North Carolina News

Illinois Disciplinary Actions Include License Denials, Suspensions, Fines

Illinois Department of Insurance Director of Insurance Michael T. McRaith has issued the following disciplinary orders for September and October 2010: Shango D. Johnson, Chicago – Insurance producer license suspended effective Sept. 8, 2010. Johnson was licensed to sell life, …

James Joins RSI International in Commercial Underwriting Unit

RSI International Inc., a Texas-based managing general agency, announced that Robin James has joined its Commercial Underwriting Department in Arlington. James joins RSI after relocating to Texas from Goldsboro, N.C., where she spent the majority of her insurance career with …

Some Question Data on Low Worker Injury Rates in North, South Carolina

A new federal study estimating the rate of workplace injuries last year finds North and South Carolina among the country’s safest in which to work. But some workplace safety experts doubt whether the rates accurately reflect which states are safer. …

Insurance Helps But North Carolina Family Struggles to Rebuild After Fire

Alma Salas printed out an application for Extreme Home Makeover the night before her house was destroyed by fire. “It wasn’t a perfect home, but I bought it with intentions of building it up,” she said. “Now it makes me …

Why Now Is a Good Time for Agency Network Growth

They go by many names — networks, alliances, franchises, clusters and aggregators — but all have similar goals. Aggregator groups have been around the insurance industry for more than three decades but in the past few years they have become …

Republicans Gain Control in State Houses

Republicans were not only victorious in the U.S. House but also in state houses across the country. Tuesday night’s GOP power will give the party its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great Depression, according to the …

North Carolina Court Rejects Counties’ Challenge to 2008 Homeowners Rates

Municipalities do not have standing to challenge decisions on insurance rates issued by the state insurance department, a North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled. Twelve North Carolina counties, led by dare County, along with 10 towns and two private …

North Carolina Alleges Granddaughter Took Grandma’s Fire Insurance Funds

A North Carolina woman has been arrested on charges that she took insurance claim checks from an October 2009 house fire that destroyed her grandmother’s residence. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Dawn Hathcock Morris, 40, of Albemarle, …

Declarations

Pioneering “This new lab is a tangible, dramatic, generous demonstration of the property insurance industry’s deep commitment to reducing and preventing losses that disrupt the lives of millions of home and business owners each year.” —Julie Rochman, Institute for Building …

North Carolina Has High Workers’ Compensation Medical Costs

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 Institute (WCRI) said that several factors led to …