Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina House Weighs Ban on Text Messaging by Drivers
Feb 11 2009 // The North Carolina General Assembly already has passed a law barring teenagers from talking on a cell phone while driving. Now some legislators want to stop all drivers from text messaging. Some House members scheduled a...
North Carolina Auto Insurance Companies Seek 1.4% Hike
Feb 9 2009 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has confirmed that his department has received the annual auto insurance rate filing from the North Carolina Rate Bureau. The bureau, which represents the auto insurance...
North Carolina Leaders Recall Former Insurance Commissioner Long
Feb 5 2009 // North Carolina’s top elected statewide officials remembered former colleague Jim Long at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday, calling the ex-insurance commissioner a friend who dedicated his career to the...
Former North Carolina Commissioner Long Dies
Feb 3 2009 // Former North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long, who retired last month after serving 24 years as state regulator, died Monday, 12 days after suffering a stroke. Long, 68, was one of the longest-serving elected...
North Carolina Agent Arrested on Embezzlement Charges
Feb 3 2009 // North Carolina Department of Insurance investigators said they arrested Teeketa Graham Davis of Sophia, N.C. on charges of embezzling more than $68,000. Department investigators allege that Davis, a licensed insurance...
North Carolina Officials Allege Hobgood Man Collected on Claim Twice
Jan 30 2009 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin reported the arrest of an Edgecombe County man. The warrant alleges Johnny Harper, Jr., 26, of Hobgood, N.C., collected two settlements for one auto insurance...
North Carolina Arrests Seventh Suspect in Alleged Car Insurance Scam
Jan 29 2009 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin reported the arrest this week of another Eastern North Carolina resident for his part in what Department of Insurance of investigators are calling an auto insurance fraud...
North Carolina Town Forms Arson Task Force to Probe 22 Fires
Jan 29 2009 // A North Carolina town has formed an arson task force to investigates a rash of 22 suspicious structure fires that have broken out since last year. The Daily Dispatch of Henderson reported there were 17 suspicious fires...
Former North Carolina Insurance Chief Long Suffers Serious Stroke
Jan 26 2009 // Former North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long was in intensive care Friday at a Raleigh hospital after suffering a serious stroke, hospital officials said. Rex Hospital spokeswoman Melody Hunter-Pillion said Friday...
Declarations
Jan 25 2009 // Political Citizens “We probably would have hoped they would have gone further than they did but these are very substantive recommendations and given the politics, these are tough issues.” —Sam Miller, chief...
North Carolina Urged to Reduce Beach Plan Coverage, Cap Insurers’ Liability
Jan 23 2009 // North Carolina’s state-sanctioned property insurance program at the coast should reduce its maximum property policy coverage to relieve its potential liability in a massive hurricane, a legislative study committee...
Bankers Insurance Moves into North Carolina, Acquiring HVWM Group
Jan 22 2009 // Bankers Insurance, LLC has acquired the Hutton Vincent Williamson McLean Insurance Group (HVWM) based in Asheville, N.C. HVWM is one of the oldest and largest independent agencies in western North Carolina. This purchase...
North Carolina Considers Capping Insurers’ Liability for Beach Plan Costs
Jan 22 2009 // A legislative committee looking at how to cover insurance claims after a big hurricane in North Carolina may recommend a cap on how much private insurers would be forced to pay. The study panel scheduled its final meeting...
Kellogg Recalls 16 Products Due to Salmonella Risk
Jan 20 2009 // Kellogg Co. has recalled 16 products containing peanut butter due to possible salmonella contamination, adding new urgency to the nationwide outbreak as federal officials confirmed contamination at a Georgia facility that...
North Carolina Joins National Fire Emergency Declaration
Jan 16 2009 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin, who also serves as the state fire marshal, joined national officials in declaring a fire emergency across his state. The National Association of State Fire Marshals...
North Carolina Workplace Fatalities Rise as Economy Slows
Jan 13 2009 // Workplace deaths in North Carolina rose in 2008 after three years of declines, and officials worry that the nation’s sagging economy is partly to blame. Preliminary data provided by the North Carolina Department of...
North Carolina Auto Rate Hike In Escrow Until Court Rules
Jan 11 2009 // Auto insurers may increase premiums on North Carolina drivers by up to 9.4 percent starting Jan. 1, but a court ruling will determine whether they can keep the extra money. The North Carolina Rate Bureau, which represents...
North Carolina Agrees to 4% Home Rate Hike
Jan 11 2009 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has agreed to permit homeowners insurance companies to hike their rates an overall statewide average of 4.05 percent beginning May 1. This is below the statewide increase than...
Construction Insurance Brokers Say Building Backlog is Saving Commercial Sector… For Now
Jan 11 2009 // But Challenges Could Lie Ahead in 2009 Even With Government Stimulus Package Commercial construction insurance brokers from the northeast to the west coast, from Texas all the way to North Carolina, say the market and...
North Carolina Commissioner’s in Select Company
Jan 6 2009 // It’s a select community. Only 11 state insurance commissioners across the country are elected rather than appointed. Wayne Goodwin is now one of the 11. He won the Nov. 4 election to succeed Jim Long, who first won...
