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North Carolina Governor Faces Backlash Over Workers’ Comp Fraud Claim

Feb 9 2015 // Gov. Pat McCrory is taking heat after saying in his annual State of the State address last week that nearly half of workers’ compensation claims paid to state employees are the result of abuse or fraud.“We all...

North Carolina Home Insurers Press Appeal of Rate Hike Denial, While Insurers Press ‘Consent to Rate’ Agreements

Feb 9 2015 // Insurance companies aren’t giving up on their quest to raise premiums on North Carolina homeowners by an average of 25 percent, according to an industry spokesman.The group representing nearly 100 companies selling...

Main Street America Expands Workers’ Compensation Program in Georgia, North Carolina

Feb 6 2015 // The Main Street America Group has introduced an expanded workers’ compensation program through its independent insurance agents in Georgia and North Carolina.According to Dan Gaynor, vice president and head of...

North Carolina Agent Charged with Embezzlement

Feb 5 2015 // Insurance agent Amneris Deleon, of Wilmington, N.C., was arrested and charged with one count each of embezzlement by an insurance agent and accessing a computer to defraud or obtain property.Department of Insurance...

National Guard Armory Vehicles Worth Over $1M Destroyed by Fire in North Carolina

Feb 5 2015 // Investigators in Buncombe County, N.C., are looking into a fire at the Armed Forces National Guard Armory that destroyed two armored vehicles valued at $1.7 million. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports the fire occurred...

Regulators Determining Fines for Duke After Coal Ash Spill in North Carolina

Feb 4 2015 // A year after the sudden collapse of an old drainage pipe triggered the third largest coal ash spill in U.S. history, regulators say they are still working to determine how much to fine the nation’s largest...

North Carolina Restarts Debate Over Moped Regulations

Jan 29 2015 // The debate over regulating mopeds in North Carolina resumed Tuesday as legislators heard new rule suggestions from the Division of Motor Vehicles just months after the General Assembly mandated owners register the...

Insurers Sending ‘Consent to Rate’ Letters to North Carolina Homeowners

Jan 27 2015 // North Carolina homeowners are being told to pay higher insurance premiums or risk losing their coverage under a law that allows companies to pay more than the state has approved.The StarNews of Wilmington reported...

Report Card Rates States on Insurance Regulation

Jan 26 2015 // Vermont gets a grade of “A+” and California and North Carolina get grades of “F” in the annual report card on state insurance regulation issued by the free market think tank, The R Street...

How States Rate on Insurance Regulation, ‘A’ to ‘F’

Jan 26 2015 // Vermont gets a grade of “A+” and California and North Carolina get grades of “F” in the annual report card on state insurance regulation issued by the free market think tank, The R Street...

North Carolina Insurers Request Mobile Home Rate Changes

Jan 26 2015 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed for mobile homeowners insurance rate changes with the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI).The bureau has requested an average statewide decrease of 0.8 percent for the...

Report Card Rates States on Insurance Regulation

Jan 26 2015 // Vermont gets a grade of “A+” and California and North Carolina get grades of “F” in the annual report card on state insurance regulation issued by the free market think tank, The R Street...

North Carolina to Pay $425,000 to Family of Man Mistakenly Declared Dead

Jan 22 2015 // North Carolina officials have agreed to pay $425,000 to the family of a man who was mistakenly declared dead and shipped to a morgue in 2005.The Charlotte Observer reports the payment settles a lawsuit that alleges the...

NFP Acquires Michelsen Benefits in North Carolina

Jan 21 2015 // New York-based insurance brokerage and consultant NFP has expanded its corporate benefits practice with the acquisition of Charlotte, N.C.-based Michelsen Benefits Group Inc., or The Michelsen Group (TMG). The transaction...

North Carolina Home Insurers to Appeal Rate Denial

Jan 20 2015 // Insurance companies aren’t giving up on their quest to raise premiumson North Carolina homeowners by an average of 25 percent, according to an industry spokesman.The group representing nearly 100 companies selling...

North Carolina Insurers Request Mobile Home Rate Changes

Jan 13 2015 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed for mobile homeowners insurance rate changes with the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI). The N.C. Rate Bureau has requested an average statewide decrease of 0.8 percent...

Conservationists’ Lawsuit Challenges North Carolina Fracking Rules Panel

Jan 12 2015 // A lawsuit filed January 5 by conservationists asks that rules on fracking in North Carolina be thrown out, arguing the panel that developed the rules was formed in violation of the state Constitution.Lawyers representing...

North Carolina Home Insurers Weigh Appeal of Rate Denial

Jan 12 2015 // North Carolina property insurers are on hold while the industry-backed rating agency contemplates whether to appeal a decision by regulators denying a proposed 25.3 percent rate increase.The North Carolina Rate Bureau made...

2015 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory

Jan 12 2015 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...

Marsh Agency Acquires North Carolina’s Benefit Planning Group

Jan 8 2015 // Marsh & McLennan Agency has acquired The Benefit Planning Group Inc., a Durham, North Carolina-based employee benefit consulting firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1991, The Benefit Planning...