Latest North Carolina Headlines

All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Higher Auto Rates for N.C.

Nov 5 2002 // Drivers in North Carolina can expect higher rates for auto insurance even though the North Carolina Department of Insurance recently ordered a 17.8 percent decrease in rates. However, according to the Charlotte Observer,...

N.C. Residents Arrested in Fraud Case

Nov 4 2002 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long and Wilkes County Sheriff Dane Mastin announced that Darryl Edward Billings and Jennifer Lyn Billings of North Wilkesboro were arrested recently on charges of Obtaining...

Pollard Elected NAII Chairman

Oct 31 2002 // William Pollard, executive vice president and general manager of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company was elected chairman of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Independent Insurers...

N.C. Coastal Bill Seeks Balance on Insurance Rates

Oct 8 2002 // The latest version of a coastal insurance bill requires that the North Carolina Beach Plan provide a homeowners policy with rates that are not “inadequate, excessive or unfairly discriminatory,” and which must...

N.C. Agency is 1000th SIAA Member

Sep 12 2002 // SIAA announced that the Younts Insurance Agency of Lexington, N.C. became the organization’s 1000th Independent Strategic Member when the agency joined the SIA of North Carolina network. Younts Insurance was started...

N.C. Sentences Pair for Alleged Embezzlement

Sep 10 2002 // In separate cases, courts in North Carolina convicted two women for alleged embezzlement and insurance fraud. According to the North Carolina Department of Insurance, Hillsborough resident Linda Kay Fleshman, formerly a...

Demotech Rates Seibels Bruce’s Universal Insurance Company

Aug 28 2002 // The Seibels Bruce Group Inc., based in Columbia, S.C., announced that its subsidiary Universal Insurance Company (UIC) has received a 2002 Financial Stability Rating of “A” (Exceptional) from Columbus,...

The Seibels Bruce Group Notes 2ndQ Profit 2002

Aug 13 2002 // South Carolina-based The Seibels Bruce Group Inc., posted a net profit of $1.0 million, or $0.11 per share (basic and diluted) in the second quarter This is compared with a net profit of $1.1 million, or $0.13 per share...

NAII Says N.C. Bills Harmful to Inland Policyholders

Jun 27 2002 // Two bills backed by the North Carolina Department of Insurance that would launch a reinsurance facility for coastal homeowners’ insurance would instead create a subsidy system in which inland policyholders will pay...

NAII Board of Governors Elect GEICO’s Nicely Chairman

Nov 8 2001 // Tony Nicely, chairman, president and CEO of GEICO, was elected chairman of the National Association of Independent Insurers board of governors on Nov. 7 during the association’s annual meeting in New Orleans. Nicely...

IIAA Announces 2002 National Executive Committee

Nov 2 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) confirmed Thomas B. Ahart, as president; installed W. Cloyce Anders and Louise “Bebe” Canter to key executive leadership positions and added Alex Soto, ARM,...