All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 24 2006 // 55%The rate hike that Florida’s insurer of last resort, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., decided to delay a vote on, following requests from lawmakers to wait until after the January special legislative session....
Dec 20 2006 // North Carolina continues to stand out as the state with lowest auto insurance rates east of the Mississippi and fifth lowest in the nation.The statistics are gleaned from a report by the National Association of Insurance...
Dec 15 2006 // Two investigators with the North Carolina Department of Insurance, Chet Effler of Marion, N.C., and Martha Ann Ford of Chester, S.C., have been honored for their work on insurance fraud cases in 2006.Effler received an...
Dec 7 2006 // MMC Securities Corp., an affiliate of Marsh Inc., has completed a $510 million alternative collateral program on behalf of the North Carolina Self-Insurance Security Association for its security fund.The North Carolina...
Dec 5 2006 // In what officials describe as the largest auto insurance fraud ring in North Carolina history, 10 residents of Cleveland and Rutherford Counties are accused of defrauding insurance companies of an estimated $1...
Nov 21 2006 // Gov. Mike Easley asked the Small Business Administration for a disaster declaration for Columbus County, N.C., to help pay for repairs and other expenses related to damages resulting from the severe weather that battered...
Nov 20 2006 // For a small to midsized independent insurance agency, contingency commissions can determine whether the business survives, according to many within the industry.That explains why Alex Soto, a Miami agent who is also...
Nov 20 2006 // For a small- to mid-sized independent insurance agency, contingency commissions can determine whether the business survives, according to many within the industry.That explains why Alex Soto, a Miami agent who is also...
Nov 19 2006 // For a small- to mid-sized independent insurance agency, contingency commissions can determine whether the business survives, according to many within the industry.That explains why Alex Soto, a Miami agent who is also...
Nov 17 2006 // Thunderstorms that tore up homes and buildings across the South hit North Carolina early Thursday, killing at least three people and leaving thousands without power. Another person died Wednesday as a tornado swept through...
Nov 14 2006 // Goldsboro, N.C., resident Rose Vaughn Williams will join Insurance Commissioner Jim Long’s staff as legislative counsel.Williams most recently served as a district court judge in the eighth judicial district of...
Nov 6 2006 // The fire chief for the town of Apex told a North Carolina state task force that he was prepared to lose an entire city block when a chemical fire ignited an industrial waste recycling plant last month because he...
Nov 6 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina announced the election of Kathy Lance of The L.N. Davis Co. in Waynesville, as its new president.Lance, the first female to hold the office, has been a member of the IIANC...
Nov 5 2006 // The fire chief for the town of Apex told a North Carolina state task force that he was prepared to lose an entire city block when a chemical fire ignited an industrial waste recycling plant last month because he...
Nov 5 2006 // PeopleThe Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina announced the election of Kathy Lance of The L.N. Davis Co. in Waynesville, as its new president. Lance, the first female to hold the office, has been a member of...
Nov 2 2006 // Director of Safe Kids North Carolina Kelly Ransdell received the Outstanding State Coordinator of the Year award for her work in promoting injury prevention awareness through the state’s child safety...
Oct 31 2006 // The hazardous waste storage plant fire that led to the evacuation of thousands of residents this month in Apex, N.C. started in an area where chemicals such as pool chlorination tablets were stored, investigators said.An...
Oct 30 2006 // A new study by a Boston-based think tank shows that Massachusetts firms in nine selected industries including financial services have costs that are on average 20 percent to 30 percent higher than similar companies in...
Oct 27 2006 // Apex’s fire chief told a North Carolina state task force this week that he was prepared to lose an entire city block when a chemical fire ignited an industrial waste recycling plant earlier this month because he...
Oct 26 2006 // A Matthews, N.C. licensed insurance agent was arrested and charged with nine felony counts of obtaining property by false pretense and is under a $50,000 secured bond at the Union County Jail.According to Insurance...