Harleysville Insurance recently further expanded its field sales and underwriting presence in the Southeast with the opening of a new office in Charlotte, N.C. Clinton Bothwell, regional president for the Southeast operation said his organization’s flexibility allows it to more …
Climate change caused by manmade pollutants could have a devastating impact on the country’s national parks, a park advocacy group said Wednesday in a report highlighting the potential damage to Tennessee’s and North Carolina’s Great Smoky Mountains. The report, “Unnatural …
The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether cancer-causing radioactive material was buried in the 1980s near a rifle range at Camp Lejeune, N.C., the Marine Corps’ primary base on the Atlantic Ocean. A recently recovered Navy document dated 1981 said …
North Carolina Department of Insurance officials arrested a Winston-Salem woman Tuesday and charged her with insurance fraud. Margaret Brissett, 45, was charged with eight counts of insurance fraud and is being held on a $12,000 bond. Investigators allege that Brissett …
North Carolina state and local law enforcement officers cited 2,129 motorists for driving while impaired during the “Booze It & Lose It: Operation Firecracker” campaign that ran June 28-July 8, according to Gov. Mike Easley. A total of 71,048 traffic …
North Carolina Department of Insurance officials arrested a Tarboro insurance agent on charges of embezzlement last month. Insurance Commissioner Jim Long said William “Billy” Michael Whitley, 51, of 4959 McKendree Church Rd. in Tarboro was arrested at the Edgecombe County …
Thousands of coastal North Carolina residents could see insurance rates surge this fall as state regulators weigh higher insurance costs against the rising cost of protecting homes. The North Carolina Building Code Council has balked at new international building codes …
It took less than three minutes for the old mattress to become a flaming inferno. And even inside the safe confines of a Sealy Corp. testing lab in North Carolina, it took a technician armed with a gas mask and …
Security Guards Nuts & Bolts: Brownyard Group’s program for security guard firms has been expanded to include limits up to $5 million. Coverage includes general liability, excess/umbrella liability, workers’ compensation, property, auto, and first- and third-party dishonesty. Coverage is underwritten …
Gregg Effner has joined Main Street America Group as assistant vice president of distribution management. Effner, who has 30 years of property/casualty industry experience, will be based at the company’s corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla., and report to Doug Eden, …
