Latest North Carolina Headlines
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Safety Board: N.C. Waste Plant Fire Started Near Chlorine
Oct 31 2006 // The hazardous waste storage plant fire that led to the evacuation of thousands of residents this month in Apex, N.C. started in an area where chemicals such as pool chlorination tablets were stored, investigators said. An...
Study Identifies High Costs of Doing Business in Mass.
Oct 30 2006 // A new study by a Boston-based think tank shows that Massachusetts firms in nine selected industries including financial services have costs that are on average 20 percent to 30 percent higher than similar companies in...
Apex, N.C. Fire Chief Predicted Heavy Loss From Chemical Fire
Oct 27 2006 // Apex’s fire chief told a North Carolina state task force this week that he was prepared to lose an entire city block when a chemical fire ignited an industrial waste recycling plant earlier this month because he...
North Carolina Insurance Agent Arrested on Alleged Fraud Charges
Oct 26 2006 // A Matthews, N.C. licensed insurance agent was arrested and charged with nine felony counts of obtaining property by false pretense and is under a $50,000 secured bond at the Union County Jail. According to Insurance...
N.C. to Conduct Second Test of Apex Plant for Contaminants
Oct 25 2006 // North Carolina officials said that they will conduct a new round of environmental testing around an Apex industrial waste plant destroyed by fire earlier this month. North Carolina’s Department of Environment and...
N.C. Honor Heckle as Agent of Year
Oct 24 2006 // North Carolina independent insurance agents received kudos for leadership, service and dedication at this year’s annual convention. At the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina event held Oct. 8-11 in...
Flying solo now, former Zurich executive ‘gooses ‘ N.C. agents
Oct 23 2006 // A retired insurance industry executive turned turbo-charged motivational speaker told a group of independent insurance agents that they are the greediest people he has ever met. Ray Thomas, a former Zurich North America...
N.C. maps areas prone to landslides
Oct 23 2006 // North Carolina has produced the first in what officials say will be a series of county maps to enable communities to reduce the risks of building homes and other structures in landslide-prone areas of the state’s...
N.C. entrepreneur married to divorce insurance
Oct 23 2006 // If North Carolina’s John Logan has his way, sometime in the very near future, people across the globe will be able to purchase insurance coverage against the potential financial devastation often caused by...
Contingency Pay is Critical for Survival, N.C. Agents Reminded
Oct 12 2006 // Wrongdoings by mega insurance brokers have triggered a discussion that contingency commissions are bad, yet those contingency commissions can make or break a typical independent agency, an agent leader told North Carolina...
N.C. Maps Help Towns, Developers Avoid Landslide-Prone Areas
Oct 10 2006 // North Carolina has produced the first in what officials say will be a series of county maps to enable communities to reduce the risks of building homes and other structures in landslide-prone areas of the state’s...
Residents Evacuated as N.C. Waste Plant Burns
Oct 6 2006 // An estimated 16,000 residents living near Apex, North Carolina, have been asked to evacuate or remain inside with their windows shut following a fire at a hazardous waste plant that produced a low-hanging cloud of black...
England Joins Key Risk Management in N.C.
Sep 26 2006 // Thomas D. England is now senior vice president with Key Risk Management Services in Greensboro, North Carolina, a workers compensation subsidiary of W.R. Berkley Corp.. He will be responsible for client services provided...
N.C. Court: Disgruntled Publisher Didn’t Libel Insurance Adjuster in Column
Sep 21 2006 // A disgruntled magazine publisher did not commit libel against an insurance adjuster when he wrote a column criticizing the agent’s handling of his claim, North Carolina’s Court of Appeals ruled this...
Montgomery Insurance Beefs Up N.C. Claims Force
Sep 6 2006 // Montgomery Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, is adding to its field claim operations in western North Carolina to expedite claims processing for its policyholders and appointed agents in this part of the...
Declarations
Sep 4 2006 // A handful “It’s not hundreds of things that need to be done. It’s a handful of things.” Florida Governor Jeb Bush in encouraging homeowners to take advantage of a new $250 million state program that...
UPDATE 5: Ernesto Strikes Carolinas; Heads Northwest
Sep 1 2006 // Tropical Storm Ernesto made landfall near Cape Fear along the coast of North Carolina at around 11:30 p.m. last night, lashing the region with high winds and heavy rains. More than eight inches/20.32 cms of rain reportedly...
UPDATE 4: Ernesto Gains Strength, Heads Toward the Carolinas
Aug 31 2006 // Ernesto may not be a hurricane, but it continues to be a very persistent tropical storm. After passing over Florida with a lot of rain and wind, but minimal damage, Ernesto has gained new strength with maximum sustained...
N.C. Individual Health Market To Gain Competitors
Aug 28 2006 // North Carolina consumers could soon pay lower premiums for individual health insurance, thanks to an increase in competition. For years, consumers here have relied almost entirely on Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North...
N.C. Nixes Bill Giving State Worker Association Insurance Advantage
Aug 23 2006 // North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley has vetoed legislation he said would give the largest association representing state workers special rights to recruit and consult with employees or sell them insurance policies. The measure...
