Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Insurers Running Ads Opposing Change to Negligence Standard
May 13 2010 // North Carolina property and liability insurers are taking their case to the public to impede an effort in the Legislature to change how monetary awards are determined when somebody gets hit by a car while crossing the...
North Carolina Wind Pool Gets Extra Protection with $305M Cat Bond
May 11 2010 // North Carolina’s insurance pool for coastal properties now has an extra financial cushion in case a major hurricane strikes. Risk specialist Guy Carpenter & Co., LLC, and GC Securities, announced the completion...
North Carolina Rate Bureau Proposes Credits for Storm-Proofing Homes
May 7 2010 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed a proposal with the North Carolina Department of Insurance to provide homeowners insurance credits for implementing certain property protection measures, including several based on...
Main Street America Expands Product Lines To Grain Dealers Mutual Agents
May 4 2010 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its products to nearly 200 independent agents who represent new affiliate Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co. throughout North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. Specifically,...
North Carolina Begins $50 Million in Auto Insurance Refunds This Week
May 4 2010 // This week begins the first phase of a process that will see about 1 million North Carolina policyholders begin to receive refund checks from their auto insurance companies totaling more than $50 million. The refund...
Who’s In the Path of 2010 Hurricane Season?
May 3 2010 // The North Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1 and lasts through November 30. Facts from the U.S. Census Bureau highlight the number of people living in areas that could be most affected by these dramatic acts of...
North Carolina Officials Investigating Series of House Fires
Apr 26 2010 // Investigators say someone set two homes on fire in a North Carolina neighborhood near four previous cases of arson. WCNC-TV reported that the fires set Friday damaged two Charlotte homes that were vacant and the power to...
North Carolina Court Upholds 2008 Rate Hikes Opposed by Coastal Towns
Apr 20 2010 // The North Carolina Court of Appeals has declined to upset a 2008 agreement between the state’s former insurance commissioner and insurers that hiked insurance rates for some coastal homeowners up to 30 percent and...
North Carolina Attorney General Not Joining Suit Against Healthcare Law
Apr 19 2010 // North Carolina’s attorney general says the state will not join a lawsuit that seeks to overturn President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Attorney General Roy Cooper said in a letter to Gov. Beverly Perdue...
Why Keystone Insurers Expanded in Kentucky and Where It’s Going Next
Apr 6 2010 // Pennsylvania-based insurance agency franchisor Keystone Insurers Group has more than 200 agency owner-partners and it’s not done yet, says Colin Buzzard, Keystone’s executive vice president of sales and...
Study: Road Woes Cost North Carolina Drivers $1,350 a Year
Mar 26 2010 // North Carolina’s big-city motorists are losing nearly on average the cost of a tank of gas every week to pay for their troubles from pot holes, longer waits in traffic and perilous roads. A national transportation...
North Carolina Court: Commissioner Rules Until Successor Sworn In
Mar 26 2010 // In a case over an Industrial Commission’s workers’ compensation award, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled recently that appointed government officials retain their jobs until their successors are sworn...
North Carolina Woman Arrested in Alleged Staged Robbery for Insurance
Mar 10 2010 // North Carolina officials report that a Wilson woman has been arrested for allegedly staging a robbery to collect insurance money. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Leslie Michelle...
North Carolina Insurance Regulator Launches Mobile Web Site
Mar 9 2010 // Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has launched a mobile version of the North Carolina Department of Insurance’s Web site, www.ncdoi.com, to provide a mobile-friendly way for consumers to link with the state...
North Carolina Insurance Department Helps Consumers Recover $9 Million
Mar 9 2010 // Consumers in North Carolina were able to recover more than $9 million from insurance companies in 2009 with the assistance of the state insurance department. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said the recovery came from...
Insurer Refuses Payment, Alleging Fire at North Carolina Inn Was Set
Mar 5 2010 // The company that insured a historic inn in western North Carolina is refusing to pay for damages from a fire, saying someone associated with the owners is responsible for the blaze. The owner has accused former employees...
North Carolina’s First Bank Insurance Acquires Montgomery County Agency
Feb 16 2010 // North Carolina’s First Bank Insurance Services, Inc. has acquired The Insurance Center, Inc., a Montgomery County property/ casualty insurance agency with 500 customers. Kim Birckhead, president of The Insurance...
North Carolina Agent Sentenced for Embezzlement
Feb 12 2010 // A North Carolina insurance agent has been sentenced to 48 months supervised probation with one year of electronic house arrest after pleading guilty to five counts of embezzlement, according to state officials. Insurance...
U.S. Issues Safety Rules on North Carolina Plant Gas Explosion
Feb 5 2010 // On a 2-1 vote, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board yesterday recommended that national fuel gas codes be changed to improve safety when gas pipes are being purged of air during maintenance or installation of new piping. The...
North Carolina Assisted Living Center Owners Avoid $1.2 Million Liability
Feb 3 2010 // The owners of a North Carolina assisted living home have declared bankruptcy and could escape responsibility for what a judge called a pattern of neglect by under-trained and understaffed employees. Superior Court Judge...
