Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Big ‘I’ Names Gastineau ‘Agent of the Year’
Oct 14 2005 // John Gastineau was named the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina’s “Agent of the Year,” during IIANC’s Oct. 9 to 12 annual conference in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The annual award recognizes the...
N.C. PEO Operator Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud
Oct 13 2005 // North Carolina’s first criminal case involving a professional employer organization that provides outsourced personnel services to other businesses has been resolved by the Department of Insurance. Insurance...
Heavy Rains Force Eastern U.S. Evacuations; Four Lives Lost
Oct 11 2005 // Prolonged, heavy rain caused flooding from North Carolina to New Hampshire over the weekend, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate, knocking out electricity, weakening dams and making roads impassable. At least four...
Sr. Deputy N.C. Commissioner Stepping Down Oct. 21
Oct 7 2005 // Boyce Oglesby, a senior deputy commissioner of North Carolina Insurance Department is stepping down this month after an audit questioned spending and decisions related to a trust for insolvent insurance companies. Oglesby,...
Wake Forest Study Reveals High Rate of N.C. Poultry Farmer Injuries
Sep 28 2005 // A survey of poultry workers in western North Carolina reveals high rates of injuries, as well as significant differences among poultry companies in numbers of injuries and how workers view company emphasis on safety. The...
N.C. Falls to Fifth Lowest Auto Insurance Rates in Nation
Sep 26 2005 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has announced in Raleigh, N.C. that the state now ranks as having the fifth lowest auto insurance rates in the nation, an improvement of three places over last year’s ranking as the...
N.C. Felons Bonded Out, Apprehended on Additional Fraud Charges
Sep 23 2005 // Terry Tew and John Daniel Clapper, both of Clinton, N.C. have been apprehended by the Sampson County, N.C. Sheriff’s Office for taking out fraudulent insurance policies on water craft and several pieces of heavy...
N.C. Audit Reveals Insurance Commission’s Questionable Expenses
Sep 21 2005 // A state audit has found Insurance Commissioner Jim Long and his deputies should have more closely monitored questionable expenses from a trust for insolvent insurance companies on meals, travel, computers and other...
N.C. Agriculture Losses $19.6M From Hurricane Ophelia
Sep 21 2005 // Hurricane Ophelia resulted in damages to North Carolina’s agricultural industry amounting to $19.6 million, based on reports tabulated from 13 counties. According to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and...
N.C. FARMERS RECEIVE ASSISTANCE
Sep 19 2005 // North Carolina farmers who suffered flooding losses from last year’s hurricanes will soon receive disaster-assistance grants from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The checks issued...
N.C. Coastal Residents Begin Filing Claims From Ophelia
Sep 19 2005 // North Carolina insurance companies began taking claims on Friday from coastal residents who lost property due to Hurricane Ophelia and reported claims varied from minor to severe. Several carriers, like Allstate, had moved...
Ophelia Drenched N.C., Minor Damages Reported
Sep 16 2005 // After drenching the southeast coast of North Carolina and cutting off power to 100,000 homes, Hurricane Ophelia has been downgraded to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph. Ophelia’s winds and rain...
BB&T Consolidates Greensboro, N.C. Insurance Agencies
Sep 16 2005 // BB&T Insurance Services will consolidate two Greensboro operations, BB&T Insurance Services of the Triad and BB&T-Professional Benefits Management, the company announced. The combined BB&T Insurance...
Hurricane Ophelia Lashes Cape Lookout, N.C.; Serious Flooding, 11-foot Storm Surge Predicted
Sep 15 2005 // Hurricane warnings are up over a 220 mile stretch of North Carolina’s coast, from Surf City, north of Wilmington to the Virginia line as officials fear serious flooding and a possible 11-foot storm surge. Early...
Hurricane Ophelia Packs 85 mph Winds, Pounds the Coast 40 Miles East of Wilmington, N.C.
Sep 14 2005 // Hurricane Ophelia, a Category One hurricane packing 85 mph sustained winds, is raking the North Carolina coast with strong winds and blowing rain. The center of Ophelia is 40 miles east of Wilmington, N.C. and about 50...
Hurricane Ophelia Taunts 250-Mile Stretch of S.C., N.C.
Sep 12 2005 // Hurricane Ophelia circled in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South and North Carolina on Sunday and will continue to do so today. More than 250 miles of coastline has been placed under a tropical storm watch from...
Hurricane Ophelia Hits 85 mph, Stationary Off S.C., N.C.
Sep 10 2005 // Hurricane Ophelia has gained strength, with hurricane-force winds of 85 mph with higher gusts and is expected to make landfall along the southeast Atlantic coast Sunday evening or Monday–but the National Hurricane...
N.C. Couple ‘Iced’ Tomatoes; Sentenced for $9M in Fake Claims
Sep 9 2005 // A scheme to defraud a government agency and several private insurance companies of more than $9 million has landed an Asheville, N.C. farmer and his wife in prison. Robert Warren and Vicki Warren, owners of R&V Warren...
N.C. Commissioner Warns About Advantage Marketing
Sep 5 2005 // Senior citizens should be aware of aggressive marketing of Medicare Advantage plans by insurance companies according to North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Jim Long. He said some seniors are being advised to make...
N.C. Commissioner Warns About Advantage Marketing
Sep 5 2005 // Senior citizens should be aware of aggressive marketing of Medicare Advantage plans by insurance companies according to North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Jim Long. He said some seniors are being advised to make...
