Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Keeps Newer Car Inspections
Jun 18 2012 // North Carolina drivers that own newer cars will still have to undergo an annual vehicle inspection after state lawmakers scuttled a proposal to exempt them from the requirement. The Joint Transportation Oversight Committee...
Hartman Named President, CEO of North Carolina’s Stonewood Insurance
Jun 12 2012 // Steven J. Hartman has been named president and chief executive officer of Stonewood Insurance Management Co. Inc. and its three affiliated property/casualty insurance companies. Hartman’s appointment was announced by...
Judge Nixes North Carolina’s Matching Election Funds Program
Jun 4 2012 // A federal judge has struck down portions of North Carolina’s voluntary public financing program for appellate court candidates. The program was designed to provide extra funds to participants when they’re...
State Auto Consolidates RED, Rockhill in North Carolina
May 31 2012 // The specialty division of the State Auto Insurance Group is consolidating its Risk Evaluation and Design (RED) subsidiary and its Rockhill Specialty Program Division into a single operating structure. The RED team, based...
North Carolina Maintains Inspections on Newer Cars
May 30 2012 // North Carolina drivers that own newer cars will still have to undergo an annual vehicle inspection after state lawmakers scuttled a proposal to exempt them from the requirement. The Joint Transportation Oversight Committee...
North Carolina Cost Drivers Studied
May 21 2012 // North Carolina had higher income benefit payments per claim among 16 states in a recent study, slower return to work resulting in longer duration of temporary disability, and larger lump-sum settlements than in many study...
2 Republicans Face Run-Off in North Carolina Race
May 21 2012 // Republicans still have to pick their candidate for North Carolina insurance commissioner after cutting the field to two. Richard Morgan and Mike Causey topped a three-candidate field on May 8 to advance to a runoff...
2 Republicans Face Run-Off in North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Race
May 10 2012 // Republicans still have to pick their candidate for North Carolina insurance commissioner after cutting the field to two. Richard Morgan and Mike Causey topped a three-candidate field on Tuesday to advance to a runoff...
Blue Cross Fights North Carolina Claim It Blocks Competition
May 8 2012 // North Carolina’s Blue Cross plan and the national Blue Cross licensing organization asked a federal court to reject a lawsuit claiming the company’s network of insurance plans across the country are limiting...
North Carolina Threatens Jail Time Over Workers’ Unpaid Claims
May 7 2012 // North Carolina officials are requiring insurers to expedite the payment of workers’ compensation patients’ medical and wage-loss benefits or risk being sentenced to jail. The North Carolina Industrial...
Southeast Agencies, Carriers Now Hiring
May 7 2012 // Here is some of the positive insurance employment news for the Southeast: Allstate In February, Allstate Insurance announced it was looking to appoint 124 new agency owners in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South...
North Carolina Jury Awards $14.6 Million in Slim Jim Factory Blast
Apr 24 2012 // A jury has awarded $14.6 million to seven people hurt in an explosion at a now closed ConAgra Slim Jim factory in Garner, North Carolina. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that a Johnston County jury gave more...
North Carolina Employers Face Jail Time Over Uncovered Workers’ Claims
Apr 23 2012 // North Carolina officials are requiring insurers to expedite the payment of workers’ compensation patients medical and wage-loss benefits or risk being sentenced to jail. The North Carolina Industrial Commission has...
Agency Says More N.C. Residents Added to Uninsured
Apr 18 2012 // New data from a North Carolina agency shows an increase in the number of uninsured residents in a six-year span. Numbers from the North Carolina Institute of Medicine shows that 291,000 residents joined the ranks of the...
Southeast Insurance Employment: Agency, Carrier Plans Brighten Picture
Apr 18 2012 // Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish. The unemployment rate remains higher in key...
North Carolina Auto Insurance Reform Postponed Until Next Year
Apr 16 2012 // North Carolina lawmakers have decided to postpone any major effort to reform the state’s automobile insurance market until next year citing the complexity of the subject and a lack of time due to a shorten...
Workers’ Comp Scofflaws in North Carolina Under Scrutiny
Apr 16 2012 // Officials in North Carolina said they will review their efforts to ensure that employers are purchasing workers’ compensation coverage after facing criticism they have done little to make sure that employers comply...
Calabrese Joins Smart Choice in North Carolina
Apr 11 2012 // Melissa Calabrese has joined Smart Choice Insurance Center of the Triad in High Point, North Carolina. She will be responsible for property/casualty sales. Calabrese is a licensed life, health and personal and commercial...
Workers’ Compensation Upheld for North Carolina School Principal Shot in Face
Apr 5 2012 // The state Court of Appeals has upheld a decision awarding workers’ compensation to a middle school principal shot in the face in 2009. The court ruled that former Fairmont Middle School Principal James Hunt’s...
North Carolina Vows Crackdown on Workers’ Compensation Scofflaws
Apr 4 2012 // Officials in North Carolina said they will review their efforts to ensure that employers are purchasing workers’ compensation coverage after facing criticism they have done little to make sure that employers comply...
