3 Pitfalls of ACV October 15, 2013 By Holly Tachovsky, CEO and Joseph Masters Emison, CTO/BuildFax Avoid these three traps to maximize the success of your roof risk strategy. From carriers to agents, inspectors to vendors,...
Insurer Gives Muncie Pit Bull Owners Ultimatum September 26, 2013 A Muncie, Ind., couple says their insurance company has ordered them to rehome their pit bulls or lose their homeowners’...
JPMorgan in $300M Settlement Over Force-Placed Homeowners Insurance September 10, 2013 By Dena Aubin JPMorgan Chase & Co and a major insurer have agreed to a $300 million settlement to resolve accusations that they...
American Family Insurance Acquires Direct Property Insurer, Homesite Group, Inc. September 5, 2013 Madison, Wis.-based American Family Insurance announced an agreement to acquire direct homeowners insurer, Homesite Group, Inc. The acquisition of Homesite,...
Michigan Orders American Fellowship Mutual Insurance into Liquidation June 22, 2013 The American Fellowship Mutual Insurance Co. has been ordered into liquidation by Ingham County Circuit Judge William Collette at the...
Coastal Homeowners Stagger Under Insurance Cost June 3, 2013 By JEFF AMY When Stan Virden moved into his 2,400-square-foot house overlooking a rock-lined canal in 1996, he paid less than $1,000 a...
How Homeowner Insurance Rates Have Spiked Nationwide June 3, 2013 Nationwide, an average homeowner paid $909 for homeowner insurance coverage in 2010, up 36 percent from 2003. Inflation rose 19...
Claims Costs Rise While Dog Bite Claims Fall in 2012 May 16, 2013 Dog bites accounted for more than one-third of all homeowners insurance liability claim dollars paid out in 2012, costing more...
Using Big Data To Improve Homeowners Insurance Products May 3, 2013 By Jim Fini There is no doubt that so-called Big Data is changing the way many companies do business. The volume of information...
Commentary: Will HUD’s Disparate Impact Rule Have Say in Ratemaking? April 12, 2013 By Susan Stead and Lawrence H. Mirel Despite the McCarran-Ferguson Act, which reserved the regulation of the “business of insurance” to the states, the Department of Housing...