Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Eyes Public Panel to Oversee Home Insurance Rates
Mar 29 2011 // Frustrated by rising home insurance rates, some North Carolina residents want a greater role in the rate approval process and state lawmakers are looking to give it to them. The North Carolina Insurance Committee is...
North Carolina Debates More Fines on Drivers Using Cell Phones
Mar 25 2011 // North Carolina lawmakers already have banned young drivers from using cell phones and everyone else from texting or emails while behind the wheel. Now they’re considering whether to go further. A commerce committee...
North Carolina Senators Want to End Car Inspections
Mar 15 2011 // Getting a car inspected can be a hassle, and a legislative report criticized North Carolina’s annual vehicle safety program. But law enforcement and a group representing drivers are opposing an effort at the General...
Lockton Expands with North Carolina Office
Mar 10 2011 // Privately-held insurance broker Lockton is expanding its reach into the Carolinas by opening an office in Charlotte, North Carolina. The new office will provide clients with commercial insurance, risk management and...
Workers’ Comp Group Defends Work in North Carolina
Mar 7 2011 // A non-profit workers’ compensation research organization that maintains its work is objective has found itself at the center of a controversy in North Carolina over whether to trim workers’ compensation...
North Carolina to Hear Dwelling Fire Rate Hike
Mar 7 2011 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has called for a June 21 public hearing on a proposed 20.9 percent rate increase in dwelling fire and extended coverage rates after the Department of Insurance ruled that...
North Carolina Senate Approves Cap on Malpractice Awards
Mar 4 2011 // Limits on medical liability lawsuits, including a cap on certain jury awards, cleared the North Carolina state Senate this week in legislation that Republican backers argue will keep malpractice insurance premiums stable...
North Carolina Insurance Agent Arrested on Embezzlement Charges
Mar 2 2011 // A North Carolina insurance agent for Nationwide Insurance voluntarily surrendered her license after being arrested on embezzlement charges, according to state officials. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin reported the...
North Carolina Senate Panel Alters Malpractice Awards Cap Bill
Feb 28 2011 // A legislative committee debating a measure that would place limits on awards in medical malpractice lawsuits and change some rules for the litigation could vote on the measure early this week. The Senate Finance Committee...
North Carolina Plans Public Hearing on Dwelling Rate Hikes
Feb 22 2011 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has called for a June 21 public hearing on a proposed 20.9 percent rate increase in dwelling fire and extended coverage rates after the Department of Insurance ruled that...
North Carolina Auto Insurers: No Rate Change Necessary
Feb 21 2011 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced good news for drivers in the state after the North Carolina Rate Bureau submitted its latest rate filing calling for no change in passenger car and motorcycle...
North Carolina Lawmakers Debate Medical Malpractice Award Cap
Feb 17 2011 // North Carolina lawmakers have begun what promises to be a long fight over medical malpractice laws as insurance and medical services companies square off against law firms. A Senate committee opened discussions Tuesday on...
Workers’ Compensation Research Group Defends Work in North Carolina
Feb 15 2011 // A non-profit workers’ compensation research organization that maintains its work is independent of the industry and objective has found itself at the center of a controversy in North Carolina over whether to trim...
North Carolina SIA Group Appoints Edwards
Feb 7 2011 // Don Mills, president of the North Carolina-based SIA Group, has announced that Angela Edwards has been named employee benefits account executive in the agency’s Jacksonville office. Edwards will be responsible for...
North Carolina Receives 800 Comments on Fire, Dwelling Rates
Feb 4 2011 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance said that more than 800 people have submitted either written comments or public testimony on the industry’s request for a statewide increase averaging 20.9 percent in...
North Carolina Auto Insurers: No Rate Change Necessary
Feb 4 2011 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced good news for drivers in the state after the North Carolina Rate Bureau submitted its latest rate filing calling for no change in passenger car and motorcycle...
North Carolina Beach Plan to Retrieve Surplus Returned to Insurers
Jan 24 2011 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has announced a settlement agreement that calls for the North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association, known as the Beach Plan, to reverse the more than $16 million...
North Carolina Insurers Seek Dwelling Rate Hike
Jan 24 2011 // North Carolina insurers are looking to raise rates from 7 percent to 25 percent, or an average 20.9 percent statewide, for 2011 on dwelling fire and extended coverage policies. If approved the higher rates would affect...
All Risk Promotes Robbins to North Carolina Branch Manager
Jan 20 2011 // Wholesale insurance brokerage firm All Risks, Ltd. has promoted Lora Robbins to branch sales leader in the Charlotte, N.C. office. Robbins first joined the firm in 2006. All Risks, Ltd. based in Hunt Valley, Maryland. The...
Workplace Deaths Rise in North Carolina; Overall Injury Rate Drops
Jan 19 2011 // There were 48 fatal workplace accidents in North Carolina in 2010, a tally that is up from 34 in the previous year but below the five-year average of 53.2. At the same time, the state’s overall injury and illness...
