CHARLOTTE - F.I.E.R.O. (The Fire Industry Equipment Research Organization), in partnership with the International Association of Fire Chiefs, is pleased to announce the 2011 Fire Station Symposium.
WILMINGTON - A house fire at 1515 Nun St. on Wednesday was intentionally set, said David Hines, public information officer for the Wilmington Fire Department.
ROCKY MOUNT - The Rocky Mount Fire Department held a Promotional Ceremony on September 1 to recognize several firefighters that have been promoted to various ranks.
RALEIGH - Governor Bev Perdue on Friday signed a proclamation marking the tenth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks a day of service and remembrance.
CONCORD - The Charlotte Motor Speedway is inviting all first responders and their families to the Speedway on Sunday, September 11th, 2011 for a day of activities and remembrance.
Consumers are bombarded with news and information every day. Important safety information may be missed by parents due to the hectic pace of the day. Now, caregivers and consumers in New York City and across the country have an easy way to keep their families safe in their homes.
Smoke alarms are proven life savers. There are more than 300,000 residential fires every year, so when there is a fire, smoke alarms buy families valuable escape time.
What Does Every Inspector Need to Know One of the greatest tasks a senior inspector can do, is to mentor a new inspector in the business. Lets face it, we were all new at one point, and literally had no clue what “THE CODE” was. Some inspectors are hired and have no other existing internal staff to help [...]
It Looks Really Cool There are times that fire protection features, egress doors, fire hydrants, and even exit signs get modified to become more attractive to the owner. I may be a little odd, but I think a well lit exit sign looks great in a store! For those of you who are not suppression [...]
Graduates can earn Certificate of Achievement and an edge when competing for code enforcement and other construction industry jobs A pilot program that began in Maryland to prepare high school students for careers in code enforcement and the construction trades is expanding nationally with the support of the International Code Council. The Code Council is [...]
On December 15 we will be conducting a webinar with our friends at the Volunteer and Combination Officers Section (VCOS) of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). What do fire chiefs who have not promoted up through the ranks of a prevention division need to know about the often misunderstood fire marshal’s position? The [...]
Three key elements for invigorating public education programs This is a special post from Bobby Clark Fire prevention is the front line offensive assault unit of firefighting. The officers who fill these ranks are proactive, stubborn, righteous and creative; they face almost hopeless odds, but they persevere. They must maintain vigilant awareness in an environment [...]
InspectionReportsOnLine.net (IROL), a web based clearing house for life safety inspection reports or “Third Party Reporting” is looking for experienced fire inspectors to join their growing team! This program is full of great opportunities and is a growing trend in our business. IROL was developed specifically with the needs and requirements of the Fire Inspectors [...]
2012/2013 Code Change Cycle Information Available The Code Council has recently posted the Code Change Proposal form online for the 2012/2013 Code Change Cycle. That form is available as both a Word Document and PDF file here.The list of the Group A and Group B Committees responsibilities also is available on ICC’s website. Group A [...]
Vision 20/20 is seeking proposals for presentation at the 2012 National Symposium on Model Performance in Fire Prevention. Vision 20/20 is a collaborative effort to bridge the gap in fire prevention in the United States. It is sponsored by the Institution of Fire Engineers U.S. Branch and funded through Fire Prevention and Safety Grants by [...]
Change in Egress There are times construction projects lead to changes in the egress system. Proper marking of an approved “exit” is critical to ensuring occupant safety in the occupied building. Take a look at the following picture As these changes occur, there must be changes to the exit signage. In this picture how [...]
Fire Rescue International to Kick off this Week Arguably FRI is the top program for leaders in the fire service which kicks off this week in Atlanta! There has been a huge push to involve more top notch instructors in the community risk reduction programs and this program shows! It seems that many of you [...]
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the members of the newly formed Life and Health Agent
Advisory Committee (L&H; AAC) as the group held its first meeting ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Landon Noah Anthony “Rocky” Mabe, 25, of 4150 Breezewood Drive, Apt. 104, Wilmington...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Gregory Steven Gurney, 49, of Wilmington.
He is charged with six counts each of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of Ronnie Austin Riddle and and Thomasine Sheehan Riddle,
both of Sylva. Ronnie Riddle was charged with 13 counts of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Kenneth Neil Price of Lumberton; he
is charged with one count each of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Lakasha Delshone Evans of Greensboro;
she is charged with four counts of obtaining property by ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin is reminding North Carolinians to stay
focused on fire safety…especially when it comes to ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Peirson Freeman Lane of Swansboro; he is
charged with four counts each of embezzlement by ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin is urging parents and caregivers to keep
children safe this holiday season by ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin is launching the holiday season with strict "orders"
for North Carolinians to ...
RALEIGH -- As requested by Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin, Federal Emergency Management Agency officials have extended the proof of loss deadline for flood victims of Hurricane Irene from Nov. 23 to Jan. 23, 2012 ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency officials urging them to extend the Hurricane Irene Proof of Loss deadline beyond the current deadline of Nov. 23. ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the indictment of James Rupard, 50, of Laurinburg; he was
indicted by a Scotland County grand jury on three felony Class C counts of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Kenneth Wayne Jenkins, 25, of Albemarle;
he is charged with one count of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Stephanie Jean Holanek of Wilmington;
she is charged with four counts of insurance fraud, three counts of ...
RALEIGH -- On Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Operation Medicine Drop, a grassroots partnership that includes
Safe Kids North Carolina, will work with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the North Carolina State
Bureau of Investigation to provide the public with ...
RALEIGH --Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Robert Anthony Poole of Durham; he is charged with
one felony count of attempting to ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has established a series of Insurance Assistance Centers, where
people with insurance questions or complaints can ...
RALEIGH -- - Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of eight people accused of engaging in
an insurance fraud scheme involving staged auto accidents ...
RALEIGH -- - Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Roger King; he is charged with five counts of
obtaining property by false pretense. The latest charges have been filed in addition to two counts of obtaining property by ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Jared Johnson Steele, 34, of Fort Mill, S.C.;
he is charged in Gaston County, N.C., with two counts each of obtaining property by false pretense and embezzlement by ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Maria Carmen Gonzales, 35, of Butner; she is
charged with one count each of identity theft, insurance fraud, and ...
RALEIGH -- Child Passenger Safety Week is Sept. 19-25 and Safe Kids North Carolina is urging parents and caregivers
to make every trip in a vehicle ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Brenda L. Battle of Rocky Mount; she is
charged with one count each of insurance fraud and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Earl E. Gay of Leland; he is charged with
14 counts of embezzlement by ...
RALEIGH -- - Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Laporcia Demeka Jones of Garner; she is
charged with one count of misdemeanor soliciting by a bail bondsman ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Michael Kareem Hannon of Tryon; he
is charged with 16 counts of insurance fraud, nine counts of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced North Carolina's request to U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to adjust the ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that homeowners whose insurance claims have been denied
for damage caused by Hurricane Irene may be eligible for ...
RALEIGH -- Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 58-2-46, Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has issued
Bulletin 11-B-09 to advise insurance companies and other entities licensed under the insurance law of North Carolina...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin reminds North Carolinians that the Department of Insurance is
here to assist people as they deal with insurance-related concerns after Hurricane Irene ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of James Wesley Morrison of Kannapolis; he is charged
with one count of insurance fraud ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Merlin Jerome "MJ" Smith of Elizabethtown;
he is charged with one count of obtaining property by false pretense, 34 counts of ...
RALEIGH -- In light of the state's declaration of emergency for parts of eastern North Carolina, Insurance Commissioner Wayne
Goodwin today enacted a statutory provision to ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Melissa Edwards Sanders of Albemarle;
she is charged with 13 counts of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Niki Deshawn Daniels of Clayton; he is
charged with one count each of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin urges all North Carolinians to take simple but important steps to
protect their families and investments as the threat of Hurricane Irene approaches ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of six people accused of engaging
in an insurance fraud scheme involving ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Yolanda Smith of Elizabethtown; she
is charged with one count each of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of four Wake County Jail trustees after
a joint investigation by the Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Division and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Crystal Beasley Walker of Charlotte;
she is charged with six counts of insurance fraud and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Lee Shawn Johnson of Charlotte; he is
charged with four counts each of insurance fraud and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Roger Leon King of Mills River; he is
charged with two counts of obtaining property by ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the launch of Health Insurance Smart NC, a consumer assistance program from the Department of Insurance.
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Roland Dee Branch, 69, of 718 Pecan Ridge Circle, Kernersville; he is charged with 10 counts of obtaining property by false pretense...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of Eric Proctor King, 35, and Leah Rasa
Cunningham, 41, both of Southport ... they were arrested and charged with one count each of insurance fraud and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Joshua Rex Walston, 26, of 1567
Lanvale Road, Leland; he is charged with one count each of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Naquwana Tenia Davis-Robinson, 32,
of 1400-G Quail Ridge Road, Raleigh; she is charged with one count each of insurance fraud and obtaining property
by false pretense...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Nicole Annette
Perkins of Williamston; she is charged with one count each of insurance fraud and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin, chair of Safe Kids North Carolina, reminds parents and
caregivers to never leave a child unattended in a vehicle, for any length of time ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Jerry Robert Bell of Alexis;
he is charged with one count of insurance fraud ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Keion Danyel McPhaul of Red Springs; she is
charged with three counts of insurance fraud and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that SAFECO Insurance Company of America and American States
Preferred Insurance Company have issued refunds totaling ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Alicia Ann Wilson of Canton;
she is charged with three counts of embezzlement by an insurance agent ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Gloria Scott Richardson, 56, of Enfield; she is
charged with one count of obtaining property by false pretense and one count of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Tammie Jo Ray of Franklin; she is
charged with 14 counts of embezzlement by an insurance agent and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Karen Barbour of Raleigh; she is charged with
one count of insurance fraud, one count of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Ricky Roberson, 51, of Raleigh; he is charged with
one count of soliciting by a bail bondsman and one count of paying ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the rate hearing originally scheduled for June 21, 2011,
pertaining to the dwelling fire and extended coverage filing submitted by the North Carolina Rate Bureau has been rescheduled ...
RALEIGH -- On average, 35 to 40 children across the country die from heat exposure in vehicles each year, and 2010, with 49 hyperthermia deaths, turned out to be one of the deadliest years on record for children two months to six-years-old...
RALEIGH -- Safe Kids North Carolina, a statewide coalition housed in the North Carolina Department of Insurance Office of
State Fire Marshal, today announced a new pool safety program that aims to keep children ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Andre Dejuan Day of Roanoke Rapids; he is charged
with one count each of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Billie Joy
Duncan of Enfield; she is charged with one count of embezzlement by ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin today encourages members of the North Carolina
General Assembly, as they take on the very difficult task of balancing the state budget, to remember the importance of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Keith Arthur Vinson of Arden; he is charged
with three counts of insurance fraud in violation of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Ildefonso Pantaleon of Whiteville; he
is charged with one count each of insurance fraud and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Derrick
Dwayne Hood, 21, of 409 S. Jackson St., Waxhaw; he is charged with one count each of
insurance fraud and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that homeowners whose insurance claims have been
denied for damage caused by the April 16 storms, tornadoes and flooding may be eligible for ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today is providing insurance tips for North Carolinians dealing with property
damage after this weekend's devastating storms and tornadoes ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced his opposition to proposals to do away with North Carolina's current auto ratemaking system ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Dorchele Susie Brown of Lumberton;
she is charged with one count of embezzlement by an insurance agent ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Dennis Best, 42, of Concord; he is charged with
two counts of insurance fraud ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the conviction and sentencing of Keiansha Fletcher, formerly of
Charlotte; she pleaded guilty to 12 counts of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin wants you to start your spring cleaning in your medicine cabinet.
Operation Medicine Drop takes place March 20-26, 2011, to provide North Carolinians with ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Nadine Outlaw Williams of Raleigh; she is charged
with one count of insurance fraud ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of Alvaro Iriarte, Jr. of Conover; and Jason Andrew
Rothenburg of Lincolnton ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Larry Delarence Atkinson of Clayton; he is
charged with two counts each of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that after a two-day jury trial in Granville County, a couple
has been found guilty and sentenced in an insurance fraud scheme to steal an elderly woman's life savings ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of Yolanda Mason Smith and and Chadwick F. Mason, both
of Elizabethtown, N.C. Smith is charged with two counts each of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Kim Marie Waln of Fleetwood; she is charged with
one count each of insurance fraud and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Susan Kaye Glover of Wilson; she is charged
with one count of embezzlement by an insurance agent ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Alexander Chavis, Jr. of Lumberton; he is charged
with two counts of sexual activity by ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Russell Edward Alphin of LaGrange; he is charged with
three counts each of identity theft and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today signed a notice of hearing in the dwelling fire and extended coverage
rate case, in which the North Carolina Rate Bureau requested an overall statewide average increase of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Eric Stewart Turner of Thomasville; he is
charged with one count each of insurance fraud, fraudulently burning a dwelling and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin and the North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal
are joining a public push to keep children ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the indictment and arrest of police detective Alan Dale Pope
of Thomasville; he is charged with one count each of insurance fraud and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that William Richard McCutcheon of Greensboro
has pleaded no contest to 20 charges including ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Anthony Martin Hernandez of Morehead City; he is
charged with one count of insurance fraud ...
RALEIGH -- January 31, 2011, marked the end of the public comment period pertaining to the dwelling fire
and extended rate filing received by the Department of Insurance on Jan. 4 ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the Department has received the annual
auto insurance rate filing from the North Carolina Rate Bureau ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today released the 2010 statistics for the Department of Insurance's Consumer
Services, Agent Services, Healthcare Review, Market Regulation, Criminal Investigations and SHIIP Divisions ....
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Yolanda Mason Smith of Elizabethtown;
she is charged with one count of each of attempting to obtain property by false pretense and obstruction of justice.
Warrants have been issued for her husband, Merlin "Jerome" Smith, also of Elizabethtown, for two counts of ....
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced a settlement that orders the North Carolina
Insurance Underwriting Association, also known as the Beach Plan, to reverse the distribution of more than
$16 million ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Shawn Elizabeth Eubank of Roseboro.
She is charged with one count of embezzlement by an insurance agent ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of Randy King and Carolyn Killens King of
Lumberton. Both are charged with willfully failing ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the Department has received the dwelling fire
and extended coverage rate filing from the North Carolina Rate Bureau ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Douglas Lee Borsum, Sr. of Holly Springs.
He is charged with 13 counts of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that Kelly Ransdell, deputy director of the
Department's Prevention, Programs and Grants Division and director of Safe Kids North Carolina, has been awarded
the Governor's Award for Excellence for Public Service ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Kimberly Burch Jones of Mount Olive. She
is charged with one count of filing false insurance claims ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin wants to remind North Carolinians that starting this week, approximately
215,000 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina individual policyholders will begin receiving ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Inetta Johnson Strudwick of Durham. She is
charged with one count each of insurance fraud, attempting to obtain ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Tonja Jordan Austin of Cary. She is charged
with two counts of failing to pay group health insurance premiums and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of Heather Lynn Locklear of Lumberton and
Demetrus Locklear of Pembroke. Both were charged with ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Eleanor Ford Boyette of Washington. She was charged
with one count of embezzlement ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Frances Moore of Moravian Falls. An insurance agent
and owner and operator of Fran Moore Allstate Agency, Moore is charged with 14 counts of insurance fraud ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Amy Clifton Smith ... of Greensboro.
She is charged with one count of embezzlement by an insurance agent ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Dawn Hathcock Morris ...
of Albemarle, for an array of charges connected to alleged exploitation of her grandmother ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin is pleased to announce Tri-Community Volunteer
Fire Department has been awarded ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin is pleased to announce that Tim Bradley,
Senior Deputy Commissioner and Assistant State Fire Marshal, has been named ...
RALEIGH -- "Smoke Alarms: A Sound You Can Live With!" is the theme of this year's Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 3-9.
Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin urges ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of David Ray Hastings of Greensboro; he was
charged with one count of embezzlement by an insurance agent ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of a Martin County automobile repair
shop owner and one of his customers for alleged insurance fraud ...
RALEIGH -- On Sept. 23, the next round of provisions of the federal health care reform bill, also called
the Affordable Care Act, will go into effect. Many of these provisions provide ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Keiansha Melissa Fletcher, formerly of
Charlotte; she was charged with 13 counts of ...
RALEIGH -- On Sept. 23, the next round of provisions of the federal health care reform bill, also called
the Affordable Care Act, will go into effect. Many of these provisions provide ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Godfrey Gray Bell, Sr., of
Greenville. He was arrested in Pitt County and charged with one count of embezzlement by an insurance agent ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of three people who Department of Insurance
criminal investigators allege were involved in a staged traffic accident ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina President and CEO
Brad Wilson today announced a decision on individual policyholder rates for BCBSNC customers ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin, the Raleigh Fire Department and students
from North Carolina State University and Shaw University are teaming up to ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Timothy Michael Moore of Fayetteville
on four counts of embezzlement by an insurance agent ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that 1,803 Allstate Insurance Company policy
holders in North Carolina will receive refunds ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has received the 2010 workers compensation rate filings from
the North Carolina Rate Bureau, the organization that ...
RALEIGH -- September has been proclaimed Campus Fire Safety Month in North Carolina, and Insurance Commissioner
and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin is reminding all college and university communities ...
RALEIGH -- Weather forecasts indicate that Hurricane Earl is on a path that could impact North Carolina
this week. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is reminding all North Carolinians to ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Virgil Lawrence Manuel of
Graham. Manuel was charged with three counts of terminating a group health insurance plan without ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the N.C. Department of Insurance has been
awarded $1 million in federal funding to ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of three individuals allegedly involved in a
fraudulent stolen vehicle scheme meant to deceive ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the winners of four statewide awards from
the Department's Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program, SHIIP, Division. They are ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of Jacqueline Leigh Cherry and her mother Rebecca
Cherry Stilley, both of Winterville. They were charged with insurance fraud ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Michael Devon McLean of
Lumberton; he is charged with one count of embezzlement ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin announces today the
election of the new chairman of the North Carolina Home Inspector Licensure Board ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the conviction of Robert Gene Killens of
Lumberton. He was found guilty of one count of insurance fraud ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Edward Charles Harris of
Goldsboro. A licensed insurance agent, Harris was charged with five counts of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Maria Guadalupe
Flores of Raleigh; she was charged with one count of insurance fraud ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Alesia Burnette of Durham on five counts
of insurance fraud. Warrants have also been issued for two others still at large ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Paul Joseph Stafford of Raleigh; he was
charged with one count of willful termination of a group health plan ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Lakeitha Hinton Jones of Durham; she was charged
with one count of attempted obtaining property by false pretense and two counts each of insurance fraud ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin and DHHS Secretary Lanier Cansler today announced
that Senate Bill 1193 has been signed by Governor Bev Perdue ...
RALEIGH -- It is shaping up to be a particularly deadly year for children dying from hyperthermia in hot cars.
On average, 35 to 40 children across the country die ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of four people for their alleged involvement
in a series of automobile insurance fraud schemes ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin reminds all North Carolinians to put safety first
this Fourth of July holiday weekend ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Annette J. Porter of Raleigh; she was
charged with one count of obtaining property by false pretense ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin announces today that the Office of State Fire Marshal
has the authority to issue one-time, temporary pyrotechnic licenses ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Lori Bunce Herring of Fayetteville; she was
charged with one count each of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that he has ordered a schedule of mitigation
credits for qualifying homeowners insurance policies in North Carolina's beach and coastal territories ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the Department's SHIIP program is
available to help some 23,000 N.C. Medicare recipients who may be affected ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin wants to remind North Carolinians that starting this week,
approximately one million policyholders will begin receiving ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the Department of Insurance has
received the North Carolina Rate Bureau's filing to establish ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Candice Dawn Barrington of Laurinburg,
charged with one count each of insurance fraud and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Leonard Gerald Thompson of Fayetteville.
He was arrested Tuesday and charged with 30 counts of performing fire safety inspections ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the Department's SHIIP program is
available to help some 24,000 N.C. Medicare recipients who are affected by ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Leslie Michelle Nowell of Wilson
for allegedly staging a robbery in an attempt to receive insurance money ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the Department's SHIIP program is available to
help some 24,000 N.C. Medicare recipients who may be affected ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin today announced that
Jonathan Sowers, a training specialist in the Department's Fire and Rescue Training and
Inspections Division ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin announces that starting
today all pyrotechnic operators in North Carolina must obtain ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin urges North Carolina
families to follow these safety tips to stay safe during and after the upcoming winter storm ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Aaron Pittman of Louisburg,
and his wife, Mildred Diane Dew of Rocky Mount. Both are accused of an elaborate scheme to steal the
life savings of an elderly woman ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Frank P.
D'Alonzo for allegedly terminating, without notice, group health insurance for the employees of
Impact Athletics in Cary ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Gayland Anthony
Oliver of Greensboro, on charges of submitting false claims to his insurance company ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the federal
subsidy program for COBRA coverage for involuntarily terminated workers has been extended ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Sheila Carol Williams.
Department investigators allege that ... Williams used her position at N.C. Farm Bureau to steal ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin announces that beginning
Jan. 1, N.C. landlords are required by law to install ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Lamar Olin White, last known address is Raleigh,
who filed a fraudulent insurance claim with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the sentencing of the last defendant
in an auto insurance fraud ring that spanned four years ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Ashley Carrol Waddell of
Greensboro on felony embezzlement and larceny charges ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced additional indictments in
the criminal investigation of Charles Mark Hall of Smithfield ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today issued an update on the criminal investigations
case involving insurance agent Jennifer Hughes Puckett ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Wanda Nichols
Covington and her brother, Thomas Nichols Jr., both of Lewiston Woodville. According to the
arrest warrant, Covington is accused of filing false paperwork Progressive Insurance Company ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Kimberly Joyce Smithson of
Garner on charges of larceny and breaking and entering, filing a false report, insurance fraud and obtaining
property by false pretenses ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Joseph Preston
Alligood of Elizabeth City. Alligood, an independent insurance agent, is charged with 13 counts
of embezzlement by an insurance agent ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of three more people,
which brings the total number of arrests in the Rowland Staged Accident Ring to seven ...
RALEIGH -- More than 100 seniors pounded the pavement today at a relay event in Raleigh to kickoff a
statewide enrollment campaign for Medicare's "Extra Help" low-income subsidy ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin urges North
Carolinians to learn fire safety skills during Fire Prevention Week 2009 ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Earl Harvey Scott, Holly Springs.
According to the arrest warrants, Scott lied to his insurance companies and claimed a total of $33,971.91 in
fraudulent lightening damage ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Charles Mark Hall,
Smithfield, on charges of embezzlement by an insurance agent and exploiting disabled or elder trust ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Pace Airlines
CEO William Charles Rodgers, Liberty, Mo. Rodgers is charged with one count of willful failure
to pay group health insurance premiums ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Heidi Michelle
Flaherty of Advance. According to the arrest warrant, Flaherty filed a fraudulent insurance
claim stating that she lost two diamond rings ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Jackie Lynn Braddy
of Scotland Neck. According to the arrest warrant, Braddy filed a fraudulent insurance claim
stating that his riding lawn mower had been stolen ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of James William Rupard of Laurinburg,
... on charges he sold fake annuities to three victims ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Antonio Oneal Thorpe of Oxford,
on charges of obtaining property by false pretense and unlicensed bail bonding. ...
RALEIGH -- As many as 80 percent of all car seats are improperly installed ... This is especially
scary because motor vehicle crashes are the No. 1 killer of children ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the receipt of the workers compensation
rate filings from the North Carolina Rate Bureau ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Doranne Phillips Flynn,
53, of Southport. Flynn is charged with one count of willful failure to pay group insurance, a class H felony ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of Travis Lamond
Draughn of Tarboro and Noah Freeman of Norfolk, Va. on charges of insurance fraud. Freeman and
Draughn are father and son ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of Mamie L. Jackson and
Delton L. Dorty, both of Durham ... accused of staging auto accidents ... an arrest warrant also has
been issued for the arrest of Jackson's daughter ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Shamea V. Hayes of Powellsville.
Hayes is charged with one count of insurance fraud....
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of ... four Rowland residents ...
all involved in staging traffic crashes ....
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Chinell Jray Blount ... of Durham ...
on charges of insurance fraud and ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced today that just seven days after the General
Assembly passed HB 1305, otherwise known as the Beach Plan Reform Bill, AAA Carolinas has announced ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of John Terry Leavelle, 30, Thomasville.
According to Department investigators ... Leavelle visited 30 doctors for prescriptions ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the winners of four statewide awards
from the Department's Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program, SHIIP, Division ....
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin wants North Carolinians to be aware of a class-action settlement
that some 304,995 consumers across the state may qualify for ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today signed a settlement with the North Carolina Rate Bureau that
will roll back private passenger auto insurance rates to just under 2006 levels ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of John Fitzgerald Haynes ...
of Bessemer City ... who was charged with insurance fraud and one count of altering serial numbers.
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Massey Ray Bowser,
25, ... in what is commonly called an "owner give-up" ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Rhyan Neil Hammonds ... Hammonds
filed a false disability claim through his employer ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Ashley C. Waddell ...
According to the investigation, Waddell ... took $89,314.52 in insurance claims payments ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that Michael A. Howell ... has pleaded guilty
to 25 counts of embezzlement by an insurance agent. Howell is also charged with first degree murder ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Stanley J. Davis, Jr., 40,
367 Joe Brown Road, Woodland, on two counts of ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of Merlin Jerome Smith, 41, Yolanda Smith, 40,
and Chadwick Mason, 21, all of 154 Lakeview Dr., Elizabethtown ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Sherri Efrid, 45, 11174 Mooresville Road, Davidson. According to the investigation ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Latosha Nicole Smith, 22, 2617 Jefferson Dr., Greenville. Smith turned herself in ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today reminds members of the military across North Carolina that they may be entitled to recover compensation stemming ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin today urged House lawmakers to pass Senate Bill 652, Prohibit Sale of Novelty Lighters ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the Department of Insurance has filed an appeal of the Wake County Superior Court order ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Robert Gene Killens, 51, 1005 N. Elm St., Lumberton. According to the investigation ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced his support of Senate Bill 957, which qualifies laid-off employees of small businesses for federal benefits ...
RALEIGH -- - Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Jennifer Hughes Puckett, 30, 163 Woodside Dr., Rockingham, on 10 charges of embezzlement ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of two bail bondsmen, R. Vinson Smith, 43, 807 Alexander St., Statesville ...
RALEIGH -- During National Poison Prevention Week, Insurance Commissioner and Safe Kids North Carolina Chair Wayne Goodwin reminds parents that kids are more likely ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner and Safe Kids N.C. Chair Wayne Goodwin reminds North Carolinians the upcoming time change is the best time to make a change that could save lives ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrest of Michael Johnson, 48, whose last known address was 8415 Redding Ave., Charlotte ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that the Department has received the annual auto insurance rate filing from the North Carolina Rate Bureau ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced that Michael A. Howell, 41, 5405 Fredrick St., Indian Trial, has been charged with 25 counts of embezzlement ...
RALEIGH -- Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announces the arrest of another Eastern North Carolina resident for his part in what Department of Insurance of investigators ...
CATAWBA COUNTY - Multiple Catawba County agencies came together for the annual Fire Prevention Kickoff Day in Hickory. 
CHARLOTTE - F.I.E.R.O. (The Fire Industry Equipment Research Organization), in partnership with the International Association of Fire Chiefs, is pleased to announce the 2011 Fire Station Symposium. 
WILMINGTON - A house fire at 1515 Nun St. on Wednesday was intentionally set, said David Hines, public information officer for the Wilmington Fire Department. 
ROCKY MOUNT - The Rocky Mount Fire Department held a Promotional Ceremony on September 1 to recognize several firefighters that have been promoted to various ranks. 
NASH COUNTY - Shortly after 18:00 hours on August 16th, Nash County 911 began receiving calls for a house fire in the 5000 block of Eatmon Road. 
RALEIGH - Governor Bev Perdue on Friday signed a proclamation marking the tenth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks a day of service and remembrance. 
SALSIBURY - To honor those emergency responders who died on 9/11, the Brotherhood Ride rolled into Rowan County on Wednesday. 
MT HOLLY - Multiple fire departments spent much of Sunday afternoon cleaning up from a massive house fire in Mount Holly. 
CONCORD - The Charlotte Motor Speedway is inviting all first responders and their families to the Speedway on Sunday, September 11th, 2011 for a day of activities and remembrance. 
CHARLOTTE - On Monday, August 29th, Charlotte firefighters were dispatched to 7404 Pebblestone Drive for a reported apartment fire. 
