Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers’ Study Warns on North Carolina Beach Plan Deficit
Oct 21 2008 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America unveiled results of an independent report which found that the North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association, a.k.a. the Beach Plan, is not financially prepared to...
North Carolina Emergency Management Achieves Accreditation
Oct 17 2008 // North Carolina’s Emergency Management program has been granted full accreditation by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program. Crime Control and Public Safety Secretary Bryan Beatty made the annoucement on Oct....
North Carolina Insurance Investigators Thwart Alleged Auto Accident Ring
Oct 15 2008 // North Carolina Department of Insurance investigators arrested five Halifax County residents for their roles in what investigators are calling an auto insurance fraud ring that netted the accused more than $25,550 in...
North Carolina’s TriSure Adds Sokolowski as Partner
Oct 13 2008 // The partners of Raleigh, N.C.-based TriSure, an independently owned insurance brokerage and consulting firm, appointed Kurt Sokolowski to its leadership team. A client executive at TriSure since 2004, Sokolowski has...
In Case of North Carolina Agent Charged with Murder, Autopsy is Inconclusive
Oct 6 2008 // An autopsy says the body of a North Carolina insurance investigator that was found in South Carolina in May was so badly decomposed that medical examiners can’t determine how she died. The autopsy report released...
Insurers Weigh-in on North Carolina Committee’s Beach Plan Analysis
Oct 1 2008 // A North Carolina joint legislative study committee began hearings on Sept. 30 regarding the financial health of the state’s Insurance Underwriting Association, a.k.a. the Beach Plan. The Joint Select Study Committee...
North Carolina Insurance Department Hosts International Burn Conference
Oct 1 2008 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance Office of State Fire Marshal and the UNC Healthcare Jaycee Burn Center are the co-hosts of the 2008 World Burn Congress in Raleigh. Each year more than 500,000 people are treated...
North Carolina Insurance Investigator’s Autopsy Inconclusive
Sep 22 2008 // An autopsy says the body of a North Carolina insurance investigator that was found in South Carolina in May was so badly decomposed that medical examiners can’t determine how she died. The autopsy report released...
North Carolina Beach Plan Reserves Under Scrutiny
Sep 22 2008 // The North Carolina Legislature has formed a committee to study the North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association’s (Beach Plan) ability to respond financially to a significant hurricane landfall. State Rep. Bruce...
North Carolina County to Buy Flood-damaged Homes
Sep 19 2008 // Mecklenburg County, N.C. could spend more than $4 million to buy as many as 50 homes that suffered serious flood damage after Tropical Storm Fay and other storms. The Charlotte Observer reported Sept. 17 the voluntary...
North Carolina Beach Plan Committee Adds Members, Sets Meeting
Sep 19 2008 // The North Carolina Legislature recently mandated a committee to study the North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association’s (Beach Plan) ability to respond financially to a significant hurricane landfall. The first...
Federal Disaster Relief Centers Open in North Carolina
Sep 15 2008 // The federal government opened disaster loan centers in two North Carolina cities that were flooded by remnants from Tropical Storm Fay last month. The U.S. Small Business Administration said centers opened Sept. 13 in...
Workers’ Compensation Rates Expected to Drop in North Carolina
Sep 12 2008 // Workers’ compensation insurance rates will be dropping in North Carolina next year, for the first time in five years. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Sept. 10 the North Carolina Rate Bureau has requested...
North Carolina Insured Drivers to See Rate Decrease of 16.1%
Sep 11 2008 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long signed an order requiring a 16.1 percent reduction in private passenger auto rates and a 11.7 percent reduction in motorcycle liability rates. The decreases will become...
Wells Fargo Insurance Services Grows in North Carolina
Sep 10 2008 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services Inc., a bank-owned insurance brokerage and a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co., acquired the assets of Greensboro, North Carolina’s Professional Benefits Associates LLC. Professional...
North Carolina Committee to Study Beach Plan’s Ability to Cover Risks
Sep 9 2008 // The North Carolina Legislature mandated a committee to study the North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association’s (Beach Plan) ability to respond financially to a significant hurricane landfall. State Rep. Bruce...
Hurricane Ike Threatens Bahamas; Hanna Death Toll Grows
Sep 5 2008 // Powerful Hurricane Ike weakened slightly as it moved across the Atlantic toward the Bahamas and the U.S. on Thursday, while Tropical Storm Hanna’s death toll from floods in Haiti grew to 136. Campgrounds were closed...
North Carolina Activates Rescue Teams and National Guard pre-Hanna
Sep 4 2008 // North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley activated the N.C. National Guard and other state resources to be ready to respond to Tropical Storm Hanna, which is expected to affect the state on Friday and Saturday. Up to 270 members of...
Insurers Seek Study of North Carolina Beach Plan’s Finances
Sep 1 2008 // Insurers are calling upon the the North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association, known as the Beach Plan, to release its financial information to allow consumers, lawmakers and insurers to begin working on long-term...
Bird Prepares to Land After 20 Year Flight with North Carolina Big ‘I’ Agents
Sep 1 2008 // Retiring Leader Sees Agency Management Education Program at Appalachian State as Top Achievement After 20 years as an advocate for independent agents, Bob Bird, chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents...
