Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.C. Schedules June Auto Insurance Rate Hearing
Mar 10 2006 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has announced a hearing on auto insurance rates will be held in Raleigh in June and recently requested rate increases will be denied until after the hearings. This...
N.C. Suspect Apprehended for 6 Felonies; Link Suspected to Shooting
Mar 8 2006 // Perry Murray Wilson, 53, of Black Mountain, N.C. was apprehended on six felony charges including two misdemeanor charges of selling insurance without a license, financial identity fraud, obtaining property under false...
N.C. Committee Petitioned to Strengthen Building Codes
Mar 8 2006 // Tougher building code standards aimed at reducing future hurricane damage in North Carolina have been forwarded to a state committee studying disaster management by Insurance Commissioner Jim Long. Long petitioned the...
N.C. Big ‘I’ to Present Check for UNC Endowment on March 8
Mar 7 2006 // A check for $54,000 for a scholarship endowment will be presented at 1 p.m. March 8 to the Belk College of Business at the University of North Carolina by the Young Agents Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents of...
Eight States Targeted For Smart Choice® Expansion
Feb 24 2006 // Greensboro, North Carolina – The Smart Choice® Agents Program, which currently serves more than 2,100 independent agencies in 18 states, has announced plans to expand the program in eight states this year. According...
N.C. Police Take Thousands of License Plates From Uninsured Drivers
Feb 21 2006 // At least 5,300 cars across North Carolina have had their tags taken away by police and deputies empowered by a new law to confiscate the plates of uninsured vehicles. The law that took effect Dec. 1 gave local law...
13 Apprehended in N.C. Auto, Motorcycle Fraud Ring
Feb 10 2006 // Thirteen Halifax County, N.C. residents, suspected of masterminding a family auto insurance fraud ring that allegedly swindled insurance companies out of $56,000 in fraudulent motorcycle and auto claims has been...
N.C. Woman Wants Workers’ Comp Based on Attack By Boss, Wife
Feb 10 2006 // A Greensboro, N.C., woman attacked at work and kidnapped by her boss and his wife is fighting with an insurance company over her workers’ compensation claim, the News & Record and the Associated Press...
13 Auto Fraud Ring Members Arrested in Roanoke, N.C.
Feb 7 2006 // The arrests of 13 Halifax County, N.C. residents who allegedly masterminded a family auto insurance fraud ring that swindled insurance companies out of $56,000 in fraudulent motorcycle and auto claims has been announced by...
N.C. Auto Rates Decrease 2.5 Percent
Feb 3 2006 // An agreement has been reached between the North Carolina Rate Bureau and the Department of Insurance in which Commissioner Jim Long ordered a 2.5 percent decrease in auto rates. The approved rate level change for each...
N.C. Adult-Care Provider Careamerica Lost Needed Insurance
Feb 1 2006 // One of North Carolina’s largest providers of long-term care for adults may not have the insurance required to pay workers hurt on the job and is being investigated for not paying employees on time. The state...
N.C. Case to Result in $404M Savings, 2.5 Percent Overall Auto Rate Decrease
Feb 1 2006 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has signed an order requiring a 2.5 percent reduction in private passenger auto rates and a 6 percent reduction in motorcycle liability rates, effective May...
Dole Tells Banking Committee: Insurance Reforms Should Not Disproportionately Affect North Carolina
Jan 26 2006 // U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole told the Senate Banking Committee on proposals to reform the National Flood Insurance Program, meeting in Washington that North Carolinians recognize their vulnerability to flooding and are...
Barker Joins Findley Davies’ Charlotte, N.C. Office
Jan 16 2006 // Adam S. Barker has been named senior consultant and practice leader in Charlotte, N.C. for Findley Davies of Toledo, Ohio responsible for health and group benefits in North and South Carolina. Barker was most recently...
2005, a Year to Remember: Busiest Hurricane Season of the Century for United States
Dec 29 2005 // The hurricane season made 2005 a year-to-remember, with the southeast encountering the busiest hurricane season of the century, with 26 named storms and 13 hurricanes, meteorologists used up the list of 21 proper names and...
Police: N.C. Insurance Man Shot Partners Because of Business Dispute
Dec 29 2005 // The president of a small North Carolina insurance agency accused of shooting his two partners was upset because they wanted to sell the business, authorities said. James T. Tedesco, 37, has been charged with two counts of...
Asheville, N.C. Agency Owner Arrested for Attempted Murder
Dec 27 2005 // Jim Tedesco, 37, was charged on Tuesday morning with two counts of attempted first degree murder from a double shooting Monday at his east Asheville, N.C. business. Tedesco made his first court appearance Tuesday morning...
Insurance House Expands Durham, N.C. Deering & Assoc. Office
Dec 22 2005 // Insurance House of Marietta, Ga. has opened a new Durham, N.C. office for Deering & Assoc., its wholly-owned subsidiary. The move more than doubles the size of the original office. Personal lines will be managed from...
North Carolina Pro Athletes Win Workers’ Comp Court Cases
Nov 21 2005 // A handful of former Carolina Panthers players who were injured playing football have won their cases before the North Carolina Court of Appeals and one before the North Carolina Supreme Court. Jim Lore, a Raleigh attorney...
North Carolina Pro Athletes Win Workers’ Comp Court Cases
Nov 20 2005 // A handful of former Carolina Panthers players who were injured playing football have won their cases before the North Carolina Court of Appeals and one before the North Carolina Supreme Court. Jim Lore, a Raleigh attorney...
