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#1 State Farm VP Apologizes to Homeowner While Allstate Gets Grilled at Senate Hearing
May 15 2025 // It’s not just a few Florida-domiciled insurance carriers that have allegedly altered field adjusters’ reports or low-balled damage estimates in recent years. It’s also major national insurers, according...
#2 Homeowner’s Failure to Read Doesn’t Clear Agency of Negligence Claim – NC High Court
Jun 3 2025 // A North Carolina insurance agency cannot escape a lawsuit brought by a homeowner who was denied coverage after a hurricane because key elements of the property were not mentioned in the coverage application. In a case that...
#3 Boost Prices or Retreat? How Carriers Improved Homeowners Books in 2024
May 21 2025 // Direct written premiums in the U.S. homeowners insurance market rose more than 13 percent in 2024, and the net combined ratio for the line fell below breakeven for the first time in five years. Higher prices explained much...
#4 Texas Legislators Seek Solutions to Rising Home Insurance Rates
May 9 2025 // Texas lawmakers hope to rein in homeowners’ rising insurance bills even as they acknowledge there’s only so much they can do to tackle costs. Legislators have advanced bills to limit how much insurance...
#5 Certification Enables California, Oregon Homeowners to Earn Premium Discounts
May 29 2025 // Homeowners in California and Oregon in high-risk wildfire areas can earn discounts on insurance premiums through a new certification program to take mitigation steps to reduce risk. Mercury Insurance partnered with the...
#6 Alabama Study Shows Fortified Homes Paying Off for Insurers, Homeowners
May 28 2025 // A new Alabama study of hurricane-affected homes sends a clear message to insurers and homeowners nationwide: climate-resilient construction methods can protect homes, and save a lot of money. The first-of-its-kind...
#7 State Farm VP Apologizes to Homeowner, Allstate Exec Gets Grilled at Senate Hearing
Jun 2 2025 // It’s not just some Florida-domiciled insurance carriers that have allegedly altered field adjusters’ reports or low-balled property damage estimates in recent years. It’s also major national insurers,...
#8 Homeowners Insurance Market Turns Corner
Jun 2 2025 // If you write personal lines–or own a home–then you know. Homeowners insurance rates are up–significantly in some states such as Texas. But better news is around the corner judging by a new industry...
#9 AmeriCorps Cuts Leave Vulnerable Homeowners Struggling After Natural Disasters
May 5 2025 // Years had passed since Hurricane Harvey’s howling winds and heavy rains tore apart Dan Lee’s century-old roof in West Columbia, south of Houston. Then came the knock on his door. It was Mosaic in Action, a...
