Insureds Rarely Have Home Inventories Despite Benefits, Say Claims Pros August 18, 2014 By Denise Johnson Despite big storms and wildfires highlighting the need, home inventories are rare, say insurance industry experts. A recent Allstate Insurance...
Vermont Family in Bed Bug Case Sues Homeowners Insurer August 12, 2014 A Vermont couple who reached a $450,000 settlement with the state after saying their home was made uninhabitable when it...
Home Emergency Insurance Solutions Relaunches Home Protection Plans in California July 3, 2014 HomeServe USA‘s subsidiary Home Emergency Insurance Solutions (HEIS), is relaunching its optional Water Service Line Insurance plans as home protection...
Fireman’s Fund Secures New Tree Service Vendor for Homeowner Insureds January 14, 2014 Fireman’s Fund has secured HMI as one of its Prestige Advisory Services vendors. HMI manages a national network of credentialed...
Flooding Damages Homes in Southwestern Wisconsin June 28, 2013 Several days of heavy rains caused flooding that damaged hundreds of homes in southwestern Wisconsin, and officials in some communities...
N.Y. Assembly’s Anti-Concurrent Causation Bill Moves Forward May 24, 2013 The New York State Assembly’s insurance committee on Thursday approved a bill that would prohibit the insurers’ use of anti-concurrent...
Oklahoma Commissioner: 4K Home, Auto Claims from Twisters So Far May 22, 2013 More than 4,000 home and auto claims have been filed as a result of the recent spate of tornadoes in...
N.Y. Assemblyman Takes Aim at Anti-Concurrent Causation Clauses May 22, 2013 A New York State Assemblyman has introduced a bill that seeks to prohibit the insurers’ use of anti-concurrent causation (ACC)...
New Law in Maryland Will Require Insurers to Explain ACC Clause to Homeowners May 6, 2013 Maryland has enacted a new law requiring insurers that write homeowners policies in the state with anti-concurrent causation clauses to...
N.Y. Regulators Identify 10 Banks With Worst Sandy Aid Statistics March 20, 2013 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state’s Department of Financial Services announced the “bottom 10” banks with the worst...