A North Carolina insurance agent for Nationwide Insurance voluntarily surrendered her license after being arrested on embezzlement charges, according to state officials. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin reported the arrest of Susan Kaye Glover, of Wilson, on Feb. 28. Department of …
A legislative committee debating a measure that would place limits on awards in medical malpractice lawsuits and change some rules for the litigation could vote on the measure early this week. The Senate Finance Committee last Thursday wrapped up a …
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has called for a June 21 public hearing on a proposed 20.9 percent rate increase in dwelling fire and extended coverage rates after the Department of Insurance ruled that some portions of the filing …
Insurance broker Willis North America has appointed Jeff Elliott as director of operations. He will be based in Charlotte, N.C. In this newly created role, Elliott will help refine Willis North America’s target operating model and oversee its major technology …
A non-profit workers’ compensation research organization that maintains its work is independent of the industry and objective has found itself at the center of a controversy in North Carolina over whether to trim workers’ compensation benefits. A group of trial …
The North Carolina Department of Insurance said that more than 800 people have submitted either written comments or public testimony on the industry’s request for a statewide increase averaging 20.9 percent in dwelling fire and extended coverage policies. The comments …
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced good news for drivers in the state after the North Carolina Rate Bureau submitted its latest rate filing calling for no change in passenger car and motorcycle policies for 2011. “This represents another …
The Atlantic Casualty Insurance Co., a member of the Strickland Insurance Group, has tapped Lawrence F. (Larry) McAuliffe to serve as the North Carolina-based company’s new vice president of claims. McAuliffe replaces outgoing vice president Frank Fleischman, who is retiring. …
Wholesale insurance brokerage firm All Risks, Ltd. has promoted Lora Robbins to branch sales leader in the Charlotte, N.C. office. Robbins first joined the firm in 2006. All Risks, Ltd. based in Hunt Valley, Maryland. The 46 year-old firm employs …
There were 48 fatal workplace accidents in North Carolina in 2010, a tally that is up from 34 in the previous year but below the five-year average of 53.2. At the same time, the state’s overall injury and illness rate …
