September 29, 2023 Mitigation Matters No matter where you live, if you’re a homeowner today, you need to do your best to maintain your property and take steps to avoid it being damaged or destroyed in a severe weather event. Why? 1) No place on earth is immune from risk…
September 28, 2023 County hosts webinar on homeowners insurance The current crisis of property insurance affordability and availability that’s impacting homeowners, as well as options for keeping homes protected, are the subjects of a county-wide public webinar. Read more.
September 27, 2023 As premiums rise, consumers need answers – some states are on the case As auto and home insurance premiums continue to rise across the United States, insurance oversight agencies are reporting a marked increase in consumer complaints and inquiries that seek to understand the reasons for increased pricing and what they can do to qualify for lower rates.…
September 22, 2023 How Your Insurance Rates are Set in California The following was written by Joel Laucher, a former regulator and United Policyholders’ staff member whose work is focused on wildfire risk reduction and appropriate insurance rewards for mitigation. Prior to joining Team UP, Joel rose through the ranks at the California Department of Insurance…
August 23, 2023 Maui Wildfire Survivors Accessing “Been There” Roadmap to Recovery® Expertise SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The national non-profit United Policyholders (UP), which has earned high marks over three decades for easing and improving wildfire recovery for impacted households in California, Colorado, Washington, Arizona and Oregon,announced today that it is delivering help to Maui residents through multiple…
July 27, 2023 Press Release: Rural Representatives and Consumer Group partner to address California’s regional home insurance crisis Rural Representatives and Consumer Group partner to address California’s regional home insurance crisis For Immediate Release: July 26th, 2023 Contact: Amy Bach, Executive Director, media@uphelp.org SAN FRANCISCO, July 26, 2023 – To assist the thousands of California residents in rural and…
July 20, 2023 California Home Insurance FAQs The home insurance situation remains very challenging in California, there’s no sugar-coating it. The one bright spot in the recent announcements by three leading insurers that they will no longer sell new policies is that none of them are leaving the state or wide-scale dropping…
June 29, 2023 Wildfire Season is Here – Get Prepared! Summertime and the living is easy…except that wildfire season’s starting and the leading insurer just announced they’re not selling new policies in California. UP has been busier than ever getting useful tips out to residents of wildfire-vulnerable regions on reducing risk, being prepared and keeping…
June 29, 2023 What’s the RX for home insurance headaches? Rising home insurance prices and shrinking availability have made headlines across the nation in recent weeks, but the situation is not news to UP. It has been developing regionally for years, and we’ve been contributing to solutions through multiple advocacy and consumer help workstreams. The…
June 23, 2023 UC ANR: How Can We Navigate Changes in the California Home Insurance Market Due to Wildfires? A wildfire shockwave recently hit California. Maybe you missed it. While there were no large wildfires threatening homes, and the air wasn’t thick with smoke like in the Northeast from the wildfires in Canada, a shockwave did hit. State Farm, California’s largest home insurance company,…
June 22, 2023 Advocacy Wins in Colorado! (2023) By Lisa Hughes, Marshall Fire Survivor and UP Local Liaison Team UP Colorado worked closely with Insurance Commissioner Mike Conway and Rep. Judy Amabile to enact new consumer protections this legislative session, and we were very pleased to join Governor Polis when he signed HB-23-1174…
June 21, 2023 Who’s fighting for lower insurance rates in Oklahoma? News 4 received a lot of reactions to our story on the ever-growing home insurance prices in Oklahoma. One woman tweeted “we are planning to leave Oklahoma in the next couple of years.” The soaring prices have pushed some homeowners to the breaking point. Insurance…
June 21, 2023 Preparing your home for wildfire season? Here’s what you need to know As a relative newcomer to the North Bay, I’ll admit I didn’t know much about how to best protect my home from wildfires. But, experts tell me there are many misconceptions even among those who are more seasoned, informed and have lived through the trauma…
June 20, 2023 It’s getting harder and more expensive to insure your California home. What can you do? Consumer advocate shares homeowners insurance tips as wildfires make policies harder to get, more expensive Californians are finding it harder and more expensive to insure their homes in the wake of devastating wildfires across the state in recent years. Premiums are rising sharply, even with…
June 20, 2023 BACH TALK: Consumers need help (with shrinking property insurance affordability and availability) Americans today in hurricane, flood and wildfire prone regions (particularly in areas where there have been recent disasters) are paying much higher premiums and having a very hard time finding affordable property insurance options. This is a national phenomenon that United Policyholders has been helping…
June 5, 2023 Allstate becomes the second home insurer to pull out of California State Farm announced a similar decision last week The question must now be asked. Will California homeowners be able to buy insurance coverage for their homes? Allstate has become the second major insurance company to announce it will stop writing homeowners insurance policies in the…
April 26, 2023 Catch UP on roof damage with Alex Jadin In this Catch UP segment, Minnesota attorney Alex Jadin shares his insights and expertise on roof damage insurance claims in Minnesota.
April 10, 2023 Catch UP on a fallen tree insurance claim with Evan Walker In this Catch UP segment, insurance law attorney Evan Walker shares his expertise on insurance claims and fallen tree damage.
