Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Edison Insurance Launches Online Quoting System for Florida Homeowners Coverage
May 12 2016 // Edison Insurance Co. has launched an online quoting system that offers specific premium quotes for homeowners insurance coverage in Florida. According to Clint Strauch, Edison Insurance president and co-founder, Edison has...
Hiscox Launches New US Flood Cover
May 9 2016 // Hiscox London Market has launched a new flood product for U.S. homeowners — FloodPlus. Working with wholesale brokers in the US to distribute the new product, FloodPlus offers higher limits and a wider scope of cover...
New Jersey Shore Towns Challenge Sand Dunes Plan as Storms Gather
May 5 2016 // New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s warning of Hurricane Sandy-like destruction of the shore will be tested as the worst storm season in three years approaches and beachfront homeowners delay his building protective...
South Carolina Issues Data Call of Risk Mitigation Policy Discounts
May 4 2016 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance (SCDOI) has issued a data call for property and casualty insurers writing residential property in the state in an effort to inform South Carolina’s coastal homeowners of the...
What Is My Home Worth?
May 2 2016 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. “I’m paying $574,000 for this house, but it only needs to be insured for $225,000?” Agents often find themselves answering questions like this because...
Homes on Mississippi Coast Hit by Flooding
May 2 2016 // The mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi, has declared a state of emergency because of heavy rain and widespread flooding in the largest city on the state’s Gulf Coast. Gulfport emergency managers say 5 to 12 inches of...
Kansas Tornado Damages 10 Homes, Destroys Trailer
Apr 27 2016 // The National Weather Service is surveying damage from a northern Kansas tornado that left two people with minor injuries, damaged about 10 homes and destroyed a trailer. National Weather Service meteorologist Brian...
250 Homes in South Carolina Still Need Work 6 Months After Floods
Apr 25 2016 // Leaders of nonprofit groups in Horry County, South Carolina, say that, six months after historic rains inundated South Carolina, volunteers are needed to help repair hundreds of homes in the county. The Sun News reports...
Insurer Among Parties Arguing over Cause of Flooded Homes in Nebraska
Apr 24 2016 // The city of Bellevue, Neb., the Metropolitan Utilities District, a plumbing contractor and its insurance company disagree about who’s to blame for a ruptured water line that flooded about 12 homes in February. The...
One-Size Doesn’t Fit All in Today’s Evolving Homeowners Market
Apr 20 2016 // The homeowners insurance line, not often thought of as a bastion of change, is actually quietly evolving beyond the traditional “one-size-fits-all” business. Some of the puzzle pieces that make up homeowners...
Fire at Tennessee Apartment Complex Kills 1, Destroys 11 Homes
Apr 20 2016 // One person has died and 11 homes have been destroyed following a fire at an apartment complex in Harriman, Tenn. Harriman Fire Department Chief David Bailey tells news outlets that the fire broke out Sunday morning at the...
Owner of 9 Group Homes in Alabama Decertified by State
Apr 19 2016 // The Alabama Department of Mental Health decertified the owner of nine group homes in northern Alabama. State officials delivered the notice to K&D Group Home executive director Katie M. Smith that the state was...
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Seeks Extension of Flood Claim Deadline
Apr 19 2016 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to extend its deadline for Louisiana homeowners impacted by flooding, the insurance department announced. A federal disaster...
California Consumer Group Wants State Farm Homeowners Rate Reduction
Apr 18 2016 // State Farm has overcharged its customers roughly $78 million since at least July 2015, and should be required to refund that money, Consumer Watchdog told the California Department of Insurance last week. The group wants...
Weather Incidents Top Homeowners Insurance Claims
Apr 18 2016 // Weather incidents account for more than half of all homeowners insurance claims, with wind, pipes freezing and bursting, roof and flashing leaks and ice dams among the major causes of home damage during weather...
Florida Insurer Launches Company Offering Admitted, Standalone Flood Coverage
Apr 18 2016 // A Florida-based homeowners insurer has beefed up its flood insurance offering with the launch of a new flood-coverage only company called TypTap. The new company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Homeowners Choice Property...
Pennsylvania Issues Advisory on Appealing Flood Zone Designation
Apr 18 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller issued a consumer alert telling homeowners about a process by which they can appeal their property’s placement in a flood zone by the federal government, which in...
Penn. Issues Consumer Alert for Homeowners on Appealing Flood Maps
Apr 6 2016 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller issued a consumer alert this week telling homeowners about a process by which they can appeal their property’s placement in a flood zone by the federal government,...
Top Homeowners Insurance Claims
Apr 6 2016 // Weather incidents account for more than half of all homeowners insurance claims, with wind, pipes freezing and bursting, roof and flashing leaks and ice dams among the major causes of home damage during weather...
Chubb Adds Cyber Bullying Insurance for U.S. Homeowners
Apr 5 2016 // Chubb has added cyber bullying coverage to its U.S. Masterpiece Family Protection policy to help cover clients and their families from the expenses associated with a cyber bullying incident. According to Christie Alderman,...
