All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 25 2005 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long wants senior citizens to be aware of the aggressive marketing of Medicare Advantage plans by insurance companies and for seniors to be aware of what is legal and what...
Jul 22 2005 // Medicaid fraud consisting of financial abuses by doctors, providers and patients will be targeted by a new 10-member fraud unit being formed in North Carolina.“We have to ensure that every Medicaid dollar is well...
Jul 20 2005 // Burns & Wilcox has announced the appointment of Susan Johnson as an assistant underwriter of transportation/inland marine for its Morehead City, N.C. office; and James Goodman has been named a personal lines...
Jul 6 2005 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced the arrest recently of Robert Samuel Ballard, 49, of Wilkes County on 25 charges of obtaining property under false pretenses.Department of Insurance investigators...
Jul 4 2005 // Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Summit Holding Southeast Inc., announced it is expanding its operations to North Carolina. Bridgefield Casualty is rated “A” (Excellent) by A.M. Best Co. and...
Jul 4 2005 // ALABAMAArlene’s Timing Perfect for Referral List When Tropical Storm Arlene blew through Alabama it made the timing ideal for the release of a homeowners insurance referral list providing area homeowners with the...
Jul 4 2005 // Well-intentioned legislation aimed at fighting broad-based identity theft needs several changes before it can work effectively for property/casualty insurance policyholders, according to Raymond G. Farmer, Ameri-can...
Jun 17 2005 // ProCare.org, a watchdog company for Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance in North Carolina has released paperwork indicating that the company has spent close to $500,000 to support the U.S. Open. “While the golfers are...
Jun 12 2005 // Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Summit Holding Southeast Inc., announced that it is expanding its operations to North Carolina. Bridgefield Casualty is rated “A” (Excellent) by A.M. Best...
Jun 9 2005 // Concord, N.C. Police Officer Dana Lynn Beninati has been suspended without pay after allegedly passing fake prescriptions and billing her insurance company. Lynn was arrested at her home and charged with 23 counts of...
Jun 1 2005 // PC Direct is sponsoring seminars during which the latest technology solutions and best business practices will be discussed in Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C. and is encouraging independent agents to attend.Included in...
May 23 2005 // Six Chatham and Randolph County, N.C., residents suspected of masterminding an extensive auto insurance fraud ring, which staged an estimated 480 auto crashes and defrauded more than $2 million have been arrested as the...
May 23 2005 // GEORGIALicensing System Changes The Georgia Insurance Comm-ission held “Ind-ustry Day Meet-ings” across the state in May to discuss recent changes to the licensing system.In an effort to be responsive to agent...
May 10 2005 // North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley has proclaimed May 15-21 hurricane preparedness week, just as a new survey of residents from Florida to Maine shows that people are not worried about hurricane season.The Mason-Dixon poll...
May 9 2005 // A storm system which included hurricane-strength wind gusts up to 115 mph hit North Carolina’s Outer Banks Friday as a storm system pushed through North Carolina, bringing wind gusts and driving rain.According to...
Apr 28 2005 // More than 100 independent insurance agents are expected to visit the North Carolina capitol during the May 16-17 Agency Management and Technology Conference sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina...
Apr 25 2005 // Fifty North Carolina counties declared disasters areas after storms swept through the state last year will open centers today to help people still recovering from the damage. State lawmakers have agreed to provide $247...
Apr 22 2005 // A chiropractor who operated clinics in Greenville and Raleigh, N.C. has been sentenced to 28 months in prison and ordered to pay $372,000 to insurance companies he reportedly defrauded in a billing scam.Steven Ira Cohen,...
Apr 19 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina announced that North Carolina will host the National Trusted Choice Big I Junior Classic in 2008. This prestigious tournament will be hosted at the Country Club of North...
Apr 13 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina has invited participants to play in qualifying tournaments for the annual Trusted Choice Big I Junior Classic (Big I) national finals. The tournament is open to local...