Home Insurance Non-Renewals in Virginia, County by County

0.95 percent of Virginia homeowners policies were not renewed in 2023. Every county in the Senate Budget Committee file, 2018 to 2023, with its policy base.

The state series

Non-renewal rate, Virginia, 2018 to 2023
Year201820192020202120222023
Rate0.70%0.69%0.45%0.61%0.59%0.95%

One county stands well clear of the rest of the Virginia field. Counting only the 115 counties whose 2023 book held 500 policies or more, Accomack recorded 3.99 percent in 2023 against 0.95 percent for the state, and it sits 1.82 points clear of the next county, Hampton City. Across all 126 counties with a 2023 reading the midpoint is 0.82 percent, a long way under the figures at the top of the column. Ranked by the size of the move since 2018 rather than by the level, it comes 19th of 51. The floor of the series is 0.45 percent in 2020. The rate fell in 2019 and again in 2020 before it turned back up in 2021. The peak is 2023. In 2023, 50 of the 126 counties with a reading that year sat above the state rate. Within that group, top to bottom the 2023 readings cover 3.59 points, with the lowest county at 0.40 percent. In 86 of the 118 counties with a reading in both years, 2023 came in above 2018. One row here, Accomack, is inside the national top 100 counties by 2023 rate, which is ranked only over books of 500 policies or more. A non-renewal in this file means the insurer declined to write the policy for another term. The homeowner did not cancel, and that distinction is the whole reason the committee asked 23 insurers for the count.

Every county in the file

Read the table with the policy count in view. Ranking claims in the text above begin at 500 policies in force for 2023. 11 counties below sit under it and are printed anyway. One non-renewal out of two policies reads as 50 percent, which says something about the denominator and nothing about the market.

Non-renewal rate by county, Virginia, 2018 to 2023, with the 2023 policy base
County201820192020202120222023Policies in force 2023Trend
Petersburg Citynot reportednot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported50.00%2no full series
Franklin Citynot reportednot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported28.56%7no full series
Emporia Citynot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported16.67%20.00%5no full series
Charlottesville City0.00%not reportednot reportednot reportednot reported16.67%18up sharply
Harrisonburg Citynot reportednot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported16.67%18no full series
Salemnot reportednot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported11.11%9no full series
Waynesboro Citynot reportednot reportednot reported11.11%not reported11.11%18no full series
Covington City20.00%not reportednot reportednot reportednot reported9.99%10down sharply
Colonial Heights Citynot reportednot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported9.75%41no full series
Accomack0.80%1.09%0.49%0.92%0.94%3.99%4,107up sharply
Hampton City1.36%0.86%0.58%0.72%0.84%2.17%19,917up sharply
Norfolk City1.15%0.84%0.67%0.93%0.83%2.11%30,124up sharply
Albemarle0.45%not reported1.37%not reportednot reported2.02%99up sharply
Brunswick0.54%0.30%0.46%0.68%1.70%1.89%1,744up sharply
Smyth0.84%1.06%0.66%1.12%1.22%1.86%3,388up sharply
Northampton0.95%0.43%0.49%1.36%0.62%1.81%1,654up sharply
Dinwiddie1.16%1.48%0.74%1.37%1.19%1.75%7,660up sharply
Virginia Beach City0.69%0.50%0.54%1.07%0.52%1.73%63,256up sharply
Scott0.43%0.59%0.73%0.61%1.34%1.48%2,371up sharply
Pittsylvania0.79%1.24%0.59%0.94%0.88%1.46%11,192up sharply
Nottoway1.07%1.54%0.61%1.27%1.68%1.42%1,620up
Greensville1.20%1.04%0.85%0.97%1.44%1.41%1,563up
Mathews0.86%0.48%0.32%0.87%1.07%1.31%1,915up
Page0.77%0.56%0.24%0.53%0.67%1.31%2,589up sharply
Lunenburg1.14%0.88%0.56%1.41%1.56%1.30%1,611up
Buena Vista City0.70%0.83%0.91%0.90%0.55%1.25%879up sharply
Surry1.08%1.23%0.95%0.47%0.92%1.24%1,046up
Halifax0.68%1.42%0.29%0.93%1.13%1.21%3,955up sharply
Campbell0.61%0.78%0.75%0.69%0.83%1.20%6,657up sharply
Newport News City0.86%0.81%0.59%0.80%0.65%1.20%22,520up
Prince Edward0.71%0.85%0.63%1.50%0.68%1.19%1,427up
Henrico0.87%0.84%0.51%0.78%0.69%1.18%47,795up
Sussex0.91%1.15%0.68%0.97%0.97%1.18%1,014up
Warren0.67%0.61%0.45%0.64%0.51%1.16%6,060up
Prince George1.02%0.96%0.70%0.95%0.94%1.15%8,360up
Richmond1.24%1.49%0.34%0.66%0.75%1.12%894down
Tazewell0.79%0.78%0.60%0.87%0.92%1.12%5,251up
Amherst0.94%0.75%0.45%0.52%0.67%1.10%4,264up
Charlotte0.95%1.51%0.40%1.30%0.68%1.10%1,275up
Roanoke City1.02%1.01%0.51%0.76%0.87%1.10%6,619flat
Washington0.53%0.58%0.45%0.75%0.94%1.10%7,059up sharply
Lancaster0.93%0.83%0.94%1.14%0.84%1.09%2,387up
Wythe0.66%0.89%0.50%0.94%1.23%1.09%3,111up
Henry0.88%0.67%0.55%1.08%0.98%1.06%9,229up
Lee0.72%1.25%0.58%1.25%1.50%1.05%1,721up
Westmoreland0.89%0.82%0.66%0.54%0.99%1.04%3,840up
Rappahannock0.95%0.67%0.49%0.54%0.64%1.02%1,766flat
Grayson0.69%0.73%0.30%0.59%0.92%1.00%2,401up
Carroll0.56%0.71%0.15%1.08%0.65%0.98%3,464up
James City0.44%1.08%0.46%0.57%0.59%0.98%4,180up sharply
Charles City1.18%0.85%0.64%1.26%1.45%0.95%946down
Northumberland0.69%0.74%0.56%0.83%0.56%0.95%3,276up
Fredericksburg City0.46%0.84%0.39%0.46%0.35%0.94%2,230up
Richmond City0.84%0.85%0.52%0.69%0.74%0.94%13,207flat
Caroline0.90%1.06%0.53%0.87%0.78%0.93%5,035flat
Chesterfield0.68%0.60%0.42%0.55%0.55%0.92%61,827up
Prince William0.72%0.88%0.47%0.48%0.54%0.90%69,272up
Russell0.50%0.92%0.45%0.63%1.09%0.90%3,125up
Suffolk City0.99%0.63%0.63%0.65%0.69%0.90%13,873flat
Cumberland0.80%1.20%0.72%0.70%0.81%0.89%2,014flat
Buckingham0.88%0.53%0.45%0.87%0.92%0.88%1,584flat
Southampton1.02%0.94%0.33%0.74%0.69%0.86%3,847down
Mecklenburg0.69%0.57%0.30%0.69%0.81%0.82%5,336up
Wise0.71%0.63%0.40%0.90%1.35%0.82%5,217up
Buchanan1.47%1.54%0.68%0.81%0.96%0.81%2,604down sharply
Bland0.92%1.19%0.54%0.80%1.03%0.80%749down
Portsmouth City1.05%1.02%0.57%0.85%0.71%0.80%12,620down
Shenandoah0.64%0.63%0.47%0.57%0.62%0.80%5,642up
Stafford0.85%0.83%0.44%0.44%0.52%0.80%21,816flat
Louisa0.68%0.73%0.36%0.45%0.76%0.79%7,824up
Amelia0.95%1.02%0.50%0.88%0.81%0.78%1,785down
Fairfax0.57%0.62%0.44%0.48%0.47%0.78%157,523up
Pulaski0.65%0.46%0.45%0.65%0.76%0.78%4,864up
Spotsylvania0.67%0.72%0.44%0.44%0.47%0.78%21,593up
Botetourt0.42%0.44%0.30%0.48%0.62%0.77%4,132up
Middlesex0.42%0.54%0.58%0.69%0.27%0.77%2,725up
Giles0.53%0.81%0.39%0.86%0.75%0.76%2,235up
Orange0.58%0.59%0.41%0.67%0.63%0.76%6,279up
Alexandria City0.63%0.61%0.36%0.53%0.44%0.75%10,182up
Culpeper0.78%0.72%0.32%0.45%0.52%0.75%6,699flat
Rockbridge0.88%0.67%1.03%0.95%0.56%0.75%2,924down
Arlington0.49%0.57%0.38%0.52%0.48%0.74%18,475up
Bristol City0.73%0.92%0.72%1.12%1.24%0.74%1,892flat
Madison0.23%0.50%0.18%0.44%0.82%0.74%2,165up sharply
Augusta0.75%0.89%0.31%0.44%0.50%0.73%11,730flat
Nelson0.41%0.77%0.27%0.74%0.38%0.73%3,297up
Charlottesville City / Albemarlenot reported0.33%0.28%0.41%0.35%0.72%19,787no full series
Craig0.89%0.65%0.65%1.06%1.20%0.72%695down
Essex0.93%0.31%0.67%0.58%0.91%0.72%1,388down
King George0.94%0.95%0.39%0.50%0.41%0.72%4,001down
Poquoson City0.66%0.66%0.44%0.77%0.33%0.72%1,943flat
Roanoke0.55%0.63%0.33%0.41%0.57%0.72%25,304up
Bedford0.60%0.56%0.31%0.47%0.52%0.71%18,257up
Fauquier0.52%0.49%0.33%0.47%0.60%0.71%11,942up
Powhatan0.54%0.39%0.25%0.37%0.48%0.71%4,650up
Gloucester0.50%0.71%0.26%0.43%0.48%0.70%7,993up
Floyd0.79%0.42%0.16%0.73%0.75%0.69%1,739down
Franklin0.58%0.58%0.27%0.40%0.44%0.68%8,041up
Dickenson0.68%1.14%0.61%1.34%1.00%0.67%1,778flat
Goochland0.41%0.43%0.24%0.34%0.50%0.67%6,589up
Clarke0.58%0.74%0.29%0.64%0.28%0.66%2,737flat
Greene0.52%0.61%0.23%0.51%0.57%0.66%3,026up
Isle of Wight0.47%0.60%0.34%0.64%0.33%0.65%6,020up
Montgomery0.55%0.29%0.23%0.33%0.33%0.65%10,598flat
Loudoun0.53%0.52%0.37%0.40%0.40%0.63%65,239flat
Frederick0.48%0.52%0.34%0.33%0.49%0.62%14,627up
York0.50%0.47%0.29%0.41%0.39%0.62%15,959up
Bath0.24%0.96%0.37%0.72%0.58%0.60%835up
Hanover0.57%0.51%0.34%0.42%0.52%0.60%23,896flat
Chesapeake City0.74%0.64%0.43%0.57%0.49%0.57%33,175down
Lynchburg City0.65%0.77%0.37%0.49%0.45%0.56%6,078flat
New Kent0.50%0.50%0.28%0.49%0.43%0.56%5,761flat
Fluvanna0.62%0.47%0.31%0.43%0.55%0.55%6,005flat
Manassas City0.88%1.19%0.38%0.48%0.48%0.55%5,293down
Rockingham0.73%0.73%0.38%0.46%0.31%0.53%10,388down
Winchester City0.49%0.49%0.69%0.36%0.46%0.52%2,491flat
Patrick0.61%0.56%0.51%0.72%0.61%0.48%2,698down
Appomattox0.54%0.71%0.39%0.46%0.21%0.47%2,352flat
Falls Church City0.41%0.50%0.18%0.32%0.37%0.47%2,145flat
Alleghany1.14%1.07%0.65%0.56%0.98%0.45%2,235down sharply
King William0.72%0.74%0.54%0.59%0.51%0.45%2,900down
Williamsburg City0.47%0.50%0.34%0.53%0.49%0.44%5,461flat
King and Queen0.69%1.30%0.43%0.76%1.39%0.43%1,168down
Radford City0.57%0.57%0.28%0.51%0.51%0.41%1,722down
Staunton City0.85%1.14%0.44%0.48%0.38%0.40%3,795down
Highland0.00%0.00%0.00%0.70%1.38%0.37%273up
Fairfax Citynot reportednot reported12.51%12.51%9.99%not reportednot reportedno full series
Galax Citynot reportednot reportednot reported11.11%not reportednot reportednot reportedno full series
Lexington Citynot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported16.67%not reportednot reportedno full series
Manassas Park Citynot reported15.82%not reportednot reportednot reportednot reportednot reportedno full series
Martinsville Citynot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported11.74%not reportednot reportedno full series

Data last updated , the committee’s release date. Download the full county file as CSV, policy bases included.

The notice window

Before an insurer in Virginia can end a policy at its term it must give notice at least 30 days before the termination date, under Virginia Code section 38.2-2114.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from the record below.

  1. Senate Budget Committee, county-level homeowners insurance non-renewal dataset, 2018 to 2023, released December 2024. Committee release. Machine-readable copy: dataset mirror.
  2. Coverage: 23 insurers, about two thirds of the United States homeowners market, 249 million policy records over the six years.