Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
2 North Carolina Counties Near U.S. Top in Pay Growth
Dec 19 2011 // Times may be tough, but new data show the average worker in six of North Carolina’s largest counties got a pay raise greater than inflation last year. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis says average annual...
North Carolina Cuts Dwelling Fire Rates; No Changes in Extended Coverage
Dec 13 2011 // Residents in North Carolina will see a rate decrease when it comes to their dwelling fire coverage while at the same time seeing no change in the cost of their dwelling extended coverage. North Carolina Insurance...
North Carolina Homes Rebuilt After Twisters
Dec 12 2011 // The relief organization Samaritan’s Purse last Friday turned over the keys of two homes rebuilt by volunteers eight months after they were destroyed by deadly tornadoes in Bertie County. Lucy “Pearl”...
North Carolina’s Strickland Acquires Carolina Insurance Services
Dec 8 2011 // Strickland Insurance Brokers said it has acquired Carolina Insurance Service Inc. Carolina Insurance is a managing general agent that serves agents in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The company is based in...
North Carolina Investigates Deadly Cotton Gin Accident
Dec 5 2011 // North Carolina workplace safety investigators are looking into what killed a worker at a Jones County cotton gin. The Kinston Free Press reported that 62-year-old Dennis Foy of Trenton died from his injuries last...
Allstate Bundles Home Policies with Auto Policies in North Carolina
Dec 5 2011 // Allstate Insurance Co. has informed 45,000 homeowners in North Carolina that it will not renew their home policies unless they also purchase commercial or private auto insurance from the insurer by Dec. 15. Allstate...
North Carolina Law on Electronics Coverage to Take Effect
Dec 2 2011 // North Carolina companies that sell portable electronics coverage will soon be able to offer insurance under a new state law that is due to take effect at the end of the year. Earlier this year, state lawmakers passed a...
Florida Convicts North Carolina Man in $2.7 Million Workers’ Comp Fraud
Nov 30 2011 // A North Carolina man has been sentenced to four years in a Florida prison and ordered to pay more than $3.1 million in restitution after pleading guilty in a workers’ compensation fraud case, according to...
Allstate Drops North Carolina Homeowners Who Insure Autos Elsewhere
Nov 22 2011 // Some North Carolina residents who insure their residences through Allstate are finding themselves dropped by the company for refusing to bundle their home and auto coverage. Allstate Insurance Co. has informed 45,000...
North Carolina Wants FEMA Extension for Irene Claims
Nov 21 2011 // North Carolina’s insurance commissioner says residents need more time to file insurance claims stemming from losses suffered during Hurricane Irene. Wayne Goodwin sent a letter on Friday to Federal Emergency...
North Carolina Wants Irene Claims Review
Nov 21 2011 // Two North Carolina state officials want flood insurance claims adjusters to return to areas pummeled by Hurricane Irene to ensure home and business inspections are performed adequately so damage claims can be resolved as...
Johnson Brothers Head Towers Watson Reinsurance Office in North Carolina
Nov 15 2011 // In a move that expands its reinsurance brokerage business in the Southeast, global professional services company Towers Watson has established a brokerage operation in the Burlington-Greensboro, North Carolina...
Business Moves
Nov 7 2011 // The Doctors Co., FPIC Insurance Medical liability insurer The Doctors Co. has completed its previously-announced acquisition of FPIC Insurance Group Inc., a major provider of health care liability insurance in Florida,...
FEMA Agrees to Re-Inspect North Carolina Homes
Nov 4 2011 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says its flood insurance arm will re-inspect more eastern North Carolina homes and businesses damaged during Hurricane Irene after owners complained claims adjusters weren’t...
Feds Agree to Flood Insurance Reinspections in North Carolina
Nov 4 2011 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says its flood insurance arm will reinspect more eastern North Carolina homes and businesses damaged during Hurricane Irene after owners complained claims adjusters weren’t...
North Carolina Officials Want Answers on Flood Claims
Nov 3 2011 // Two North Carolina state officials want flood insurance claims adjusters to return to areas pummeled by Hurricane Irene to ensure home and business inspections are performed adequately so damage claims can be resolved as...
TowneBank Acquires North Carolina’s Stanton Taylor Agency
Oct 13 2011 // Hampton Roads, Virginia-based TowneBank has acquired the Stanton Taylor Agency, a Raleigh, North Carolina agency that provides insurance and risk management services throughout Raleigh and eastern North Carolina. The...
Warning: Insecticides Can Be More Dangerous Than Bedbugs
Sep 26 2011 // Bedbugs don’t make people sick. But the poisons used to kill them can. A new government study has found that dozens of Americans have fallen ill from the insecticides, and a North Carolina woman died after using 18...
North Carolina Defends Workplace Safety Record as Inspections Drop
Sep 19 2011 // Twenty years after the worst industrial accident in North Carolina history, there are signs that progress in worker safety made after the deaths of 25 people in a chicken plant fire is beginning to wane. The Charlotte...
North Carolina Senate Panel Learns Hurricane Irene’s Costs
Sep 16 2011 // The state agency overseeing North Carolina’s response to Hurricane Irene estimates the price tag on helping individuals and governments recover from Hurricane Irene so far at about $125 million. The Division of...
