Florida’s insurance commissioner has approved rate hikes averaging 18.8% for homeowners who are covered by State Farm.

Reverse mortgages, which have been trumpeted as the panacea for many seniors who have paid off their home loans, are not a good fit for most older Americans, according to a new Consumers Union report.

A federal judge in Norfolk, Va., ruled that an insurance company doesn’t have to pay a homeowner’s claim for damages caused by Chinese drywall.