Unwitting Insurers May Be Subsidizing Marijuana Grow Houses March 5, 2020 By Jim Sams GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — While California has a $1.4 billion legal marijuana market, a black market of perhaps equal size...
Animal House: Squirrel Wrecks Home, Insurance Won’t Fix it January 8, 2020 ATLANTA — An Atlanta couple said they came home from a winter vacation to find their house had been ransacked...
New InsurTech Offering Brings Free Home Maintenance Visits with Price of Policy August 27, 2019 By Jim Sams Many insurance carriers offer their customers discounts on smart home products that protect homes from fire, water and theft. Some...
Homeowners Struggle After California Wine Country Fire August 29, 2018 By LORIN ELENI GILL Construction crews have already put up the frame on Cheri Sharp’s new house, but she still questions whether rebuilding was...
Wildfires May Make Homeowners’ Insurance in California Harder to Get August 16, 2018 By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL California homeowners may find themselves facing insurance headaches even if their houses weren’t affected by this year’s blazes. The California...
Fitch: U.S. P/C Personal Lines Results Decline Despite Auto Improvement June 15, 2018 Underwriting losses in the U.S. P/C personal lines segment moved higher for the fourth straight year in 2017, though this...
California Bill Intended to Clarify Mudslide Insurance May 22, 2018 By JONATHAN J. COOPER The California Senate approved legislation Thursday that seeks to clarify homeowners’ insurance coverage following deadly mudslides near Santa Barbara. Insurance...
California Insurance Commissioner’s Authority to Regulate Insurers’ Homeowners RC Estimates January 31, 2017 By Richard Wolf On January 23, 2017, the California Supreme Court ruled that the insurance Commissioner of that state was given the power...
Floods, Phones Contribute to Assurant Profit Decline October 19, 2016 By Jordyn Holman Assurant Inc., the insurer that sells coverage protecting mobile phones and homes, posted the second-biggest decline in the S&P 500...
Farmers: Fall Home Insurance Claims Tied to Rising Fire, Liability Claims October 4, 2016 New claims data released as part of the Farmers Insurance Seasonal Smarts Digest shows the potential for home insurance claims...