All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 15 2010 // Frances Moore, of Moravian Falls,. N.C., an insurance agent and owner and operator of Fran Moore Allstate Agency, has been charged with 14 counts of insurance fraud, according to officials. Insurance Commissioner Wayne...
Nov 14 2010 // A new federal job safety study finds North and South Carolina among the country’s safest states in which to work. But some experts doubt whether the rates accurately reflect which states are safer.North...
Nov 8 2010 // A new federal study estimating the rate of workplace injuries last year finds North and South Carolina among the country’s safest in which to work.But some workplace safety experts doubt whether the rates accurately...
Nov 5 2010 // Alma Salas printed out an application for Extreme Home Makeover the night before her house was destroyed by fire.“It wasn’t a perfect home, but I bought it with intentions of building it up,” she said....
Nov 3 2010 // Municipalities do not have standing to challenge decisions on insurance rates issued by the state insurance department, a North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled.Twelve North Carolina counties, led by dare County, along...
Nov 1 2010 // North Carolina’s medical costs per workers’ compensation claim were among the highest in a study of 15 states, according to a new report.The study by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research...
Nov 1 2010 // Aubie W. Knight has assumed the role of chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia (IIAG).Knight has been with IIAG since 1996. During his tenure, he has been responsible for most of...
Oct 27 2010 // North Carolina employers’ costs for workers’ compensation will inch up next spring under an agreement reached between the state and insurers.The settlement ordered a 0.6 percent increase for voluntary market...
Oct 26 2010 // A pair of Durham, North Carolina sisters has been arrested for alleged insurance fraud, according to Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin.Evelyn Lee Navarro, 31, has been charged with one count of embezzlement by an...
Oct 22 2010 // North Carolina’s medical costs per workers’ compensation claim were among the highest in a study of 15 states, according to a new report.The study by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research...
Oct 20 2010 // Montgomery Insurance Co. Regional Vice President Nancy Newmister has been named the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina’s (IIANC) Company Professional of the Year.The award was presented to Newmister...
Oct 18 2010 // Workplace safety programs in North and South Carolina downplay serious safety problems and levy weak fines, according to an audit released by the U.S. Labor Department.Jordan Barab of the Occupational Safety and Health...
Oct 15 2010 // The second-largest bottler of Coca-Cola products in the U.S. will pay $495,000 to settle a federal case involving charges of racially discriminatory hiring practices.The Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated, a...
Oct 14 2010 // State Insurance Department officials say they have begun a criminal investigation into the businesses of a Fayetteville man who killed himself in August. The Fayetteville Observer reported that a spokeswoman says the state...
Oct 7 2010 // An insurer specializing in pricey properties is moving into North Carolina with a particular eye toward coastal real estate.Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE) offers its homeowners insurance policies for...
Oct 4 2010 // Workplace safety programs in North and South Carolina downplay serious safety problems and levy weak fines, according to an audit released by the U.S. Labor Department.The audit showed that both states impose weak...
Oct 4 2010 // While fire may be a common worry among homeowners, claims data from Travelers suggests their homes could be as much as 10 times more likely to be damaged by water than by fire.Fortunately, much of this water-related damage...
Sep 30 2010 // The remains of Tropical Storm Nicole battered the U.S. Atlantic Coast like a hurricane as it moved from the Carolinas to New England on Friday.Nicole was a minimal tropical storm for just six hours Wednesday, but the...
Sep 30 2010 // A North Carolina automobile repair shop owner and one of his customers have been arrested and charged with insurance fraud.State officials report that John Marvin Smith, III, of Robersonville, and Fronzie Griffin, of...
Sep 23 2010 // Godfrey Gray Bell, Sr., of Greenville, N.C., has been arrested and charged with one count of embezzlement by an insurance agent, according to state officials. Department of Insurance criminal investigators allege that from...