Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
News Briefs
Sep 5 2005 // FLORIDA Report Shows Car Theft Decreased in Most of Southeast Across the Southeast in major metropolitan areas auto theft decreas-ed dramatically in 2004, accompan-ied by a slight drop in auto theft nationally, according...
N.C. Commissioner Issues Warning About Discount Health Insurance Plans
Aug 30 2005 // Seven North Carolina Better Business Bureaus and 148 Chambers of Commerce are receiving letters of caution from Insurance Commissioner Jim Long urging them to warn their members and citizens about the differences between...
PCI Says: N.C. Legislature Passed Important Workers’ Comp Reforms
Aug 26 2005 // As North Carolina lawmakers prepare for adjournment after a long session, they can claim credit for passing important reforms to the state’s workers compensation system and identity theft protection legislation this...
N.C. Legislators Sign ‘Limited Package’ of Workers’ Compensation Reforms
Aug 24 2005 // North Carolina legislators have taken final action on a limited package of workers’ compensation reforms (H. 99), assigning the more contentious and costly issues to an interim legislative study committee, according...
N.C. Farmers Receiving Assistance for Last Year’s Flood Damage Claims
Aug 23 2005 // North Carolina farmers who suffered flooding losses from last year’s hurricanes will soon receive disaster-assistance grants from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The checks issued...
IIANC Honors Broker of the Year, Company of the Year
Aug 22 2005 // Two awards have been presented by the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina: Burns & Wilcox/Moorehead City has been named “Broker of the Year;” and GMAC Insurance has been honored with the...
NAMIC Opposes N.C. Changes to Self-Insurance Guaranty Association
Aug 10 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies sent a letter to the North Carolina House Insurance Committee opposing Senate Bill 319, a bill that would amend provisions of the state’s self-insurance guaranty...
N.C. Commissioner Warns Seniors: ‘Beware of Aggressive Medicare Advantage Marketing’
Jul 25 2005 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long wants senior citizens to be aware of the aggressive marketing of Medicare Advantage plans by insurance companies and for seniors to be aware of what is legal and what...
N.C. Task Force Formed to Identify, Fight Medicaid Fraud
Jul 22 2005 // Medicaid fraud consisting of financial abuses by doctors, providers and patients will be targeted by a new 10-member fraud unit being formed in North Carolina. “We have to ensure that every Medicaid dollar is well...
Burns & Wilcox Appoints Johnson, Goodman to N.C. Posts
Jul 20 2005 // Burns & Wilcox has announced the appointment of Susan Johnson as an assistant underwriter of transportation/inland marine for its Morehead City, N.C. office; and James Goodman has been named a personal lines...
N.C. Man Charged in Comp Scam
Jul 6 2005 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced the arrest recently of Robert Samuel Ballard, 49, of Wilkes County on 25 charges of obtaining property under false pretenses. Department of Insurance investigators...
BRIDGEFIELD ADDS WORKERS’ COMP FOR N.C. MARKET
Jul 4 2005 // Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Summit Holding Southeast Inc., announced it is expanding its operations to North Carolina. Bridgefield Casualty is rated “A” (Excellent) by A.M. Best Co. and...
News Briefs
Jul 4 2005 // ALABAMA Arlene’s Timing Perfect for Referral List When Tropical Storm Arlene blew through Alabama it made the timing ideal for the release of a homeowners insurance referral list providing area homeowners with the...
AIA Seeks to Improve N.C. Security Breach Legislation
Jul 4 2005 // Well-intentioned legislation aimed at fighting broad-based identity theft needs several changes before it can work effectively for property/casualty insurance policyholders, according to Raymond G. Farmer, Ameri-can...
Watchdog Group Questions Blue Cross of N.C.’s U.S. Open Expenses
Jun 17 2005 // ProCare.org, a watchdog company for Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance in North Carolina has released paperwork indicating that the company has spent close to $500,000 to support the U.S. Open. “While the golfers are...
Bridgefield Casualty Adds Workers’ Comp to N.C. Market
Jun 12 2005 // Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Summit Holding Southeast Inc., announced that it is expanding its operations to North Carolina. Bridgefield Casualty is rated “A” (Excellent) by A.M. Best...
N.C. Police Officer Accused of Passing Fake Prescriptions, Insurance Fraud
Jun 9 2005 // Concord, N.C. Police Officer Dana Lynn Beninati has been suspended without pay after allegedly passing fake prescriptions and billing her insurance company. Lynn was arrested at her home and charged with 23 counts of...
N.C. Technology Topic ‘Best Practices’
Jun 1 2005 // PC Direct is sponsoring seminars during which the latest technology solutions and best business practices will be discussed in Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C. and is encouraging independent agents to attend. Included in...
N.C. Agents Halt Fraud Ring
May 23 2005 // Six Chatham and Randolph County, N.C., residents suspected of masterminding an extensive auto insurance fraud ring, which staged an estimated 480 auto crashes and defrauded more than $2 million have been arrested as the...
News Briefs
May 23 2005 // GEORGIA Licensing System Changes The Georgia Insurance Comm-ission held “Ind-ustry Day Meet-ings” across the state in May to discuss recent changes to the licensing system. In an effort to be responsive to...
