North Carolina News

Indiana’s Grain Dealers Mutual Now Part of Main Street America Group

The Main Street America Group, based in Jacksonville, Fla., announced that Indiana-domiciled Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company has been cleared to become an affiliate of the Jacksonville, Fla.-based super regional property-casualty insurance carrier. The deal has been approved by the …

North Carolina Mutual Seeks Hearing on License in Virginia

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 the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance’s surplus dropped by …

M&A Wrap-Up: Insurance Brokerage Mergers Took a Third Quarter Vacation

Deal making wasn’t at the top of the list of summer activities this season, but deal vacation was. Third quarter merger and acquisition (M&A) activity continued declining to just 30 announced transactions between July and September. This quarterly activity follows …

Arthur J. Gallagher Buys North Carolina’s Shuford Insurance

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 Insurance Agency, Inc. is an independent insurance agency offering …

North Carolina FAIR, Beach Plans Get New Board Members

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 Beach plans, respectively. The commissioner is responsible for naming …

East Coast States Totaling Damage from Nor’easter

It was a desperate, ultimately futile battle — machine against nature — and Ocean City kept it up long after the outcome had been decided. As wave after wave pummeled the beachfront during last week’s powerful nor’easter, more and more …

Sipe Named Head of Summit in Florida

Liberty Mutual Agency Markets has appointed Carol Sipe as president and chief executive officer of Summit, which provides monoline workers’ compensation coverage in 10 southeastern states. Sipe succeeds Rick T. Hodges, who has led Summit since 1999. Hodges will retire …

More Heavy Metal Hits

Heavy Equipment Theft Now Estimated To Be A Sophisticated $600 Million Business On the last day in September, Jerry Dean Ledford was driving a stolen Ford F-250, and pulling a trailer loaded with a stolen tractor, down Highway 74 in …

New Markets

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2009 Top Personal Lines Agencies

The following list is taken from the Insurance Journal Top 100 P/C/ Independent Insurance Agencies report published in Insurance Journal on Aug. 3. These agencies represent the leaders in total personal lines premium volume among the overall Top 100, which …