Latest North Carolina Headlines
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North Carolina Agent Sentenced for Embezzlement
Feb 12 2010 // A North Carolina insurance agent has been sentenced to 48 months supervised probation with one year of electronic house arrest after pleading guilty to five counts of embezzlement, according to state officials. Insurance...
U.S. Issues Safety Rules on North Carolina Plant Gas Explosion
Feb 5 2010 // On a 2-1 vote, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board yesterday recommended that national fuel gas codes be changed to improve safety when gas pipes are being purged of air during maintenance or installation of new piping. The...
North Carolina Assisted Living Center Owners Avoid $1.2 Million Liability
Feb 3 2010 // The owners of a North Carolina assisted living home have declared bankruptcy and could escape responsibility for what a judge called a pattern of neglect by under-trained and understaffed employees. Superior Court Judge...
North Carolina Reported 34 Workplace Deaths in 2009
Jan 27 2010 // State regulators say there were 34 accidental workplace deaths in North Carolina last year. The numbers released by the North Carolina Department of Labor show that accidental workplace fatalities dropped from 57 in 2008....
North Carolina Court Reviews Coastal Rate Hikes
Jan 24 2010 // A North Carolina appeals court is weighing whether to reverse a decision that resulted in homeowners insurance prices going up by almost 30 percent along the coast and down by a third in inland counties. A three-judge...
North Carolina Court Hears Challenge to Coastal Insurance Rate Hike
Jan 19 2010 // A North Carolina appeals court is weighing whether to freeze or even reverse homeowners’ insurance premiums that soared by up to almost 30 percent along the coast while sliding by a third in counties farthest from...
State Farm to Drop 1,650 Policies on North Carolina’s Barrier Islands
Jan 15 2010 // State Farm will drop as many as 1,650 insurance policies on homes on North Carolina’s coastal barrier islands, according to state officials. Kristin Millam, public information director for the North Carolina...
North Carolina Farm Bureau Employee Charged with Embezzlement
Jan 6 2010 // A former customer service representative for the North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance Co. has been arrested on charges she embezzled premium payments from customers. North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin...
Ball Joins North Carolina’s Trisure Agency
Dec 22 2009 // Ryan W. Ball has joined North Carolina insurance agency TriSure as an account executive in the firm’s property/casualty insurance division. In his new capacity at TriSure, Ball will focus on risk management and loss...
The Best Independent Agencies to Work For … And Why
Dec 20 2009 // The results are in from the “2009 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For” survey by Insurance Journal. The common theme resonating from the winning responses is one of family ideals. Regardless of size...
2009 P/C Insurance Mergers, Acquisitions Large and Small
Dec 20 2009 // Large insurers AIG, Farmers and The Hartford made moves in 2009, as did large brokers Marsh, Aon, Willis, Gallagher, Brown & Brown, Hub and Wells Fargo. So, too, did, many regional insurers and Main Street agencies....
North Carolina Agent Charged with Embezzling Insurance Premiums
Dec 17 2009 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin reported the arrest of a licensed insurance agent from Fremont who has been charged with embezzling $7,000 in insurance premiums. Insurance department investigators...
Web Site Profiles North Carolina Bank Robbers
Dec 11 2009 // Federal investigators are profiling bank robbers by giving them an online identity. The FBI and the North Carolina Bankers Association unveiled a Web site that includes photographs and information about bank robbers....
North Carolina Board Posts Malpractice Data on Physicians
Dec 9 2009 // North Carolina residents now have online access to information on malpractice lawsuits, convictions, suspensions, or other disciplinary actions taken against physicians and other medical professionals in the state. The...
Zureich to Succeed Arnold at North Carolina’s Lawyers Mutual
Dec 7 2009 // Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Co. of North Carolina announced that Gerald Arnold is retiring from his position as president of the company, effective Dec. 31, 2009. Arnold joined Lawyers Mutual in 1998 following his...
North Carolina Inspectors Cite Safety Violations in Slim Jim Explosion
Dec 3 2009 // Workplace inspectors cited ConAgra Foods Inc. and a contractor for dozens of serious safety violations in the June explosion at a Slim Jim plant that killed four people, the state Labor Department said this week. Most of...
North Carolina Mutual Seeks Hearing on License in Virginia
Nov 24 2009 // Virginia regulators are seeking to suspend the nation’s oldest black-owned insurer from doing business in the state, saying its finances are in hazardous condition. The Virginia State Corporation Commission said that...
Arthur J. Gallagher Buys North Carolina’s Shuford Insurance
Nov 23 2009 // International insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported it has acquired Shuford Insurance Agency, Inc. in Concord, North Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1938, Shuford...
North Carolina FAIR, Beach Plans Get New Board Members
Nov 20 2009 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the appointment of five new members to the N.C. Joint Underwriting Association and the N.C. Insurance Underwriting Association, better known as the FAIR and...
North Carolina Agent Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
Nov 4 2009 // North Carolina officials said that Jennifer Hughes Puckett, a former insurance agent from Rockingham, appeared this week in Carthage at the Moore County District Court and pleaded guilty to 16 counts of embezzlement by an...
