Eight people accused of participating in a staged auto-accident fraud scheme in North Carolina were arrested and authorities were seeking two more alleged participants.

North Carolina’s insurance commissioner appointed 21 members of the Agent Advisory Committee, charged with working together to discuss how best to handle insurance issues affecting the industry and consumers in the state.

Cigna Healthcare of North Carolina agreed to pay more than $1.2 million in fines, refunds and credits to settle allegations of numerous violations state insurance regulators uncovered during a routine market conduct examination more than five years ago.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today (Feb. 21) signed a notice calling for a hearing on proposed increases to the state’s dwelling fire and extended coverage rates.

The North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI) will review the dwelling fire and extended rate filing. The public comment period on the filing ended ended Jan. 31.

North Carolina’s insurance commissioner says his office generated a record amount of monetary restitution and recoveries, doubling its recoveries from 2009.

Ten people were arrested in North Carolina and accused of participating in a staged auto accident ring operating in Nash, Edgecombe and Franklin counties and costing insurers an estimated $76,000 in fraudulent claims.

The former leader of the Lenoir County (N.C.) Republican Party was charged in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain advanced insurance commissions for which he was not entitled.

North Carolina’s insurance commissioner, Wayne Goodwin, is in a battle with a powerful member of the state Senate apparently over his handling of coastal insurance coverage.

Twenty North Carolina lawmakers are asking the state’s insurance department and attorney general to investigate lobbying by BlueCross and BlueShield of North Carolina against federal health reform efforts.