Jacksonville, Fla.-based Bowditch Insurance Corp., an independent insurance agency founded in 1983 by Raynor E. Bowditch, has been acquired by The South Financial Group of Greenville, S.C. The transaction became effective June 6, its terms were not disclosed. Bowditch Insurance …
Concord, N.C. Police Officer Dana Lynn Beninati has been suspended without pay after allegedly passing fake prescriptions and billing her insurance company. Lynn was arrested at her home and charged with 23 counts of prescription and 23 counts of insurance …
The most costly hurricane in recent North Carolina history, Hurricane Floyd, caused an estimated $1.4 billion in damages – insured damages only. This figure does not account for property lost that was not covered by insurance. With the 2005 hurricane …
The independent agency arm of giant Nationwide Insurance is expanding its reach and looking for agents in the East and South. Allied Insurance, which currently has more than 4,500 independent agency locations in the West and Midwest, began writing personal …
The independent agency arm of giant Nationwide Insurance is expanding its reach and looking for agents in the East and South. Allied Insurance, which currently has more than 4,500 independent agency locations in the West and Midwest, began writing personal …
Hull & Company announced the promotion of Tim Ramsey to vice president, national personal lines. Ramsey joined Hull & Company in January of 1998 as manager of the company’s newly formed Charlotte, N.C., personal lines department where he oversaw the …
PC Direct is sponsoring seminars during which the latest technology solutions and best business practices will be discussed in Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C. and is encouraging independent agents to attend. Included in sessions will be a TV show featuring guests …
Chicago-based wholesaler AVRECO recently announced a new medical liability insurance market for borderline nonstandard physicians and surgeons. The program is geared toward doctors “headed for the standard market” but who aren’t quite there yet, according to AVRECO. While AVRECO is …
Hurricane-force winds are most likely to strike this year in Cape Hatteras, N.C. and Miami Beach and Naples, Fla., according to an analysis of coastal cities released today by a University of Central Florida professor and a Georgia researcher. Cape …
Results of a study released Thursday suggest that millions of Americans lack basic knowledge of rules of the road and safe automobile operation. In fact, the study shows that if tested today, one in 10 drivers – nearly 20 million …
