Frontline Homeowners Insurance, a coastal-focused insurer, is now offering wind and flood coverage to Alabama residents with coastal properties in Mobile and Baldwin Counties. Frontline Homeowners Insurance offers a contractors assist program as part of its coverage, which manages the …
Investigators have ruled out arson as the cause of a huge Southern California wildfire that was 75 percent contained Sunday after burning through coastal mountains and threatening thousands of homes. Continuing cool, moist air and drizzle late Sunday and continuing …
Rebecca Hoskins poked through the debris in her flood-wrecked house: a TV here, a light fixture there. Someone had been in and taken down the curtains. She blinked back a tear. It was a crisp early spring day and her …
Joseph Szczesny’s modest Staten Island home in New York was inundated when Superstorm Sandy slammed into the U.S. East Coast in October. Now six months later, the 63-year-old bridge repairman and his fiance are all but alone in their Oakwood …
More Maryland homeowners will avoid a costly trap by predatory contractors thanks to a new law, the Washington, D.C.-based Coalition Against Insurance Fraud said. Maryland Senate Bill 736 was signed into law by Gov. Martin O’Malley on May 2. The …
A jury has ruled that Benton County does not have to compensate a Colorado couple who lost their Corvallis-area home to a landslide. The suit filed by Bob and Gayna Flake claimed their more than $800,000 loss constituted an “inverse …
A Southern California wildfire grew to more than 15 square miles and firefighting crews prepared Friday for another bad day of gusting winds and searing weather. The fire erupted Thursday in the Camarillo area, damaging 15 homes and a cluster …
The California Court of Appeal upheld a Los Angeles Superior Court ruling on Thursday by dismissing Mercury Insurance Co.’s lawsuit challenging Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’ authority to decrease the insurer’s homeowners rates. Jones in March issued a decision providing for …
The Massachusetts FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) Plan, the state’s home insurer of last resort, has proposed this month an average statewide rate hike of 6.8 percent. The FAIR Plan, whose official name is Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association …
A fast-moving line of intense thunderstorms flooded streets, knocked out power to more than 30,000 people in southeast Louisiana on April 24 and spawned two tornadoes that damaged homes and businesses in Jefferson Parish. No injuries were reported. Kenner officials …
