All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 9 2004 // North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley has named Pamela Thorpe Young of Cary to serve as vice chair of the North Carolina Industrial Commission. Easley appointed Young to the commission in May of 2003.“Pam’s extensive...
Apr 7 2004 // The North Carolina Supreme Court has reaffirmed the constitutionality of the state’s law capping punitive damages, a decision that maintains the certainty and predictability of North Carolina’s judicial system,...
Mar 29 2004 // The North Carolina Chapter of Doctors for Medical Liability Reform announced that Congressman Richard Burr, currently running for U.S. Senate, has signed their pledge supporting federal legislation that would limit...
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Mar 1 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agent Junior Classic (IIAJC), sponsored nationally by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, and the largest golf tournament in the country that results in one champion, tees...
Feb 25 2004 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has ordered a hearing to discuss the insurance industry’s latest request for an increase in auto insurance rates.Long will preside over the hearing, called for July 26...
Feb 23 2004 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long recently set aside some time to talk with Insurance Journal Southeast regarding some of the issues impacting the state.A native of Burlington, N.C., Long was first elected to...
Feb 23 2004 // A new report by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) shows that residual market plans for private passenger auto insurance continue to result in significant losses for insurance companies. All states...
Feb 12 2004 // Nearly 40 SAFE KIDS coalitions and chapters throughout North Carolina with the support of Kiwanis Clubs are sponsoring a statewide Child Passenger Safety Seat Check Saturday, Feb. 14. The seat check, which will be held in...
Feb 9 2004 // A new report by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) shows that residual market plans for private passenger auto insurance continue to result in significant losses for insurance companies. But one...
Feb 9 2004 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Long last week announced the receipt of the 2004 auto insurance rate filing from the North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB). The NCRB, an independent organization representing all auto insurance...
Jan 26 2004 // I once observed a high school football program go 1-9 for two consecutive years. Then with the backing of the administration, a new coach was brought in who had been part of a successful program.With a new attitude and...
Jan 15 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina’s (IIANC’s) annual Eastern Agents Conference, the largest insurance conference in the eastern part of North Carolina, will be held Jan. 28-29, at the Holiday...
Jan 12 2004 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long recently received word that the North Carolina Court of Appeals has largely upheld his order in the 2001 auto insurance rate case to force insurance companies to drop rates by...
Jan 12 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) presented the American Red Cross, Triangle Area Chapter, with a $25,000 donation recently for the Disaster Relief Fund to help victims of Hurricane Isabel and...
Nov 19 2003 // Stonewood Insurance Company (Stonewood) announced that the North Carolina Department of Insurance has approved its license to write workers’ compensation effective Nov. 12, 2003.Stonewood was incorporated in North...
Nov 17 2003 // The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc. announced financial results for the quarter that ended Sept. 30, 2003 and other matters.For the third quarter of 2003, the South Carolina-based company reported a net loss of $1.5 million or...
Nov 13 2003 // William Pollard, executive vice president and general manager of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company and 2003 chairman of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Independent...
Oct 23 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) presented the American Red Cross, Triangle Area Chapter with a $25,000 donation this week for the Disaster Relief Fund to help victims of Hurricane Isabel and...
Oct 22 2003 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced the arrest of Anthony Wayne Allen of Fayetteville, a former insurance agent charged with embezzling $60,000 from a Cumberland County woman. Allen is currently held...