Latest North Carolina Headlines
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Feds Say North, South Carolina Programs Weak on Workplace Safety
Oct 4 2010 // Workplace safety programs in North and South Carolina downplay serious safety problems and levy weak fines, according to an audit released by the U.S. Labor Department. The audit showed that both states impose weak...
North Carolina: Water Damage to Homes Is 10 Times More Likely Than Fire
Oct 4 2010 // While fire may be a common worry among homeowners, claims data from Travelers suggests their homes could be as much as 10 times more likely to be damaged by water than by fire. Fortunately, much of this water-related...
Nicole Kills 12 in Jamaica; Remnants Drench East Coast
Sep 30 2010 // The remains of Tropical Storm Nicole battered the U.S. Atlantic Coast like a hurricane as it moved from the Carolinas to New England on Friday. Nicole was a minimal tropical storm for just six hours Wednesday, but the...
North Carolina Repair Shop Owner, Customer Charged with Fraud
Sep 30 2010 // A North Carolina automobile repair shop owner and one of his customers have been arrested and charged with insurance fraud. State officials report that John Marvin Smith, III, of Robersonville, and Fronzie Griffin, of...
North Carolina Agent Accused of Embezzlement
Sep 23 2010 // Godfrey Gray Bell, Sr., of Greenville, N.C., has been arrested and charged with one count of embezzlement by an insurance agent, according to state officials. Department of Insurance criminal investigators allege that from...
North Carolina Blue Cross to Refund $155 Million to Policyholders
Sep 22 2010 // North Carolina’s largest health insurer will refund $155 million to more than 215,000 individual policyholders as a result of the Affordable Care Act that took effect earlier this year, the company said. Individual...
North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Insurers Seek Slight Increase
Sep 20 2010 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has received the 2010 workers compensation rate filings from the North Carolina Rate Bureau, the organization that represents the state’s workers compensation...
Hurricane Earl Proves Kinder, Gentler Than First Feared
Sep 20 2010 // Risk modelers say Hurricane Earl caused very minimal damage as it passed by the East Coast and agents in the hardest hit area of the United States, the Outer Banks of North Carolina, say they have been receiving few...
Allstate Refunds $680,718 in North Carolina
Sep 16 2010 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that 1,803 Allstate Insurance Company policy holders in North Carolina will receive refunds totaling $680,718.22 after a Department of Insurance complaint...
North Carolina Agent Arrested for Embezzlement
Sep 16 2010 // Timothy Michael Moore, 40, of Fayetteville, N.C., has been arrested on four counts of embezzlement by an insurance agent, state Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced today. North Carolina Department of Insurance...
North Carolina Association Names Young Agent of the Year
Sep 16 2010 // The Young Agents Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) announced the association’s Young Agent of the Year, Broker of the Year and Company of the Year Awards for 2010. These awards...
North Carolina Apple Farmers Like Better Crop Insurance
Sep 10 2010 // North Carolina apple growers say they are happy to learn about proposed changes in federal crop insurance that would better protect them from a catastrophic loss. The Times-News of Hendersonville reported about two dozen...
Businesses Often Consider Weather Before Going to North Carolina
Sep 9 2010 // When hurricanes and tropical storms hit the North Carolina coast, it can give pause to residents and also to those considering moving close to the ocean. But does it do the same thing to businesses? Coastal geography...
North Carolina Rate Bureau Requests Workers’ Comp Increase
Sep 9 2010 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has received the 2010 workers compensation rate filings from the North Carolina Rate Bureau, the organization that represents the state’s workers compensation...
North Carolina Expects Little Insurance Loss from Earl
Sep 8 2010 // Risk modelers say Hurricane Earl caused extremely minimal damage as it passed by the East Coast and agents in the hardest hit area of the United States, the Outer Banks of North Carolina, are receiving few...
Earl Weakens, Pounds North Carolina Islands, Heads for Massachusetts
Sep 3 2010 // Hurricane Earl battered North Carolina’s coast with rain, winds and waves Friday and swirled up the U.S. eastern seaboard toward New England and Canada as a weakened but still dangerous storm. The impact of the...
North Carolina Commissioner Urges Preparation
Sep 2 2010 // With Hurricane Earl on a path to skim the barrier islands and the coast of North Carolina beginning this evening, state Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is reminding all North Carolinians to take precautions before the...
Hurricane Preparations Intense, Weather Calm
Sep 2 2010 // On Thursday, with Hurricane Earl about 250 miles to the south, and on a trajectory to skim the coast of North Carolina, Larry Whitt of Outer Banks Insurance said the sun was shining in Kill Devil Hills. There was no wind,...
FEMA, East Coast States Ready for Earl
Sep 2 2010 // As Hurricane Earl prepares to approach North Carolina tonight, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says it is preparing for the storm and supporting state and local officials along the East Coast as they work to...
Hurricane Earl Weakens Slightly; Churns Toward East Coast
Sep 1 2010 // Visitors and some residents evacuated from low-lying vacation islands off the North Carolina coast Wednesday as Hurricane Earl bore down on the U.S. eastern seaboard, churning up dangerous swells. Earl, still a major...
