Latest Homeowners Headlines
All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida’s Citizens Sued for Denying Mitigation Discounts
Mar 4 2013 // A lawsuit seeking class action status filed against the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. alleges the company purposefully deprived customers of windstorm mitigation discounts through an arbitrary reinspection...
N.Y. Seeks to Finalize Still-Unresolved Sandy Claims; Insurers to File Weekly Reports
Feb 28 2013 // New York regulators said this week insurers would be required to follow additional rules to expedite the resolution of remaining Sandy-related claims in New York. These new regulations will now cut the amount of time an...
Industry Group Testifies on Sandy Claims Handling Process in New York
Feb 27 2013 // An insurance industry association testified about insurers’ response to Superstorm Sandy and the lessons learned at a hearing Tuesday before the New York Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance. The American...
Kentucky Sheriff to Patrol Homes While Owners Away
Feb 26 2013 // The Laurel County, Kentucky Sheriff’s Office has begun a program to patrol homes where owners are away. WYMT-TV in Hazard reported the agency has invited people who will be away from their homes to notify the...
California Commissioner: $160M in Homeowner’s Rate Reductions
Feb 25 2013 // An average of a 12.6 percent insurance rate reduction is in store for California homeowners insured with State Farm General Insurance Co., according to an announcement from California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones...
North Carolina’s Goodwin: Home, Auto, Health and More…
Feb 25 2013 // Interview with Recently Re-Elected Insurance Commissioner Recently re-elected North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is more focused on reform of the homeowners insurance market than he is on auto insurance....
Better Late Than Never
Feb 25 2013 // Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has finally released the long-awaited report by a commission to study what to do about insurance availability and prices. Bentley first created the commission on April 6, 2011 – almost two...
Alabama Insurers Must Register or Face Fine
Feb 25 2013 // Hundreds of property/casualty insurance companies have not registered with Alabama regulators as required, prompting the state insurance department to issue a warning and extend the registration deadline to March 31. The...
Ohio Personal Lines Premiums Among the Lowest in U.S.
Feb 25 2013 // Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that Ohio’s average auto and homeowners insurance premiums are again among the lowest in the nation. According to 2010 data, the most...
N.Y. Regulators to Examine 3 Insurers for Claims Practices Related to Sandy
Feb 22 2013 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that the Department of Financial Services is investigating the claims practices of three insurers following the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. The three insurers are:...
Survey: Most Texas Voters Support Licensing Roofers
Feb 20 2013 // A recent survey shows that most registered Texas voters support the licensing of roofers in the state. According to the survey by the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), when asked if roofing contractors should be licensed...
Alabama Weighs Grants for Wind-Proofing, Creation of Insurance Research Center
Feb 15 2013 // Some of the money that Alabama receives from BP over the Gulf oil spill could end up helping coastal residents make their homes more resistant to wind damage from hurricanes. That is one of the recommendations from a...
Court Rejects Appeal of Wasilla Homicide Lawsuit
Feb 12 2013 // The children of a woman killed by her husband at the home of a friend can’t collect damages from the homeowner because she engaged in a kiss and provocative dancing, Alaska Supreme Court ruled. The homeowner, who was...
Farmers Insurance Pulling Out of Louisiana
Feb 11 2013 // Farmers Insurance Exchange, which has around 23,000 homeowner and 7,000 auto policies in Louisiana, is dropping those lines of business in the state, but a company spokesman said Friday it will retain more than 100,0000...
Connecticut Commissioner Offers Advice on Preparing for Winter Storm
Feb 8 2013 // As the Northeast and New England states brace for a major blizzard, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi is offering policyholders tips on preparing for the storm and filing claims if there is property...
Alabama Warns Hundreds of Insurers to Register or Face Fine
Feb 8 2013 // Hundreds of property/casualty insurance companies have not registered with Alabama regulators as required, prompting the state insurance department to issue a warning and extend the registration deadline to March 31. The...
Exclusive Interview: North Carolina Commissioner Goodwin on Home, Auto Markets
Feb 7 2013 // Recently re-elected North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is more focused on reform of the state’s homeowners insurance market than he is on auto insurance. As was the case four years ago when he first...
California Commissioner: $160M in Homeowner’s Rate Reductions
Feb 7 2013 // An average of a 12.6 percent insurance rate reductions is in store for California homeowners insured with State Farm General Insurance Co., according to an announcement from California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on...
First Fidelity Brokerage Launches Flood Insurance Website
Feb 7 2013 // First Fidelity Brokerage of New York has launched www.insureflood.com for homeowners and businesses to obtain flood insurance, as well as information about flood insurance. The site also has a link to estimate flood damage...
Director: Ohio Auto, Homeowners Insurance Premiums Among Lowest in Nation
Feb 7 2013 // Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced Ohio’s average auto and homeowners insurance premiums are again among the lowest in the nation. According to 2010 data, the most recent...
