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- The Homeowners Class Plan: How It Has Become Folklore
- Homeowners insurance represents the first multi-line policy sold in the United States. It was a combination of the fire, extended coverage, theft, personal liability, and medical policies, which had all been sold separately before. The Insurance Company of North America is given credit for filing the first homeowners policy, in...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- Auto and Homeowners Insurance: Is AARP Looking Out for You?
- The nonprofit behemoth promises to save you money and provide great service. But does it deliver? Here's how to decide if AARP policies are right for you. As part of our continuing analysis of AARP’s financial services products (earlier stories...
- Articles 2009-08-26
- 7 Insurance Myths That Can Cost You
- Think you're covered? Maybe not. Read these insurance misconceptions and be sure you have the right protection. 1. My Job’s Disability Insurance Will Cover Me You may believe that after an accident or illness your lost income will be covered through...
- Articles 2009-09-30
- Homeowners Insurance: Make Sure You Are Covered
- You probably think you have adequate homeowners insurance, but how carefully have you read the fine print? By some estimates, nearly two-thirds of homeowners don?t have enough insurance to replace their house and belongings if they were destroyed by fire or storm. Here?s how to fix your policy before disaster...
- Articles 2009-11-11
- How to File a Homeowners Insurance Claim
- Filing a claim on your house every time you experience damage isn?t always the best strategy, especially when the claim is small. Here?s how to figure out when it pays to make a claim ? and how to make sure you get the most money back when you do. ...
- Articles 2009-11-11
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- More Homeowners Insurance cost Increases Projected
- Rates for homeowners insurance will continue to rise in West Virginia, putting that market in a "critical state," reports state Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline."In my mind, homeowners is in a more critical state than automobile insurance. We have more difficulty helping consumers obtain homeowners insurance than we do auto," Cline...
- Research articles 2003-09-19
- Voluntary market facility set for N.Y. coastal risks.(a plan to make homeowners insurance more available in New York coastal areas)
- Responding to the challenge put before it by state legislators and concerned homeowners, the insurance industry has unveiled its voluntary market solution to a homeowners insurance availability problem in New York's coastal areas - the Coastal Market AResponding to the challenge put before it by state legislators...
- Research articles 1996-03-18
- J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Erie Insurance Group Ranks Highest in Overall Homeowners Insurance Customer Satisfaction
- Business Editors AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 29, 2001 Homeowners Report 50 Percent Fewer Claims Than Auto Insurance Policy Holders Erie Insurance Group ranks highest in overall satisfaction for homeowners insurance, according to the inaugural J.D. Power and Associates 2001 Homeowners Insurance StudySM released today. Liberty Mutual...
- Research articles 2001-10-29
- Temporary Panel on Homeowners' Insurance Coverage:2001
- This report on Homeowners' Insurance Coverage, updates the issues affecting the affordability and availability of homeowners' insurance in New York State. The panel concludes that the New York homeowners' insurance market continues to improve as fewer and fewer New Yorkers are turning to the New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association,...
- White papers 2001-09-01
- YouZoom.com Adds Homeowners Insurance to Online Offering; Consumers Can Now Comparison Shop and Purchase Auto and Homeowners Insurance in One Stop
- Business Editors SAN DIEGO--BUSINESS WIRE--July 31, 2000 YouZoom.com has expanded its product line to offer consumers the ability to comparatively rate and purchase homeowners insurance, including renters and condominium coverage, online. With the launch of this new product line, YouZoom becomes the only company closing homeowners insurance...
- Research articles 2000-07-31
- Top carriers make moves in urban market.(homeowners insurance standards)
- Allstate has revealed that, along with State Farm, it, too, is relaxing underwriting standards for homeowners insurance to enable it to better capitalize on urban market opportunities. In addition, the nation's third-largest homeowners insurer, FarmerAllstate has revealed that, along with State Farm, it, too, is ...
- Research articles 1996-08-19
- Allstate.(working with commissioner Jim Donelon, Allstate Insurance Co. to offer homeowners insurance in Louisiana)(Brief article)
- ALLSTATE said it agreed to work with Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon on coastal homeowners insurance issues. This ... ALLSTATE said it agreed to work with Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon on coastal homeowners insurance issues. This came after the company's president met with Donelon...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- Madoff Victims: Will Homeowners Insurance Help?
- Don't get your hopes up too high, America. Fraud coverage does not typically come with homeowners insurance policies, and when it does, insurers will try to wriggle out of paying if they can. Here's the story. In the late 1990s when I.D. theft first became prevalent, insurance...
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- Allstate accused of unfair homeowners practices. (homeowners insurance, by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now)
- Allstate has been accused of unfair practices in the writing of homeowners insurance in America's inner cities by the consumer group ACORN, which has called upon state regulators to initiate a market conduct examination of the insurer. Allstate de Allstate has been accused...
- Research articles 1993-09-13
- Allstate offers homeowners plan in urban mkt. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, homeowners insurance program)
- WASHINGTON--Choosing to "view urban' as a market and not as an issue," Allstate's Pennsylvania operation has initiated a hybrid homeowners insurance program in a Philadelphia neighborhood. The program--part group plan and part company/com WASHINGTON--Choosing to "view urban' as a market and not as...
- Research articles 1994-11-28
- High court irks insurers on HUD rules.(US Supreme Court declines to hear case concerning Department of Housing and Urban Development's authority to regulate homeowners insurance)
- WASHINGTON--Insurance groups a disappointed that the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case involving Nationwide which challenges the authority of teh Department of Housing and Urban Development to regulate homeowners insurance. The high courtWASHINGTON--Insurance groups a disappointed that the U.S. Supreme Court has...
- Research articles 1996-02-26
- N.Y. insurers take heat on lack of shorefront coverage. (homeowners insurance)
- LINDENHURST, N.Y. - The New York assembly Insurance Committee should stop waiting for property-casualty insurers to voluntarily solve homeowners insurance availability problems in the state's coastal areas and pursue legislative options instead, Long ILINDENHURST, N.Y. - The New York assembly Insurance Committee should stop waiting for...
- Research articles 1996-01-29
- Homeowners Insurance Costs Up 2.8 Percent in 2004; Smallest Increase in Five Years, Says I.I.I. Analysis
- This paper discusses the major cost drivers in homeowners insurance today and offers customers money-saving tips that can help them offset these costs. The cost of insuring homes is expected to rise by 2.8 percent in 2004, the smallest increase in five years, said the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). The...
- White papers 2004-06-02
- Nationwide probed by Justice Dept.(Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., discrimination in homeowners insurance)
- Nationwide Mutual Ins. Co. is the subject of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into whether Nationwide practices related to the offering of homeowners insurance violate federal civil rights laws, the National Underwriter has learned. Se Nationwide Mutual Ins. Co. is...
- Research articles 1997-02-03
- The Homeowners Insurance Dilemma
- Earthquakes, hurricanes, conflagrations, tornadoes, and severe winter storms have cost the industry billions of dollars. This has caused several companies to become insolvent, and others to overhaul their underwriting strategies in an effort to avoid that fate. During the period of relative inactivity, insurers begin to offer coverage enhancements such...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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