All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 3 2012 // Charlotte, North Carolina-based technology firm Red Ventures has acquired the online homeowners insurance site, HomeInsurance.com.HomeInsurance.com, based in Wilmington, N.C., offers competitive quotes on home insurance...
Mar 23 2012 // Some North Carolina homeowners are seeing premium increases this year due to a fire rating change. And North Carolina officials say those increases in insurance premiums stem from the use of technology by insurers and not...
Mar 19 2012 // North Carolina regulators have recovered over $400,000 for policyholders stemming from claims filed in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene.Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin released a memorandum summarizing the...
Mar 14 2012 // At a time when businesses have taken on traditional government tasks, from running schools to space launches, North Carolina’s Supreme Court is being asked to decide what tasks a municipality can perform and still...
Mar 14 2012 // A report from the Division of Motor Vehicles has found that the number of vehicles filing safety inspections in North Carolina tripled last year.DMV Commissioner Mike Robertson told The Charlotte Observer that he thinks...
Mar 5 2012 // The North Carolina Court of Appeals has waded into a legal tussle over the wrongful death of a Jack Russell terrier.Nancy and Herb Shera sued North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2009,...
Mar 5 2012 // AutoOne, InterboroOneBeacon Insurance Group completed the sale of its AutoOne business to Interboro Holdings Inc. of New York. The transaction, which was announced on Aug. 31, 2011, included AutoOne Insurance Co. and...
Mar 2 2012 // North Carolina regulators have recovered over $400,000 for policyholders stemming from claims filed in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene.At the same time, the regulators are calling for a five year extension in the federal...
Feb 29 2012 // Lawmakers in western North Carolina are looking to make it tougher for copper thieves to sell scrap metal, and they’re getting creative about how to get it done.The News Herald of Morganton reported that state Rep....
Feb 27 2012 // North Carolina’s third largest homeowners insurer is looking to reduce its exposure in the state by increasing rates and rolling back its policyholder numbers, citing steep increases in reinsurance costs.The North...
Feb 24 2012 // The landmark 1998 national settlement between 46 states and 19 tobacco companies is valid and doesn’t amount to a conspiracy or anti-competitive behavior by the government, a federal appeals court ruled this week.The...
Feb 24 2012 // North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue is making a no-interest state loan available to repair two schools and other public buildings in Tyrrell and Pamlico counties damaged during Hurricane Irene last August. Perdue authorized...
Feb 24 2012 // The North Carolina Court of Appeals has waded into a legal tussle over the wrongful death of a Jack Russell terrier.Nancy and Herb Shera of Wilmington sued North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary...
Feb 21 2012 // Federal regulators last week allowed North Carolina insurers a one-year delay in meeting a benchmark requiring that more of each health insurance premium dollar to go toward medical services and less toward overhead and...
Feb 20 2012 // Auto insurers in North Carolina are once again divided over the prospect of changing how the state sets insurance rates with some insurers advocating for rate deregulation while others are supporting the status quo.The...
Feb 20 2012 // ISU NetworkThe San Francisco, Calif.-based ISU Network had expansions in four states, Utah, North Carolina, Maryland and North Dakota. Three Utah agencies have joined ISU Network. ISU Service Insurance Agency in Roosevelt,...
Feb 15 2012 // North Carolina’s Supreme Court heard attorneys argue Monday whether consumers should be able to take hospitals to court to justify bills that seem excessive.The high court took up the case of Robert Talford, 68, of...
Feb 13 2012 // The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is going overtime as it decides whether to stick with federal standards that could mean $12 million in rebates for more than 58,000 North Carolina residents who buy their...
Feb 9 2012 // The San Francisco, Calif.-based ISU Network on Thursday announced expansions in three states, North Carolina, Maryland and North Dakota.ISU’s North Carolina additions are: H. B. Cantrell & Co., O’Connor...
Feb 7 2012 // Auto insurers in North Carolina are once again divided over the prospect of changing how the state sets insurance rates with some insurers advocating for rate deregulation while others are supporting the status quo.The...