Tropical Storm Hanna blew ashore over tourist beaches on the North-South Carolina border early on Sept. 6 at the start of a projected dash up the Eastern Seaboard. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Hanna’s center came on land …
Powerful Hurricane Ike weakened slightly as it moved across the Atlantic toward the Bahamas and the U.S. on Thursday, while Tropical Storm Hanna’s death toll from floods in Haiti grew to 136. Campgrounds were closed and some evacuations began on …
Tropical storm Hanna is on the verge of regaining hurricane strength, as it slowly approaches the U.S. mainland. The latest update from Miami’s National Hurricane Center indicates that “maximum sustained winds have increased to near 70 mph (110 km/hr) with …
North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley activated the N.C. National Guard and other state resources to be ready to respond to Tropical Storm Hanna, which is expected to affect the state on Friday and Saturday. Up to 270 members of the …
Hurricane Ike strengthened rapidly into a fiercely dangerous Category 4 hurricane in the open Atlantic Wednesday and Tropical Storm Hanna intensified to a lesser degree as it swirled over the Bahamas toward the southeast U.S. Coast. Ike posed no immediate …
Residential and commercial damages from Hurricane Gustav will trigger an estimated $4 billion to $10 billion in insurance claims, a third of which could affect the energy industry. While Gustav’s force paled in comparison to Hurricane Katrina, which cost insurers …
CRC Insurance Services Inc., the wholesale insurance subsidiary of BB&T Corp., reports it has completed a purchase of Southern Risk Operations LLC. Sumter, S.C.-based Southern Risk is an excess and surplus (E&S) insurance broker that specializes in high-risk personal and …
The good news is that Hurricane Gustav has been downgraded to a Tropical Depression as it moves slowly across northwest Louisiana. The bad news is that Tropical Storms Hanna, Ike and Josephine are gaining speed, according to the National Hurricane …
Retiring Leader Sees Agency Management Education Program at Appalachian State as Top Achievement After 20 years as an advocate for independent agents, Bob Bird, chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina, is stepping down. During this …
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