Latest North Carolina Headlines
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Brightway Insurance Opens First North Carolina Store
Oct 30 2013 // The retail insurance franchise Brightway Insurance has opened its first store in North Carolina. Dimitri Apostle, the new owner, Apostle opened the store in Huntersville with his father, Peter. Apostle has 10 years of...
North Carolina Captive Insurance Law Now in Effect
Oct 24 2013 // North Carolina is open for business as a domicile for captive insurance companies. The North Carolina Captive Insurance Act, signed into law on June 19, is now in effect, allowing for the formation of captive insurance...
North Carolina, Florida Among States With Most Reported Heavy Equipment Thefts
Oct 24 2013 // A report this month from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) shows five of the top 10 states nationwide with the most reported heavy equipment thefts are from the Southeast region. In NICB’s “Equipment...
Two Arrested in Alleged Staged Accident Scam in North Carolina
Oct 23 2013 // North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin this week announced the arrest of two people in an alleged insurance fraud scheme involving a staged auto accident in Pitt County. The state insurance...
New North Carolina Law on Passing School Buses to Take Effect Dec. 1
Oct 22 2013 // North Carolina authorities say the recent death of a Rowan County teen illustrates why tougher penalties are needed in North Carolina for drivers who illegally pass school buses. A 17-year-old was killed last Thursday as...
Ascension Acquires North Carolina Transportation Broker Transure
Sep 19 2013 // Ascension Insurance Inc. has acquired transportation and trucking specialist Transure Services Inc., located in Whitsett, North Carolina. Transure’s brokerage platform is augmented by an in-house wholesale operation,...
Crop Insurance: A Growing Problem in Time of Record Farm Profits
Sep 9 2013 // A Depression-era program intended to save the nation’s farmers from ruin has grown into a 21st- century crutch enabling affluent growers and financial institutions to thrive at U.S. taxpayer expense. Federal crop...
Tennessee, North Carolina Football Players Sue NCAA Over Concussions
Sep 6 2013 // Three former college football players are suing the NCAA, saying it failed to educate them about the risks of concussions and did not do enough to prevent, diagnose and treat brain injuries. Chris Walker and Ben Martin,...
North Carolina Couple Charged with Insurance Fraud Over Camper Rental
Aug 28 2013 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin recently announced the arrests of Johnny Ball, 49, and Joni Ball, 49, of Pink Hill on charges of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense. Department of...
Family of North Carolina Football Player Killed by ATV Sues School, Coach
Aug 27 2013 // The estate of a 15-year-old Asheville, N.C., football player who died two years ago after he was struck by an all-terrain vehicle at Roberson High School is suing the school’s football coach and the Buncombe County...
North Carolina Consumers Confronted with ‘Consent to Rate’
Aug 22 2013 // WFMY-TV in Greensboro, N.C. reports on a common problem facing North Carolina consumers: the arrival of letters from one’s home or auto insurer requesting to raise rates above levels approved by by the state, with...
North Carolina’s ECM Solutions Acquires Ferguson Agency
Aug 21 2013 // ECM Solutions of Charlotte, North Carolina, which sells commercial and personal insurance along with risk management services, has acquired the Ferguson Employee Benefits Agency in Greenville, South Carolina. ECM Solutions...
North Carolina Bureau, Insurers to Pay 2 Innocent Men $12M
Aug 14 2013 // The State Bureau of Investigation said that the agency and its insurers have agreed to pay more than $12 million to two men who spent a combined 31 years behind bars for crimes it was later found that they didn’t...
Blue Cross ‘Stores’ Offering Uninsureds Information on Obamacare Changes, Options
Aug 12 2013 // Just down from the Target and Gander Mountain big-box stores and between a nail salon and dental office in Morrisville, North Carolina’s largest health insurer opened its first retail store. It has some exercise...
Aon Risk Solutions Appoints Senior VP in North Carolina Office
Aug 6 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, recently announced the addition of Christopher Coté as senior vice president in the Charlotte, N.C., office.Christopher CotéIn his new role, Coté will...
North Carolina Residual Market Issues $500 Million in Cat Bonds
Aug 5 2013 // North Carolina’s two residual homeowners insurance markets have jointly issued $500 million in pre-event catastrophe bonds to ensure they have enough money on hand to quickly pay claims following hurricanes and other...
North Carolina Suffers Fourth Flash Flood in 4 Months
Jul 29 2013 // A series of thunderstorms moving across western North Carolina has triggered what meteorologists are calling major flash flooding. The Charlotte Observer reported that parts of Catawba and surrounding counties were under...
Former North Carolina Lawmaker Sues Driver, Bar Over Crash
Jul 25 2013 // A former North Carolina legislator who was seriously injured in a 2011 car crash is suing the estate of the man killed in the accident as well as the bar which he says served the victim too much alcohol. The Winston-Salem...
Nearly 1,800 North Carolina Drivers Arrested for Drunk Driving Over Holiday
Jul 17 2013 // North Carolina transportation officials said almost 1,800 motorists were arrested on North Carolina highways for driving while impaired during an Independence Day operation. The N.C. Department of Transportation and the...
North Carolina Residual Market Issues $500 Million in Cat Bonds; Rate Hikes Go Into Effect
Jul 16 2013 // North Carolina’s two residual homeowners insurance markets have jointly issued $500 million in pre-event catastrophe bonds to ensure they have enough money on hand to quickly pay claims following hurricanes and other...
