Latest North Carolina Headlines

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13 Auto Fraud Ring Members Arrested in Roanoke, N.C.

Feb 7 2006 // The arrests of 13 Halifax County, N.C. residents who allegedly masterminded a family auto insurance fraud ring that swindled insurance companies out of $56,000 in fraudulent motorcycle and auto claims has been announced by...

N.C. Auto Rates Decrease 2.5 Percent

Feb 3 2006 // An agreement has been reached between the North Carolina Rate Bureau and the Department of Insurance in which Commissioner Jim Long ordered a 2.5 percent decrease in auto rates. The approved rate level change for each...

N.C. Adult-Care Provider Careamerica Lost Needed Insurance

Feb 1 2006 // One of North Carolina’s largest providers of long-term care for adults may not have the insurance required to pay workers hurt on the job and is being investigated for not paying employees on time. The state...

N.C. Case to Result in $404M Savings, 2.5 Percent Overall Auto Rate Decrease

Feb 1 2006 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has signed an order requiring a 2.5 percent reduction in private passenger auto rates and a 6 percent reduction in motorcycle liability rates, effective May...

Dole Tells Banking Committee: Insurance Reforms Should Not Disproportionately Affect North Carolina

Jan 26 2006 // U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole told the Senate Banking Committee on proposals to reform the National Flood Insurance Program, meeting in Washington that North Carolinians recognize their vulnerability to flooding and are...

Barker Joins Findley Davies’ Charlotte, N.C. Office

Jan 16 2006 // Adam S. Barker has been named senior consultant and practice leader in Charlotte, N.C. for Findley Davies of Toledo, Ohio responsible for health and group benefits in North and South Carolina. Barker was most recently...

2005, a Year to Remember: Busiest Hurricane Season of the Century for United States

Dec 29 2005 // The hurricane season made 2005 a year-to-remember, with the southeast encountering the busiest hurricane season of the century, with 26 named storms and 13 hurricanes, meteorologists used up the list of 21 proper names and...

Police: N.C. Insurance Man Shot Partners Because of Business Dispute

Dec 29 2005 // The president of a small North Carolina insurance agency accused of shooting his two partners was upset because they wanted to sell the business, authorities said. James T. Tedesco, 37, has been charged with two counts of...

Asheville, N.C. Agency Owner Arrested for Attempted Murder

Dec 27 2005 // Jim Tedesco, 37, was charged on Tuesday morning with two counts of attempted first degree murder from a double shooting Monday at his east Asheville, N.C. business. Tedesco made his first court appearance Tuesday morning...

Insurance House Expands Durham, N.C. Deering & Assoc. Office

Dec 22 2005 // Insurance House of Marietta, Ga. has opened a new Durham, N.C. office for Deering & Assoc., its wholly-owned subsidiary. The move more than doubles the size of the original office. Personal lines will be managed from...

North Carolina Pro Athletes Win Workers’ Comp Court Cases

Nov 21 2005 // A handful of former Carolina Panthers players who were injured playing football have won their cases before the North Carolina Court of Appeals and one before the North Carolina Supreme Court. Jim Lore, a Raleigh attorney...

North Carolina Pro Athletes Win Workers’ Comp Court Cases

Nov 20 2005 // A handful of former Carolina Panthers players who were injured playing football have won their cases before the North Carolina Court of Appeals and one before the North Carolina Supreme Court. Jim Lore, a Raleigh attorney...

ACE USA Opens Charlotte, N.C. Office; Abraham Named Branch Manager

Nov 15 2005 // The opening of a Charlotte, N.C. branch office and the assignment of Rich Abraham as its branch manager has been announced by ACE USA of Philadelphia, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of...

People & Places

Nov 7 2005 // Cathy DeCoulaz Jim Shevlin has been named assistant vice president and regional business development manager for ACE USA’s Southeast Region. ACE USA is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa. Marta Reeves Based in...

North Carolina Pro Athletes Win Workers’ Comp Court Cases

Nov 6 2005 // A handful of former Carolina Panthers players who were injured playing football have won their cases before the North Carolina Court of Appeals and one before the North Carolina Supreme Court. Jim Lore, a Raleigh attorney...

People

Nov 6 2005 // Jim Shevlin has been named assistant vice president and regional business development manager for ACE USA’s Southeast Region. ACE USA is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa. Based in Atlanta, Shevlin will manage...

AGR-Lite Insurance Program Available for North Carolina Farmers

Oct 28 2005 // North Carolina farmers seeking whole-farm revenue protection insurance can now, through the AGR-Lite Insurance Program, guarantee a portion of their farm income and insure crops that previously were not covered under...

N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Co. NCDOI Ink Multi-State Settlement

Oct 24 2005 // A settlement has been reached between the North Carolina Department of Insurance and the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, the nation’s largest minority owned insurer, based in Durham. Insurance...

News Briefs

Oct 17 2005 // ALABAMA AIIA Conference, Educational Sessions The Alabama Independent Insurance Agents has scheduled five upcoming seminars in Mobile, Birming-ham and Huntsville. Oct. 19, Small and Rural Agents Conference, two topics,...

N.C. Former Panthers Players Score Touchdown In Workers’ Comp Court

Oct 14 2005 // A handful of former Carolina Panthers players who were injured playing football have won their cases before the North Carolina Court of Appeals and one before the North Carolina Supreme Court. Jim Lore, a Raleigh attorney...