis landfill where an underground fire is producing a strong odor has reached a settlement in federal lawsuits filed by nearly three dozen nearby residents. Bridgeton Landfill LLC announced...
Universal P&C’s Direct-to-Consumer Homeowners Site Now Selling in 10 States
Sep 27 2016 // Universal Direct, a direct-to-consumer online platform for Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. homeowners insurance, is now available in Florida, Hawaii and North Carolina. With these additions, the direct...
Report: Some Illinois Insurance Companies Forcing Roof Replacements
Sep 26 2016 // When Dennis Roberts’ car insurance started getting a bit too expensive, he did what a lot of consumers do and shopped around. Then he picked a new company and switched both his home and auto coverage, never expecting...
Arizona Court Considers Allowing Homeowners Lawsuit over Yarnell Fire
Sep 26 2016 // Attorneys for Yarnell residents who lost their homes in the deadly 2013 Arizona wildfire are asking the Court of Appeals to allow their clients to sue the state. KJZZ-FM reported that previously homeowners sued the state...
Kentucky Residents Sue Over Arsenic Found Near Montgomery Co. Homes
Sep 23 2016 // Some residents are suing a wood treatment company that once operated a site in rural Montgomery County where the state detected higher-than-normal arsenic levels. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Mary and John Sparks,...
Home Insurers, Agents Face Satisfaction Gap with Affluent Gen Y Customers
Sep 22 2016 // Overall, home insurers are performing better in customer satisfaction as they compete more on improving the customer experience than on price. However, there is one up-and-coming affluent consumer group — the Gen Y...
Florida Regulators Approve Rate Increase for Citizens Policyholders
Sep 19 2016 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation approved a 6.4 percent overall rate increase for 2017 for Citizens Property Insurance Corp. homeowners’ multiperil policyholders across the state. According to Citizens, the...
September Earthquake Deemed Oklahoma’s Strongest on Record; Insured Costs Uncertain
Sep 19 2016 // An earthquake that hit Pawnee, Okla., in the north central part of the state on Sept. 3 was upgraded on Sept. 7 from the preliminary 5.6 magnitude estimate to a 5.8 magnitude temblor by the U.S. Geological Survey, making...
Oklahoma Quake Insured Costs Uncertain; Swiss Re Suggests New Products Needed
Sep 13 2016 // Damage estimates of insured losses from the earthquake that hit Pawnee, Okla., in the north central part of the state on Sept. 3 likely won’t be available until early October, according to an insurance department...
Tennessee’s Vanguard Healthcare Sued Over Conditions at 6 Nursing Homes
Sep 13 2016 // A bankrupt Brentwood, Tenn., company is facing a federal lawsuit over conditions at six Tennessee nursing homes. WPLN-FM reports prosecutors accuse Vanguard Healthcare LLC of earning big profits while providing...
Consumers Rely Too Much on Homeowners Insurance: Survey
Sep 6 2016 // Too few Americans take steps to prepare for disasters, and too many assume their home insurance policies will bail them out if one strikes. As disaster season peaks, a new national consumer survey commissioned by Trusted...
Commentary: It is a Catastrophe that No One Listens to the Experts on Florida
Sep 1 2016 // “If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.” Although the author is unknown, this comment is often attributed to Mark Twain or Thomas...
Homes Evacuated, 7 Workers Treated After Chemical Interaction at North Carolina Plant
Aug 31 2016 // Authorities in North Carolina say seven workers were treated at a hospital for minor injuries and several nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution after cleaning chemicals interacted at a meat packing plant in the...
Nearly 60K New Orleans Homes Moving Out of High-Risk Flood Zone: CoreLogic
Aug 30 2016 // New data analysis released by CoreLogic indicates that in Louisiana’s Orleans Parish, which encompasses the city of New Orleans, nearly 60,000 homes with a reconstruction cost value of more than $12 billion will no...
Mobile Homes, not Travel Trailers, Headed to Louisiana after Deadly Flooding
Aug 26 2016 // Mobile homes will fill front yards across southern Louisiana again, just like after Hurricane Katrina, as federal authorities bring in temporary housing for thousands of people displaced by catastrophic flooding. These...
At Least 12 Tornadoes in Indiana, Ohio Damage Homes, Businesses
Aug 26 2016 // A wave of severe storms produced at least a dozen tornadoes in Indiana and Ohio earlier this week, damaging homes and businesses but causing no serious injuries, authorities said as crews worked to restore power and remove...
AIR Worldwide: 20 Parishes, More than 60K Homes Impacted by Louisiana Flooding
Aug 25 2016 // Initial estimates from Louisiana’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness indicate that more than 60,000 homes have been damaged in the 20 parishes impacted in the extensive precipitation-induced...
Allstate Offers Home-Sharing Insurance Endorsement in Michigan
Aug 25 2016 // Allstate is now offering a home-sharing endorsement in Michigan for homeowner insurance customers who rent out their homes on a temporary basis. With participation in the home-sharing economy expected to quadruple over the...
