Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Threatens Jail Time Over Workers’ Unpaid Claims
May 7 2012 // North Carolina officials are requiring insurers to expedite the payment of workers’ compensation patients’ medical and wage-loss benefits or risk being sentenced to jail. The North Carolina Industrial...
Southeast Agencies, Carriers Now Hiring
May 7 2012 // Here is some of the positive insurance employment news for the Southeast: Allstate In February, Allstate Insurance announced it was looking to appoint 124 new agency owners in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South...
North Carolina Jury Awards $14.6 Million in Slim Jim Factory Blast
Apr 24 2012 // A jury has awarded $14.6 million to seven people hurt in an explosion at a now closed ConAgra Slim Jim factory in Garner, North Carolina. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that a Johnston County jury gave more...
North Carolina Employers Face Jail Time Over Uncovered Workers’ Claims
Apr 23 2012 // North Carolina officials are requiring insurers to expedite the payment of workers’ compensation patients medical and wage-loss benefits or risk being sentenced to jail. The North Carolina Industrial Commission has...
Agency Says More N.C. Residents Added to Uninsured
Apr 18 2012 // New data from a North Carolina agency shows an increase in the number of uninsured residents in a six-year span. Numbers from the North Carolina Institute of Medicine shows that 291,000 residents joined the ranks of the...
Southeast Insurance Employment: Agency, Carrier Plans Brighten Picture
Apr 18 2012 // Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish. The unemployment rate remains higher in key...
North Carolina Auto Insurance Reform Postponed Until Next Year
Apr 16 2012 // North Carolina lawmakers have decided to postpone any major effort to reform the state’s automobile insurance market until next year citing the complexity of the subject and a lack of time due to a shorten...
Workers’ Comp Scofflaws in North Carolina Under Scrutiny
Apr 16 2012 // Officials in North Carolina said they will review their efforts to ensure that employers are purchasing workers’ compensation coverage after facing criticism they have done little to make sure that employers comply...
Calabrese Joins Smart Choice in North Carolina
Apr 11 2012 // Melissa Calabrese has joined Smart Choice Insurance Center of the Triad in High Point, North Carolina. She will be responsible for property/casualty sales. Calabrese is a licensed life, health and personal and commercial...
Workers’ Compensation Upheld for North Carolina School Principal Shot in Face
Apr 5 2012 // The state Court of Appeals has upheld a decision awarding workers’ compensation to a middle school principal shot in the face in 2009. The court ruled that former Fairmont Middle School Principal James Hunt’s...
North Carolina Vows Crackdown on Workers’ Compensation Scofflaws
Apr 4 2012 // Officials in North Carolina said they will review their efforts to ensure that employers are purchasing workers’ compensation coverage after facing criticism they have done little to make sure that employers comply...
North Carolina’s Red Ventures Buys HomeInsurance.com
Apr 3 2012 // Charlotte, North Carolina-based technology firm Red Ventures has acquired the online homeowners insurance site, HomeInsurance.com. HomeInsurance.com, based in Wilmington, N.C., offers competitive quotes on home insurance...
North Carolina Officials: Increased Fire Insurance Premiums Due to GPS
Mar 23 2012 // Some North Carolina homeowners are seeing premium increases this year due to a fire rating change. And North Carolina officials say those increases in insurance premiums stem from the use of technology by insurers and not...
North Carolina Settles Irene Claim Disputes
Mar 19 2012 // North Carolina regulators have recovered over $400,000 for policyholders stemming from claims filed in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin released a memorandum summarizing the...
North Carolina Court Weighs If Municipalities Charging Fees Forfeit Immunity
Mar 14 2012 // At a time when businesses have taken on traditional government tasks, from running schools to space launches, North Carolina’s Supreme Court is being asked to decide what tasks a municipality can perform and still...
Number of Vehicles Failing Inspection in North Carolina Triples
Mar 14 2012 // A report from the Division of Motor Vehicles has found that the number of vehicles filing safety inspections in North Carolina tripled last year. DMV Commissioner Mike Robertson told The Charlotte Observer that he thinks...
No Damages for Dog Death, North Carolina Court Rules
Mar 5 2012 // The North Carolina Court of Appeals has waded into a legal tussle over the wrongful death of a Jack Russell terrier. Nancy and Herb Shera sued North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2009,...
Business Moves
Mar 5 2012 // AutoOne, Interboro OneBeacon Insurance Group completed the sale of its AutoOne business to Interboro Holdings Inc. of New York. The transaction, which was announced on Aug. 31, 2011, included AutoOne Insurance Co. and...
North Carolina Resolves Hurricane Irene Claims
Mar 2 2012 // North Carolina regulators have recovered over $400,000 for policyholders stemming from claims filed in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. At the same time, the regulators are calling for a five year extension in the federal...
North Carolina Lawmakers Look to Tackle Copper Theft
Feb 29 2012 // Lawmakers in western North Carolina are looking to make it tougher for copper thieves to sell scrap metal, and they’re getting creative about how to get it done. The News Herald of Morganton reported that state Rep....
