Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Firm Reestablishes its Independent Status
Jul 18 2008 // Charlotte, N.C.-based Barry, Evans, Josephs & Snipes, a financial services firm serving the insurance and financial services needs of high net worth individuals and successful corporations, reestablished itself as an...
United America Indemnity Opens North Carolina Office, Names President
Jul 18 2008 // United America Indemnity appointed Scott Reynolds as president of United National Group, one of UAI’s three U.S. divisions located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Reynolds will report directly to Larry A. Frakes,...
North Carolina Regulators to Cut Back on Malpractice Data
Jul 18 2008 // North Carolina medical regulators voted to cut back on the amount of information they will post on a Web site about malpractice settlements of North Carolina doctors. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that the...
Update: Construction Flaw in North Carolina Parking Deck Collapse
Jul 11 2008 // An engineering report says a construction problem more than 20 years ago caused the May collapse of a part of a parking deck in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Charlotte Observer reported July 10 the four-story parking deck...
Hanover Opens New Branch in North Carolina
Jul 11 2008 // Massachusetts-based The Hanover Insurance Group opened a new office in Charlotte, North Carolina. David Bradford, regional vice president, North Carolina, will continue to lead the company’s efforts in the state. An...
North Carolina Agents Honor Montgomery Insurance Company
Jun 30 2008 // Montgomery Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company received the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina young agents company of the year award. Presented during the recent young agents conference...
North Carolina Auto Insurance Rate Hearings Scheduled
Jun 27 2008 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance and state insurance industry officials will come together beginning June 30 to debate auto insurance rate hikes. The auto insurance industry, represented by the North Carolina...
North Carolina Senate Approves Motorist Liability Coverage Measures
Jun 26 2008 // A North Carolina bill passed through the Senate Commerce Committee on June 24 that would require insurers to notify consumers of their choice to buy more than the required minimum uninsured motorist and underinsured...
North Carolina Lawmakers Consider Restricting Pickup Bed Riding
Jun 26 2008 // A North Carolina House judiciary committee approved a plan to further restrict riding in open pickup truck beds. House Bill 2340 prohibits anyone under age 16 from riding in the flatbed of a pickup truck. Current law...
North Carolina Safety Group Opposes Lifting Truck Restrictions
Jun 25 2008 // Opening thousands of miles of North Carolina roadways to long tractor-trailers will jeopardize lives and overtax the state’s infrastructure, a safety group cautioned. Truck Safety Coalition state coordinator Jen...
Update: North Carolina Wildfire Costs Reach $4.9 Million
Jun 23 2008 // The cost to fight a massive wildfire in eastern North Carolina is going up. Fire command center spokesman Dean McAlister said June 19 the costs have reached $4.9 million. Officials battling the fire in and around the...
North Carolina Mortgage Insurance Firm Triad Guaranty Cutting 100 Jobs
Jun 23 2008 // A mortgage insurance company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina says it is cutting 100 jobs as the housing crisis continues. Triad Guaranty Inc. said 65 jobs will be eliminated in Winston-Salem, beginning June 30 because of...
Marines in North Carolina Investigating Fire Issues at Camp Lejeune
Jun 19 2008 // Three former and current employees of the Camp Lejeune, N.C. Fire Department alleged that smoke detectors and fire alarms are not being inspected and maintained at the base, putting Marines and others at risk. The...
Update: Firefighters Pump Lake Water to Douse North Carolina Blaze
Jun 17 2008 // Firefighters will pump 6 million gallons an hour from two lakes to saturate a huge wildfire in eastern North Carolina that’s burned for more than two weeks. The fire, started by a lightning strike on private land,...
North Carolina Gov.’s 2nd Request for Federal Aid Hits Home
Jun 17 2008 // North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for a second time, to help pay the escalating costs of fighting the Evans Road Fire in three eastern North Carolina counties. The fire started...
Salmonella Cases from Eating Raw Tomatoes Found in Florida, North Carolina
Jun 16 2008 // A Southwest Florida man is the state’s first victim of the salmonella outbreak tied to raw tomatoes. State Health Department officials say the unidentified man got sick after eating tomatoes during a visit to New...
North Carolina Wildfire Could Burn for Months
Jun 16 2008 // Fire officials warned people living near a massive wildfire at a federal wildlife refuge in eastern North Carolina that the blaze could smolder for months in the peat-filled soil. The fire burned about 30,000 acres in and...
North Carolina Officials Arrest 2 on Suspicion of Conspiracy
Jun 13 2008 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long said state officials arrested two Laurinburg men on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson and insurance fraud. Officials arrested William Angus McGirt, 71, and Franklin Lacy...
North Carolina Woman Arrested for Alleged Insurance Fraud
Jun 13 2008 // North Carolina officials arrested a Kinston woman for embezzlement and obtaining property by false pretense, according to Insurance Commissioner Jim Long. Department of Insurance investigators arrested Terri Lynn Spence,...
North Carolina Holds its Largest Hurricane Evacuation Exercise
Jun 13 2008 // Lenoir Community College in Kinston hosted North Carolina’s largest hurricane evacuation exercise this year. The eastern North Carolina town suffered through hurricanes Fran and Floyd in the 1990s. The exercise,...
