Latest North Carolina Headlines
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Nearly 1M in Tenn. Drive without Insurance; Lawmaker Wants Change
Jan 18 2008 // Cardella Cummings’ car wreck left her dizzy and confused. Her insurance paid for the damage, but not because the accident was her fault. “I thought you had to have insurance because it’s the law,”...
N.C. Legislative Committee Examining Auto Insurance Rate Methods
Jan 18 2008 // North Carolina’s automobile insurance rates are among the country’s lowest, but a special pool covering motorists for hundreds of thousands of vehicles doesn’t work very well, industry officials told...
N.C. Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign Nets 4,367 Impaired Driving Arrests
Jan 15 2008 // North Carolina state and local law enforcement officers issued citations to 4,367 motorists for driving while impaired during the Holiday “Booze It & Lose It” campaign, according to Gov. Mike Easley. The...
N.C. Woman Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud
Jan 8 2008 // West Virginia officials announced that a Raleigh County woman pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation benefits exceeding $3,800.00. On May 15, 2007, a Raleigh County Grand Jury indicted Angel...
Fire from Debris Burn Scorches 250 Acres after N.C. Burn Ban Lifted
Jan 8 2008 // A debris burn that apparently got out of control scorched approximately 250 acres in Washington County, N.C., on Sunday, just four days after the state temporarily lifted an outdoor burning ban. No injuries were reported...
North Carolina to Lift Burning Ban, Hoping to Fight Fire with Fire
Jan 3 2008 // North Carolina officials plan to temporarily lift the ban on open burning to allow people time to burn off forest debris that can fuel wildfires. North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary...
N.C. Building Council Rejects Firefighters’ Request for Home Sprinklers
Dec 23 2007 // The North Carolina Building Code Council declined to consider a request that sprinkler systems be required in new large or multistory homes, a setback for firefighters who sought the change following an October beach house...
N.C. Building Code Could Affect Insurance Rates
Dec 23 2007 // Some North Carolina coastal residents could see a spike in their insurance rates because of a recent decision by the North Carolina Building Code Council. The council toughened the coastal housing code for wind-borne...
N.C. Man Sentenced in Fires at 3 Greenville Churches
Dec 20 2007 // A man who pleaded guilty to setting fires at three Greenville, N.C., churches last year has been sentenced to 10 years to 12 years in prison. A Pitt County Superior Court judge sentenced 28-year-old Seth Parker Price of...
Only Way to Mainland, Bridge Safety Concerns N.C. Drivers
Dec 20 2007 // Catwalks on the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge have been repaired. Up next is the beginning of the nitty-gritty structural repair work on the only land link to North Carolina’s Hatteras Island. Contracts have been let on...
BMS Names New N.C.-Based Senior Vice President
Dec 20 2007 // BMS Intermediaries, the North American arm of the BMS Group named Christopher J. Farina as senior vice president. Farina was formerly a vice president at Axiom Re Inc. He will be based in Burlington, N.C., and will be...
N.C.’s Operation ‘Drive to Live’ Focuses on Teen Driver Safety
Dec 18 2007 // North Carolina state and local law enforcement officials alongside First Lady Mary Easley kicked off Operation Drive to Live last week. The N.C. Department of Crime Control and Public Safety and the Highway Patrol...
N.C. Coastal Towns Fear Change Will Increase Flood Insurance Rates
Dec 17 2007 // Some coastal residents could see a spike in their insurance rates because of a recent decision by the North Carolina Building Code Council. The council toughened the coastal housing code for wind-borne debris. The code now...
N.C. Court Gives Unlicensed Employer Organization Temporary Reprieve
Dec 14 2007 // The Superior Court of Wake County, N.C., extended and continued a temporary stay for Castleton Group Inc., a professional employer organization based in Raleigh to remain in operation for an additional 60 days. North...
N.C. Building Council Declines Proposal on Sprinklers in Some Homes
Dec 13 2007 // The North Carolina Building Code Council declined to consider a request that sprinkler systems be required in new large or multistory homes, a setback for firefighters who sought the change following an October beach house...
N.C. Could Face $43 Million Shortfall in Insurance Plan
Dec 13 2007 // North Carolina might be looking at a $43 million shortfall with a children’s health insurance program next fall if Congress doesn’t resolve a stalemate. Congress and President Bush have been at odds over...
N.C.-Based BB&T Insurance Services to Acquire Georgia Agency
Dec 13 2007 // BB&T Insurance Services announced plans to expand its metro Atlanta operation with the acquisition of Ott & Co. of Alpharetta, Ga. Founded in 1978, Ott & Company is a full-service employee benefits brokerage...
N.C. Firefighters Ask Building Code Council for Sprinkler Requirements
Dec 12 2007 // With the deaths of seven South Carolina college students in a North Carolina beach house fire still fresh, firefighters’ groups hope state regulators will make sprinkler systems mandatory in large or multi-story...
N.C. Insurance Agent Arrested on Embezzlement Charges
Dec 10 2007 // North Carolina officials arrested a Linwood, N.C., insurance agent charging her with with five counts of embezzlement by an insurance agent and three counts of providing false statements on an insurance...
Employer Organization Insolvent, Could Affect Up To 3,000 N.C. Jobs
Dec 5 2007 // North Carolina Insurance Department officials denied an ongoing licensure request of Castleton Group Inc., a professional employer organization based in Raleigh, “due to its hazardous financial condition.” The...
