All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 17 2007 // Some coastal residents could see a spike in their insurance rates because of a recent decision by the North Carolina Building Code Council.The council toughened the coastal housing code for wind-borne debris. The code now...
Dec 14 2007 // The Superior Court of Wake County, N.C., extended and continued a temporary stay for Castleton Group Inc., a professional employer organization based in Raleigh to remain in operation for an additional 60 days.North...
Dec 13 2007 // The North Carolina Building Code Council declined to consider a request that sprinkler systems be required in new large or multistory homes, a setback for firefighters who sought the change following an October beach house...
Dec 13 2007 // North Carolina might be looking at a $43 million shortfall with a children’s health insurance program next fall if Congress doesn’t resolve a stalemate. Congress and President Bush have been at odds over...
Dec 13 2007 // BB&T Insurance Services announced plans to expand its metro Atlanta operation with the acquisition of Ott & Co. of Alpharetta, Ga.Founded in 1978, Ott & Company is a full-service employee benefits brokerage...
Dec 12 2007 // With the deaths of seven South Carolina college students in a North Carolina beach house fire still fresh, firefighters’ groups hope state regulators will make sprinkler systems mandatory in large or multi-story...
Dec 10 2007 // North Carolina officials arrested a Linwood, N.C., insurance agent charging her with with five counts of embezzlement by an insurance agent and three counts of providing false statements on an insurance...
Dec 5 2007 // North Carolina Insurance Department officials denied an ongoing licensure request of Castleton Group Inc., a professional employer organization based in Raleigh, “due to its hazardous financial condition.”The...
Nov 21 2007 // North Carolina officials arrested a Fayetteville, N.C., woman and charged her with three counts of embezzlement by an insurance agent, according to Insurance Commissioner Jim LongJessica Rachelle Forde, 32, worked as a...
Nov 15 2007 // North Carolina-based Forensic Analysis and Engineering Corp., has reached a settlement with lawyers who have filed hundreds of lawsuits against State Farm Insurance Cos. on behalf of policyholders whose claims were denied...
Nov 13 2007 // North Carolina State Highway Patrol and the Governor’s Highway Safety Program are kicking off Operation Slow Down/No Need 2 Speed to catch speeders on North Carolina’s highways.Local law enforcement agencies...
Nov 12 2007 // North Carolina State building code officials won’t consider expanding changes to building codes for townhouse soffits unless a report shows it may have been a factor in the beach-house fire that killed seven college...
Nov 2 2007 // The mayor of Ocean Isle Beach says insurance adjusters are on site at the scene of a burned-out North Carolina beach house where seven college students died.Mayor Debbie Smith says the town will keep a police officer...
Oct 31 2007 // North Carolina field crops are predicted to suffer great losses as a result of the state’s drought conditions.Soybean yields are projected to be at 20 bushels per acre, which will be the lowest yield since 1983....
Oct 29 2007 // A settlement agreement between the North Carolina Department of Insurance and the North Carolina Rate Bureau, the organization that represents the state’s workers’ compensation insurance companies, will raise...
Oct 27 2007 // N.C.’s Rep. Watt leads debate in Congress against credit scoringThe latest skirmish in the battle between politicians who want to eliminate insurance-based credit scoring and insurers that say they need it to do...
Oct 25 2007 // A drought report released Tuesday says 17 North Carolina water systems serving hundreds of thousands of residents are near a crisis-level shortage. The lengthy drought has strained North Carolina’s water systems and...
Oct 25 2007 // N.C. Insurance enforcement officials arrested a Wake County woman, charging her with one count of obtaining property by false pretense. Seung Yon Yu Johnson, of Raleigh was processed at the Guilford County jail and...
Oct 19 2007 // Commonwealth Underwriters Ltd., a regional Excess & Surplus Lines Broker based in Richmond, Va., has appointed G. Stephen Allen as vice president of North Carolina operations, based in Raleigh. Prior to joining...
Oct 16 2007 // North Carolina state troopers will watch this week for motorists who fail to stop when a school bus lets out children on state roads. Highway Patrol commander Fletcher Clay said authorities will charge drivers who try to...