Homeowners beware - flood insurance rates are set to triple after Dec. 17. Recent updates to area flood maps means that some residents may now be living in flood zones, which could cause residents to pay higher flood insurance premiums.

Insurance companies are gearing up to deal with the cost of the worst natural disaster the country has seen in decades

Home Emergency Insurance Solutions, a leading provider of home emergency repair programs with hundreds of thousands of policies in place, is doing their share to keep homeowners protected.

By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 3, 2010 State insurance regulators on Friday approved double-digit rate increases for homeowners covered by Allstate's Florida subsidiary, the Castle Key Group. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation approved an average increase of 18.7 percent for Castle Key Insurance policyholders and an average increase of 17.8 percent for Castle ...

It's been more than four years since Florida was directly hit by a hurricane, but many Florida homeowners face insurance hikes.

The Minnesota Department of Commerce is looking into claims from a dozen homeowners in Wadena who say their insurance companies won't pay out on their tornado claims.

Homeowners who have properties damaged by this morning's earthquake in Christchurch can lodge a claim with the Earthquake Commission

New 2010 homeowners’ association laws enacted

The O’Fallon City Council on Thursday voted unanimously to lower property tax and sewer insurance rates.

Mike Eckman's backyard swimming pool was "a good friend" for years, but with his children now grown it was hardly being used. And it needed costly repairs.

Getting the enough insurance coverage for your home is the only way to protect your most valuable asset. In today's tips we're going to tell you what you need to know BEFORE a storm strikes.

2 Allstate subsidiaries win homeowners rate increases

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL--(Marketwire - September 1, 2010) - Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (the Company or Universal ) ( NYSE Amex : UVE ), a vertically integrated insurance holding company, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPCIC) has entered into an agreement with GEICO to make UPCIC's personal residential insurance products available ...

Conventional policies generally cover damage to a home from wind but not flooding

Dublin, Ohio – September 3, 2010 – The Memorial Tournament, Nationwide Insurance and the PGA TOUR announced today that Nationwide will become the presenting sponsor of the Memorial Tournament, beginning with the 2011 event.

The National Flood Insurance Program is in the red, and approaching tropical storms aren't likely to help the situation.

DEARBORN — Homeowners in Dearborn may have received information in the mail from a company selling insurance to cover the costs of emergency repairs of water service lines on private property, a rare occurrence.

By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Some 1,600 Point Place residents could be forced to buy federal flood insurance at a cost of $700 or more a year if the Bell administration reneges on a promise to improve a dike system built in the early 1970s, Councilman Lindsay Webb said. The dike system, built to help prevent flooding, is in need of $1.2 million to $2 million of improvements. Mayor Mike ...

Boise officials praise the move but say they don't plan to help.

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