Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
News Briefs
Sep 5 2005 // FLORIDA Report Shows Car Theft Decreased in Most of Southeast Across the Southeast in major metropolitan areas auto theft decreas-ed dramatically in 2004, accompan-ied by a slight drop in auto theft nationally, according...
N.C. Commissioner Issues Warning About Discount Health Insurance Plans
Aug 30 2005 // Seven North Carolina Better Business Bureaus and 148 Chambers of Commerce are receiving letters of caution from Insurance Commissioner Jim Long urging them to warn their members and citizens about the differences between...
PCI Says: N.C. Legislature Passed Important Workers’ Comp Reforms
Aug 26 2005 // As North Carolina lawmakers prepare for adjournment after a long session, they can claim credit for passing important reforms to the state’s workers compensation system and identity theft protection legislation this...
N.C. Legislators Sign ‘Limited Package’ of Workers’ Compensation Reforms
Aug 24 2005 // North Carolina legislators have taken final action on a limited package of workers’ compensation reforms (H. 99), assigning the more contentious and costly issues to an interim legislative study committee, according...
N.C. Farmers Receiving Assistance for Last Year’s Flood Damage Claims
Aug 23 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...
IIANC Honors Broker of the Year, Company of the Year
Aug 22 2005 // Two awards have been presented by the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina: Burns & Wilcox/Moorehead City has been named “Broker of the Year;” and GMAC Insurance has been honored with the...
NAMIC Opposes N.C. Changes to Self-Insurance Guaranty Association
Aug 10 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies sent a letter to the North Carolina House Insurance Committee opposing Senate Bill 319, a bill that would amend provisions of the state’s self-insurance guaranty...
N.C. Commissioner Warns Seniors: ‘Beware of Aggressive Medicare Advantage Marketing’
Jul 25 2005 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long wants senior citizens to be aware of the aggressive marketing of Medicare Advantage plans by insurance companies and for seniors to be aware of what is legal and what...
N.C. Task Force Formed to Identify, Fight Medicaid Fraud
Jul 22 2005 // Medicaid fraud consisting of financial abuses by doctors, providers and patients will be targeted by a new 10-member fraud unit being formed in North Carolina. “We have to ensure that every Medicaid dollar is well...
Burns & Wilcox Appoints Johnson, Goodman to N.C. Posts
Jul 20 2005 // Burns & Wilcox has announced the appointment of Susan Johnson as an assistant underwriter of transportation/inland marine for its Morehead City, N.C. office; and James Goodman has been named a personal lines...
N.C. Man Charged in Comp Scam
Jul 6 2005 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced the arrest recently of Robert Samuel Ballard, 49, of Wilkes County on 25 charges of obtaining property under false pretenses. Department of Insurance investigators...
BRIDGEFIELD ADDS WORKERS’ COMP FOR N.C. MARKET
Jul 4 2005 // Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Summit Holding Southeast Inc., announced it is expanding its operations to North Carolina. Bridgefield Casualty is rated “A” (Excellent) by A.M. Best Co. and...
