All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 16 2010 // Law enforcement officials say North Carolina’s crime rate in 2009 was the lowest in a quarter-century. The statistics released by the office of Attorney General Roy Cooper show particlar improvements in violent...
Jul 14 2010 // The Hilb Group, a Virginia insurance brokerage launched in 2009 by the founder of what became one of the world’s largest brokerages along with his son, has added its first two partners as it begins building a...
Jul 5 2010 // North Carolina coastal homeowners will soon be entitled to bigger breaks on their insurance premiums for taking steps to protect their homes against storms.Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has ordered a schedule of...
Jul 5 2010 // 77.2% In most hurricane-prone states, homeowners have few choices for insurance coverage, with just eight property and casualty insurers in each state controlling up to 77.2 percent of the market share, according to Weiss...
Jul 1 2010 // Four people have been arrested in North Carolina for their alleged involvement in a series of automobile insurance fraud schemes worth more than $9,000, according to state officials.Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin...
Jun 28 2010 // North Carolina will issue temporary one-time pyrotechnic licenses to operators instead of the new standard three-year licenses to meet high demand around the July 4th holiday.The Legislature quickly passed and the governor...
Jun 28 2010 // In most hurricane-prone states, homeowners have few choices of insurance coverage, with just eight property and casualty insurers in each state controlling up to 77.2 percent of the market share, according to Weiss...
Jun 24 2010 // North Carolina coastal homeowners will soon be entitled to bigger breaks on their insurance premiums for taking steps to protect their homes against storms.Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has ordered a schedule of...
Jun 18 2010 // A state law passed after the July 4 blast on Ocracoke Island that killed four fireworks handlers mandated safety training for those who prepare the displays, but some warn the rule could limit fireworks shows this...
Jun 14 2010 // North Carolina’s current cap for monetary damages it could receive from oil spills would be eliminated in legislation approved last week by a House committee in response to the BP disaster in the Gulf of...
Jun 7 2010 // North Carolina property and liability insurers are taking their case to the public to impede an effort in the Legislature to change how monetary awards are determined in negligence cases.The Insurance Federation of North...
May 27 2010 // The North Carolina-based Smart Choice Agents Program, which says it currently provides personal and commercial lines markets for some 3,000 independent agencies in 32 states, is expanding into six additional states.The...
May 21 2010 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Vickie Bowman of Taylorsville on seven counts embezzlement. According to the arrest warrants, Bowman failed to remit a total of $7,958.01 in...
May 21 2010 // A federal safety law has led some North Carolina counties to close their public pools and could keep hundreds more from opening this summer.The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that state officials are enforcing the...
May 20 2010 // Senators have removed a North Carolina budget proposal provision that sought to shift decisions on insurance rates to the hands of a seven-member board. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to delete lines that would...
May 17 2010 // Insurers in North Carolina are preparing to offer premium credits to homeowners who implement storm mitigation improvements.On behalf of insurers, the North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed a proposal with the Department of...
May 13 2010 // North Carolina property and liability insurers are taking their case to the public to impede an effort in the Legislature to change how monetary awards are determined when somebody gets hit by a car while crossing the...
May 11 2010 // North Carolina’s insurance pool for coastal properties now has an extra financial cushion in case a major hurricane strikes.Risk specialist Guy Carpenter & Co., LLC, and GC Securities, announced the completion of...
May 7 2010 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed a proposal with the North Carolina Department of Insurance to provide homeowners insurance credits for implementing certain property protection measures, including several based on...
May 4 2010 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its products to nearly 200 independent agents who represent new affiliate Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co. throughout North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.Specifically,...