Victims of North Carolina doctors guilty of medical malpractice will be limited to $500,000 what they can collect for pain, suffering and lost body parts under legislation the state House passed into law over a veto by Gov. Beverly Perdue. …
A federal jury awarded $10 million this week to the family of a North Carolina teenager who died after a police officer shocked him with a Taser at the grocery store where he worked, according to court documents. The jury …
Wholesale insurance broker Burns & Wilcox has promoted Kasey Vaughn to branch manager of its Morehead City, North Carolina office. Vaughn has been a personal lines underwriter for the past 11 years with Burns & Wilcox. Headquartered in Michigan, Burns …
Wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group, Inc. is expanding its operations with a new office location in Morehead City, North Carolina. Karen G. Toler, formerly of Burns & Wilcox, has joined AmWINS to lead this new office, which will focus primarily …
The North Carolina Senate has rejected Gov. Beverly Perdue’s opposition to a bill to limit certain damages for negligence victims in medical malpractice cases. The Senate agreed Wednesday to override Perdue’s veto on the legislation, which now goes to the …
Wholesaler Appalachian Underwriters Inc. (AUI) has hired veteran Robert Lowery as a broker for the Carolina region. Lowery brings 30 years of experience as an excess and surplus lines broker to AUI. He began his career in Atlanta as an …
North Carolina residents insured by two companies are going to receive refunds totaling more than $1 million after state regulators found they overcharged their personal lines policyholders. SAFECO Insurance Co. of America and American States Preferred Insurance Co. have issued …
North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue vetoed another bill Friday pushed by the Republican majority at the Legislature, this time changes to rules governing medical malpractice cases that would have capped certain monetary awards for negligence victims. Perdue, a Democrat, blocked …
North Carolina’s transportation secretary said more than 12,000 drivers and passengers were cited for seat belt and child passenger safety violations during a two-week campaign in North Carolina. Transportation Secretary Gene Conti said the citations were issued during the “Click …
A North Carolina legislative committee has removed from a liability lawsuit measure a provision that would have given broad product protections for pharmaceutical companies. A Senate judiciary panel has deleted language from the House version that would give drug companies …
