All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 5 2006 // A new public entity business product to provide workers’ compensation for cities, towns, counties, and water and sewer districts has been announced by Key Risk Insurance Company. Coverage is available in North...
Apr 3 2006 // Tougher building code standards aimed at reducing future hurricane damage in North Carolina have been sent to a state committee studying disaster management. Insurance Commissioner Jim Long petitioned the Joint Study...
Apr 3 2006 // North Carolina officials believe tougher and better building codes are essential to protect property along the coast and safeguard the state’s strong property insurance market.News Currents Tougher building code...
Mar 16 2006 // Ponce D. Moody, 53, of Raleigh, N.C. was arrested on charges of embezzlement by an insurance agent according to Insurance Commissioner Jim Long. Moody allegedly pocketed more than $8,300 in collected insurance premiums...
Mar 14 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina has published its disaster planning guide for members and the general public. Bill Bingham, IIANC president said the guide will be useful to all North Carolina residents...
Mar 10 2006 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has announced a hearing on auto insurance rates will be held in Raleigh in June and recently requested rate increases will be denied until after the hearings.This announcement...
Mar 8 2006 // Perry Murray Wilson, 53, of Black Mountain, N.C. was apprehended on six felony charges including two misdemeanor charges of selling insurance without a license, financial identity fraud, obtaining property under false...
Mar 8 2006 // Tougher building code standards aimed at reducing future hurricane damage in North Carolina have been forwarded to a state committee studying disaster management by Insurance Commissioner Jim Long.Long petitioned the Joint...
Mar 7 2006 // A check for $54,000 for a scholarship endowment will be presented at 1 p.m. March 8 to the Belk College of Business at the University of North Carolina by the Young Agents Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents of...
Feb 24 2006 // Greensboro, North Carolina – The Smart Choice® Agents Program, which currently serves more than 2,100 independent agencies in 18 states, has announced plans to expand the program in eight states this year.According...
Feb 21 2006 // At least 5,300 cars across North Carolina have had their tags taken away by police and deputies empowered by a new law to confiscate the plates of uninsured vehicles.The law that took effect Dec. 1 gave local law...
Feb 10 2006 // Thirteen Halifax County, N.C. residents, suspected of masterminding a family auto insurance fraud ring that allegedly swindled insurance companies out of $56,000 in fraudulent motorcycle and auto claims has been...
Feb 10 2006 // A Greensboro, N.C., woman attacked at work and kidnapped by her boss and his wife is fighting with an insurance company over her workers’ compensation claim, the News & Record and the Associated Press...
Feb 7 2006 // The arrests of 13 Halifax County, N.C. residents who allegedly masterminded a family auto insurance fraud ring that swindled insurance companies out of $56,000 in fraudulent motorcycle and auto claims has been announced by...
Feb 3 2006 // An agreement has been reached between the North Carolina Rate Bureau and the Department of Insurance in which Commissioner Jim Long ordered a 2.5 percent decrease in auto rates. The approved rate level change for each...
Feb 1 2006 // One of North Carolina’s largest providers of long-term care for adults may not have the insurance required to pay workers hurt on the job and is being investigated for not paying employees on time.The state...
Feb 1 2006 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has signed an order requiring a 2.5 percent reduction in private passenger auto rates and a 6 percent reduction in motorcycle liability rates, effective May...
Jan 26 2006 // U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole told the Senate Banking Committee on proposals to reform the National Flood Insurance Program, meeting in Washington that North Carolinians recognize their vulnerability to flooding and are...
Jan 16 2006 // Adam S. Barker has been named senior consultant and practice leader in Charlotte, N.C. for Findley Davies of Toledo, Ohio responsible for health and group benefits in North and South Carolina. Barker was most recently...
Dec 29 2005 // The hurricane season made 2005 a year-to-remember, with the southeast encountering the busiest hurricane season of the century, with 26 named storms and 13 hurricanes, meteorologists used up the list of 21 proper names and...