Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.C. House Panel Advances High Risk Pool Measure
Mar 1 2007 // A bill that would create a special health insurance pool for chronically ill people who aren’t insured or can’t afford coverage is getting another airing in the North Carolina Legislature. The measure won...
N.C. Woman Arrested on Charges of Embezzling Insurance Premiums
Feb 23 2007 // Margaret Corey Humphrey, 49, of Kinston, N.C., was arrested on two charges of obtaining property by false pretense and three charges of embezzlement by an insurance agent. Humphrey, who officials said has surrendered her...
N.C. Halts Sales By Insurer Accused of Selling Unlicensed Flood Insurance
Feb 9 2007 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced that an emergency cease and desist order was served on Continental Casualty Insurance Group, a company his department believes has targeted property owners in...
Police Increase Patrols as Fires Hit 2 Churches in N.C.
Jan 15 2007 // Police increased their patrols of churches across the city after fires broke out at two Baptist churches during the night and a break-in was discovered at a third — all within an hour. “We’re going to be...
N.C. Weather Watchers Set Record for Severe Warnings in 2006
Dec 29 2006 // Heavy rains and strong wind helped make 2006 a record-breaking year for the National Weather Service in Raleigh, N.C. The office had issued 577 severe-weather warnings this year as of Tuesday, in addition to 86 flash-flood...
It Figures
Dec 25 2006 // 55% The rate hike that Florida’s insurer of last resort, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., decided to delay a vote on, following requests from lawmakers to wait until after the January special legislative...
Business Moves
Dec 24 2006 // The Hartford, West Virginia The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has entered the personal lines independent agency market in West Virginia. Products being offered in West Virginia through The Hartford’s...
Figures
Dec 24 2006 // 55% The rate hike that Florida’s insurer of last resort, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., decided to delay a vote on, following requests from lawmakers to wait until after the January special legislative...
N.C. Retains Fifth Lowest Auto Insurance Rates
Dec 20 2006 // prudential North Carolina continues to stand out as the state with lowest auto insurance rates east of the Mississippi and fifth lowest in the nation. The statistics are gleaned from a report by the National Association of...
Two N.C. Insurance Investigators Honored for Anti-Fraud Work
Dec 15 2006 // Two investigators with the North Carolina Department of Insurance, Chet Effler of Marion, N.C., and Martha Ann Ford of Chester, S.C., have been honored for their work on insurance fraud cases in 2006. Effler received an...
Marsh Unit Arranges Collateral Program for N.C. Workers’ Comp Fund
Dec 7 2006 // MMC Securities Corp., an affiliate of Marsh Inc., has completed a $510 million alternative collateral program on behalf of the North Carolina Self-Insurance Security Association for its security fund. The North Carolina...
Two-County Sweep in N.C. Yields 10 Arrests for Insurance Fraud
Dec 5 2006 // In what officials describe as the largest auto insurance fraud ring in North Carolina history, 10 residents of Cleveland and Rutherford Counties are accused of defrauding insurance companies of an estimated $1...
N.C. Seeks SBA Disaster Declaration for Columbus County
Nov 21 2006 // Gov. Mike Easley asked the Small Business Administration for a disaster declaration for Columbus County, N.C., to help pay for repairs and other expenses related to damages resulting from the severe weather that battered...
IIABA president: contingency commission crisis threatens agents
Nov 20 2006 // For a small to midsized independent insurance agency, contingency commissions can determine whether the business survives, according to many within the industry. That explains why Alex Soto, a Miami agent who is also...
IIABA president: contingency commission crisis threatens agents
Nov 20 2006 // For a small- to mid-sized independent insurance agency, contingency commissions can determine whether the business survives, according to many within the industry. That explains why Alex Soto, a Miami agent who is also...
IIABA president: contingency commission crisis threatens agents
Nov 19 2006 // For a small- to mid-sized independent insurance agency, contingency commissions can determine whether the business survives, according to many within the industry. That explains why Alex Soto, a Miami agent who is also...
At Least 3 Dead in N.C. Tornadoes That Swept Across South
Nov 17 2006 // Thunderstorms that tore up homes and buildings across the South hit North Carolina early Thursday, killing at least three people and leaving thousands without power. Another person died Wednesday as a tornado swept through...
Williams Named N.C. Department of Insurance Legislative Counsel
Nov 14 2006 // Goldsboro, N.C., resident Rose Vaughn Williams will join Insurance Commissioner Jim Long’s staff as legislative counsel. Williams most recently served as a district court judge in the eighth judicial district of...
N.C. fire chief: Apex plant chemicals unknown
Nov 6 2006 // The fire chief for the town of Apex told a North Carolina state task force that he was prepared to lose an entire city block when a chemical fire ignited an industrial waste recycling plant last month because he...
People and Places
Nov 6 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina announced the election of Kathy Lance of The L.N. Davis Co. in Waynesville, as its new president. Lance, the first female to hold the office, has been a member of the...
