North Carolina insurance companies that wanted to raise the cost of homeowners coverage by an average of roughly 25 percent were told Friday the state’s regulator is instead approving a zero overall change. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said that after …
North Carolina’s insurance commissioner on Monday began deciding whether to allow homeowners’ coverage costs to rise by as much as 35 percent even as some insurers demand even higher rates in agreements with customers. Craig Smith has seen the annual …
North Carolina homeowners are looking at insurance cost increases averaging 25 percent starting in August if the state’s regulator goes along, and his office heard Friday from some of those upset about the prospect of higher premiums. The hearing came …
Insurance regulators and an industry trade group are warning that this month’s roll-out of the health insurance marketplaces created by federal law opened the door for bad actors at the same time that it has given brokers and agents a …
Just down from the Target and Gander Mountain big-box stores and between a nail salon and dental office in Morrisville, North Carolina’s largest health insurer opened its first retail store. It has some exercise offerings — step aerobics classes and …
MetLife Inc. announced it will move 2,600 jobs from offices in four Northeast states and California to lower-cost locations in two North Carolina cities, while also getting tax breaks and other incentives that could reach $100 million. The insurer is …
Insurance giant MetLife Inc. said last week that it will move 2,600 jobs from offices in four Northeast states and California to lower-cost locations in two North Carolina cities, while also getting tax breaks and other incentives that could reach …
North Carolina’s top state insurance regulator has signed an agreement allowing companies to raise homeowner’s insurance policies by a statewide average of 7 percent a year starting in July. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin agreed to a rate increase for less …
The state agency that decides how thousands of people are compensated for workplace injuries does a poor job of making sure companies obey a law requiring them to carry insurance, the state’s internal government watchdog reported Tuesday. The North Carolina …
More than a week before Hurricane Sandy became a superstorm that would zero in on the U.S. Northeast, while it was just a tropical depression bouncing around the Caribbean, a captain headed out to sea. The HMS Bounty sailed dead …
