Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Judge Clears Way for Home Insurance Rate Changes
Apr 30 2009 // A Wake County judge has cleared the way for homeowners insurance rates to drop in nearly three dozen western North Carolina counties and soar along the coast starting Friday. Superior Court Judge Ronald Stephens this week...
North Carolina Coastal Insurance Rates to Rise May 1
Apr 23 2009 // Homeowners in 18 coastal North Carolina counties whose homes are insured by a state-backed insurance pool shouldn’t expect a delay of higher rates taking effect May 1. A powerful state legislator said a comprehensive...
North Carolina Insurance Chief Appeals Beach Plan Ratemaking Ruling
Apr 16 2009 // A North Carolina court ruling that questioned the insurance commissioner’s authority to approve insurance rate changes without public hearings is being challenged by Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. However,...
Rutherfoord Appoints Peterson to North Carolina Office
Apr 16 2009 // Insurance broker and risk management firm Rutherfoord has added David T. Peterson to its Raleigh, North Carolina office. Peterson will serve as division manager, providing direct oversight and responsibility for the growth...
North Carolina Moped Insurance Law Halted
Apr 13 2009 // An effort to regulate mopeds in North Carolina got diverted after senators rejected an effort to require riders to carry liability insurance. Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand last week pulled his bill to require a moped to...
Judge Orders State To Rework North Carolina Beach Plan Hikes
Apr 6 2009 // A Wake County judge has ordered North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin to reconsider deductible and surcharge increases for coastal homeowners in the state insurance pool called the Beach Plan. Wake County...
North Carolina Challenges 1.4% Auto Hike
Apr 6 2009 // A 1.4 perent rate hike requested by North Carolina auto insurance companies is being contested by state officials. Insurance department actuaries have concluded that the increase is not warranted in part because it...
Keystone Insurers Group Realigns Top Management
Apr 2 2009 // Northumberland, Pennsylvania-based Keystone Insurers Group has hired five new executives and restructured its top management team in a move aimed at boosting growth and enhancing services, the company said. Ralph...
North Carolina Challenges 1.4% Auto Insurance Rate Hike
Mar 30 2009 // A 1.4 perent rate hike requested by North Carolina auto insurance companies is being contested by state officials. Insurance department actuaries have concluded that the increase is not warranted in part because it...
Judge Blocks Some North Carolina Beach Plan Price Hikes, Orders Redo
Mar 25 2009 // A Wake County judge has ordered new North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin to reconsider deductible and surcharge increases for coastal homeowners in the state insurance pool called the Beach Plan. Wake County...
North Carolina Charges Man Involved in 36 Crashes with Insurance Fraud
Mar 23 2009 // North Carolina officials have arrested an Indiana man and charged him with allegedly filing more than $10,000 in false claims related to 11 crashes between December 2005 and June 2008. North Carolina Insurance Commissioner...
North Carolina Insurance Agent Arrested on Embezzlement Charges
Mar 13 2009 // North Carolina insurance agent Pam S. Bollinger, 44, has been charged with stealing from her former employer, a Rockwell insurance agency. State insurance department investigators allege that from 2007 until Sept. 26,...
Crime Victims’ Compensation Claims Reviewed in North Carolina
Mar 12 2009 // A North Carolina commission may pay out about $1.4 million to reimburse crime victims for out-of-pocket expenses they incurred related to crimes committed against them. The Crime Victims Compensation Commission heard a...
North Carolina’s Goodwin Warns Against Coastal Rate Freeze
Mar 9 2009 // Legislative efforts to freeze insurance rate increases for coastal homeowners risk making policies less available and more costly for all state residents, North Carolina’s new insurance commissioner has warned. Such...
North Carolina Troopers Issue 9,000 Citation to Teen Drivers
Mar 6 2009 // Highway Patrol troopers in North Carolina have issued nearly 9,000 citations during a campaign aimed at reducing the number of traffic accidents involving teenagers. Thirty-one drivers under age 21 were cited for driving...
North Carolina Insurance Chief Warns Against Coastal Rate Freeze
Feb 25 2009 // Legislative efforts to freeze big insurance rate increases for coastal homeowners risk making policies less available and more costly for all state residents, North Carolina’s new insurance commissioner said. Such...
North Carolina Construction Worker Wins Case Over Hostile Workplace
Feb 13 2009 // A federal jury has awarded $50,000 to a North Carolina construction worker who says co-workers hurled racial epithets at him, shot nails toward him and even tried to hang him on a job site. The Asheville Citizen-Times...
North Carolina House Weighs Ban on Text Messaging by Drivers
Feb 11 2009 // The North Carolina General Assembly already has passed a law barring teenagers from talking on a cell phone while driving. Now some legislators want to stop all drivers from text messaging. Some House members scheduled a...
North Carolina Auto Insurance Companies Seek 1.4% Hike
Feb 9 2009 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has confirmed that his department has received the annual auto insurance rate filing from the North Carolina Rate Bureau. The bureau, which represents the auto insurance...
North Carolina Leaders Recall Former Insurance Commissioner Long
Feb 5 2009 // North Carolina’s top elected statewide officials remembered former colleague Jim Long at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday, calling the ex-insurance commissioner a friend who dedicated his career to the...
