Latest North Carolina Headlines
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North Carolina Has High Workers’ Compensation Medical Costs
Nov 1 2010 // North Carolina’s medical costs per workers’ compensation claim were among the highest in a study of 15 states, according to a new report. The study by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research...
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Nov 1 2010 // Aubie W. Knight has assumed the role of chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia (IIAG). Knight has been with IIAG since 1996. During his tenure, he has been responsible for most of...
North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Rates Given a Nudge
Oct 27 2010 // North Carolina employers’ costs for workers’ compensation will inch up next spring under an agreement reached between the state and insurers. The settlement ordered a 0.6 percent increase for voluntary market...
North Carolina Sisters Charged with Insurance Fraud
Oct 26 2010 // A pair of Durham, North Carolina sisters has been arrested for alleged insurance fraud, according to Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Evelyn Lee Navarro, 31, has been charged with one count of embezzlement by an...
North Carolina’s Workers’ Compensation Medical Costs Among Highest
Oct 22 2010 // North Carolina’s medical costs per workers’ compensation claim were among the highest in a study of 15 states, according to a new report. The study by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research...
North Carolina Agents Honor Newmister of Montgomery Insurance
Oct 20 2010 // Montgomery Insurance Co. Regional Vice President Nancy Newmister has been named the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina’s (IIANC) Company Professional of the Year. The award was presented to Newmister...
Feds Criticize North, South Carolina on Workplace Safety
Oct 18 2010 // Workplace safety programs in North and South Carolina downplay serious safety problems and levy weak fines, according to an audit released by the U.S. Labor Department. Jordan Barab of the Occupational Safety and Health...
North Carolina Bottler to Pay $495K in Hiring Bias Claims
Oct 15 2010 // The second-largest bottler of Coca-Cola products in the U.S. will pay $495,000 to settle a federal case involving charges of racially discriminatory hiring practices. The Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated, a...
North Carolina Opens Criminal Probe of Insurance Agent Who Killed Himself
Oct 14 2010 // State Insurance Department officials say they have begun a criminal investigation into the businesses of a Fayetteville man who killed himself in August. The Fayetteville Observer reported that a spokeswoman says the state...
Insurer PURE Enters North Carolina High-End Coastal Home Market
Oct 7 2010 // An insurer specializing in pricey properties is moving into North Carolina with a particular eye toward coastal real estate. Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE) offers its homeowners insurance policies for...
Feds Say North, South Carolina Programs Weak on Workplace Safety
Oct 4 2010 // Workplace safety programs in North and South Carolina downplay serious safety problems and levy weak fines, according to an audit released by the U.S. Labor Department. The audit showed that both states impose weak...
North Carolina: Water Damage to Homes Is 10 Times More Likely Than Fire
Oct 4 2010 // While fire may be a common worry among homeowners, claims data from Travelers suggests their homes could be as much as 10 times more likely to be damaged by water than by fire. Fortunately, much of this water-related...
Nicole Kills 12 in Jamaica; Remnants Drench East Coast
Sep 30 2010 // The remains of Tropical Storm Nicole battered the U.S. Atlantic Coast like a hurricane as it moved from the Carolinas to New England on Friday. Nicole was a minimal tropical storm for just six hours Wednesday, but the...
North Carolina Repair Shop Owner, Customer Charged with Fraud
Sep 30 2010 // A North Carolina automobile repair shop owner and one of his customers have been arrested and charged with insurance fraud. State officials report that John Marvin Smith, III, of Robersonville, and Fronzie Griffin, of...
North Carolina Agent Accused of Embezzlement
Sep 23 2010 // Godfrey Gray Bell, Sr., of Greenville, N.C., has been arrested and charged with one count of embezzlement by an insurance agent, according to state officials. Department of Insurance criminal investigators allege that from...
North Carolina Blue Cross to Refund $155 Million to Policyholders
Sep 22 2010 // North Carolina’s largest health insurer will refund $155 million to more than 215,000 individual policyholders as a result of the Affordable Care Act that took effect earlier this year, the company said. Individual...
North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Insurers Seek Slight Increase
Sep 20 2010 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has received the 2010 workers compensation rate filings from the North Carolina Rate Bureau, the organization that represents the state’s workers compensation...
Hurricane Earl Proves Kinder, Gentler Than First Feared
Sep 20 2010 // Risk modelers say Hurricane Earl caused very minimal damage as it passed by the East Coast and agents in the hardest hit area of the United States, the Outer Banks of North Carolina, say they have been receiving few...
Allstate Refunds $680,718 in North Carolina
Sep 16 2010 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that 1,803 Allstate Insurance Company policy holders in North Carolina will receive refunds totaling $680,718.22 after a Department of Insurance complaint...
North Carolina Agent Arrested for Embezzlement
Sep 16 2010 // Timothy Michael Moore, 40, of Fayetteville, N.C., has been arrested on four counts of embezzlement by an insurance agent, state Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced today. North Carolina Department of Insurance...
