Homeowners facing nonrenewal get more time to find coverage

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CLOSER INSPECTIONS: As property insurers tighten their underwriting requirements, they now must give homeowners more notice of nonrenewal, according to a new state law intended to give the owner more time to find a replacement policy. 
COURTESY MOTT & CHACE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY
CLOSER INSPECTIONS: As property insurers tighten their underwriting requirements, they now must give homeowners more notice of nonrenewal, according to a new state law intended to give the owner more time to find a replacement policy. 
COURTESY MOTT & CHACE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY

When Sen. ­Victoria Gu went looking for homeowners’ insurance for her house in Westerly six months ago, she found that both where a house was located and its condition could determine whether she could get ­coverage. Some insurers, such as her previous carrier, wanted roofs, water heaters and other parts of a house to be

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