Hurricane Ida moratorium on homeowners’ insurance cancellations comes to an end

Homeowners insurance

Insurers can now choose cancellation or non-renewal for coverage in southeast Louisiana. This week, homeowners’ insurance companies can choose to cancel or non-renew coverage for policyholders in southeast Louisiana, after Hurricane Ida protections expired on Sunday. The state insurance regulator chose not to extend the emergency protections put into place before Ida. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon invoked Emergency Rule 47 on August 26. It stopped homeowners’ insurance companies from being able to cease or interrupt coverage, even in the case of premium non-payment. This protection applied to policyholders living…

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