Latest Condominium Headlines

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Latin Agents Tackle Wind Damage Issues; Explain Confusing Condo Statutes

Aug 22 2005 // Like a hurricane rolling in from the Atlantic, a panel on hurricane insurance claims, moderated by Rudy Valdez-Diaz, a past-president of the Latin American Association of Insurance Agents, went into high-gear during the...

BOCA RATON CONDO DEVELOPER SAYS ‘NO’ TO HURRICANE SHUTTERS

Jul 18 2005 // Banyan Lakes, a condominium developer in Boca Raton, Fla., an area well known for upscale housing, has banned condo owners from placing hurricane shutters outside their windows, residents can put them inside the windows if...

Two More Fla. Insurers Request Homeowners, Condo Rate Increases

Jul 11 2005 // Florida Preferred Property Insurance and Old Dominion Insurance have joined the list of insurers asking the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation for permission to increase homeowner and condominium policy rates. Florida...

LAAIA Agents Tackle Condo Policy Issues, Find Statutes Confusing

Jul 7 2005 // Major changes in Florida Statute 718 and how insurance agents should write condominium policies, based on what part of a condominium property should be covered by the condominium association and what part must be covered...

Condominiums and Multi-Family Dwellings

Oct 25 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: ACE USA enhanced its disaster mortgage protection program by adding coverage for condominiums and multi-family dwellings through its ACE select markets division. ACE select markets provide specialty...

Condominiums and Multi-Family Dwellings

Sep 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: ACE USA enhanced its disaster mortgage protection program by adding coverage for condominiums and multi-family dwellings through its ACE select markets division. ACE select markets provide specialty...

Condos and Vacation Rentals

Sep 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Abram Interstate Insurance Services is offering coverage for condominiums and vacation rentals. Coverage includes extended replacement, special computer coverage, ordinance and law, personal articles,...

ACE Adds Condos, Multi-Family Homes to DMP Program

Sep 2 2004 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of the ACE Group of Companies has announced an enhancement to its Disaster Mortgage Protection program by adding coverage for condominiums and multi-family dwellings through its...

Condo Associations Join Call for TRIA Renewal

Jun 11 2004 // A national organization representing 250,000 community and condominium associations is urging the U.S. Department of Treasury to extend and expand provisions of a law that enable community associations to obtain reasonably...

State Farm Condo Insurance Rates to Increase in Nev.

Apr 13 2004 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved the request of State Farm Fire and Casualty Company for an overall statewide average increase of 28.8 percent for rental condominium unitowners insurance,...

Condominiums

Oct 20 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Appleby and Sterling is offering a market for condominiums (1980 and newer). Dollars: $25M depends on spread, distances. Deductibles of $1,000, $2,500, $5,000, $10,000. Minimum premiums of...

Report Condo, Co-op Premiums ‘Skyrocket’ in NYC

Aug 11 2003 // The cost of insuring New York City’s condominiums and co-op apartments has reportedly risen steeply over the last year, with some rate increases approaching 600 percent. An article in Newsday found that increases of...

Condos & Townhomes

Feb 25 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services has a new, A.M. Best “A” rated, admitted market in Texas for condominiums & townhouses. Owner occupied, seasonal or tenant occupied units are eligible....

Superior Access Writing Texas Condos, Townhomes

Feb 10 2003 // Richard Swoy, chairman of Superior Access Insurance Services, announced a new A.M. Best “A” rated, admitted market in Texas for condominiums and townhouses. Owner occupied, seasonal or tenant occupied units are...

New Market: Condo/Homeowner Assoc., Property Management Firms, Managers

Jul 9 2002 // Safe Harbor Surplus has available programs for condo/homeowner associations, property management firms and property managers. Condo coverages are for D&O, EPLI, fidelity, umbrella and workers’ compensation....

Condo/Homeowner Assocs., Prop. Manage-ment Firms, Managers

Jul 8 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Safe Harbor Surplus has available programs for condo/homeowner associations, property management firms and property managers. Condo coverages are for D&O, EPLI, fidelity, umbrella and workers’...

King Not Renewing Calif. Homeowners, Renters, Condo Policies

Jun 25 2002 // California-based King Insurance recently forwarded a notice to all of its producers, informing them that the company’s homeowners, renters and condo policies showing renewal effective dates of Aug. 8, 2002 and later...

Homeowners & Condo Assoc.

Feb 25 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: M.J. Hall & Co. has available a homeowners & condo association program. Available on an appointment basis. Company is MGA for program. Dollars: Policy limits of $3,000,000, no deductibles,...

Reach of Contruction Defect Litigation Extends Beyond Condos

Nov 27 2000 // Editor’s note: Following the cover story “Cracks in the Stucco: Construction Defect Litigation Spreads” in our July 24, 2000, issue, several readers called in to share stories of how the problem of...