Against Insurance Rate Increases
Black Legislators Vote With John Ingram
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legislators ended up voting
wjth North Carolina Insurance
Commissioner John Ingram -
and the consumers of the state
last week as the North Caro
lina General Assembly passed
a bill that would mean unlimi
ted increases in some insu
rance rates and hikes of up to
twelve percent in automobile
liability rates over the next
two years.
The bill was strongly sup
ported by the insurance indus
try, and some accuse the
insurance industry of being
the author of the bill.
The bill was bitterly oppos
ed by state insurance Com
missioner John Ingram, who
campaigned for re-election
last year on a pledge to hold
down insurance rates.
As the bill reached its final
vote for concurrence for a
Senate House conferees com
mittee, Representatives Mic
key Michaux of Durham Coun
ty, J.J. Johnson of Roberson
County, Henry Frye of Guil
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Forsythe County, along with
Senators Fred Alexander of
Mecklenburg County and John
Winters from Wake County,
all voted against the bill.
The new law takes effect
September 1st and rates on
nonessential insurance cove
rage, such as wind and storm
damage, could go up immedi
ately after that. Automobile
liability insurance, which is
mandatory under existing
laws, could jump six percent
by December 1st and another
six percent the following year.
There will be no ceiling on
increases after the first two
years.
North Carolina Insurance
Commissioner John Ingram
reacted strongly to the pass
age of the bill. Ingram said,
"Wall to wall lobbyists have
overcome the will of the peo
ple." He added, “This is a
pocketbook issue, which the
people will not take lightly.
There is disappointment...that
the Governor (Jim Hunt) did
Fred Alexander
State senator
not speax out againsi uie bill."
Hunt had said repeatedly
that he wanted the General
Assembly to resolve the issue,
and evaded reporters ques
tions about why he did not take
a stand.
Ingram charged yesterday,
"This bill would not have
passed without the votes of
lawyers who represented in
surance companies, agents
and. if Governor Jim Hunt had
apunen oui against tne dui
Ingram told reporters. The
insurance industry started
out to get John Ingram, but
they have hurt the people of
North Carolina."
The bill passed the House
two weeks ago and the Senate
last week. House opponents
succeeded in delaying consi
deration of conflicting Senate
amendments until last Wed
nesday.
Even as the bill was being
approved, there were reports
that the automobile insurance
industry, operating in North
Carolina - claiming its com
panies were losing money -
was preparing to seek an
immediate rate increase of
sixteen percent before the new
law goes into effect.
The larger requests need
Insurance Commissioner John
Ingram's approval and it isn't
considered likely he will ap
prove it.
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WGIV EXECUTIVE JIM BLACK
...With Mrs. Sara Funderburk
Jim Black Is Elks9
Anniversary speaker
By Deborah Gates
Post Staff Writer
The Emma V. Kelly Council
of the Improved Menevolent
Protective Order of Elks of the
World, held it’s anniversary
celebration recently at the
John Yancy Motor Hotel on
Interstate 85. The council con
sists of the past daughter
rulers council of the Pisgah
and the Isabelle F. Hyder
Temples.
Mrs. Sarah A. Funderburk,
past granddaughter ruler and
a member of the Pisgah Tem
ple, was chairman of the
annual celebration, and Olivia
Walker, past granddaughter
ruler and a member of the
Isabelle F. Hyder Temple was
co-chairman.
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To Head New NCNB
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William C. Covington Jr., a
senior vice president of North
Carolina National Bank, has
been appointed to head a new
Western-Central Region of
NCNB offices in North Caro
lina.
In his new role, Covington
has responsibility for 46 bran
ches of the bank in Monroe,
Salisbury, Statesville, Tryon,
Boone, Banner Elk, Hickory,
Lenoir, Marion, Morganton,
North Wilkesboro, Spruce
Pine, High Point, Burlington,
Eden, Mount Airy, Reidsville
and Thomasville.
Covington, formerly NCNB
property development execu
tive, will continue to be based
in Charlotte.
A native of Wagram, N.C.,
he earned undergraduate and
graduate degrees at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill before joining
NCNB here in 1961. He served
as a credit analyst and Na
tional Division account officer
before being named NCNB
city executive in Wilmington
in 1969 and Winston-Salem
City executive in 1971.
In 1973 he was named presi
dent of C. Douglas Wilson &
co., Greenville, S.C., a mort
gage banking subsidiary of
NCNB Corp. which is now part
of NCNB Mortgage South Inc.
He returned to Charlotte
early in 1976 as Loan Produc
tion Division executive for the
NCNB Mortgage companies
and was transferred back to
the bank last September to
head the Property Develop
ment Division.
Jim Black, public affairs
director at soul radio WGIV,
was guest speaker during the
celebration, and Lem Long
Jr., past grand exalted ruler
and president of the North
Carolina State Association of
Elks gave remarks. The Hon
orable Hobson R. Reynolds,
international grand exalted
ruler of Elks, was in atten
dence at the celebration but
Nettie B. Smith, granddaugh
ter ruler was not able to
attend, “but sent her bless
ings,” Mrs. Funderburk said.
Mrs. Funderburk said that
Marion Darby, Loyal daught
er ruler of the Emma V. Kelly
Coucil, was honored during
the celebration with a cash
gift “for her untiring service
as their ruler.”
The daughters are an auxi
liary to the Brother Elks, the
largest fraternal organization
in the world. Mrs. Funderburk
said she has been a member of
fhe daughter, ftyjidtyytf, for,14
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• burk, the purpose of the Elks,
a non-profit organization, is to
contribute to scholarship and
nursing- funds, and to civil
rights organizations. “They
have a beautiful motel in
Winton, N.C. which will be
where the national headquart
ers will be located,” Mrs.
Funderburk said.
Mrs. Funderburk said the
beautiful celebration was the
first of an annual event.
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Songwriter and singer Jim
my Buffett has been added to
the July entertainment sche
dule at Carowinds with two
concerts on Saturday, July 23.
According to Carowinds of
ficials, the concerts will be
held at 3 and 8 p.m. in the
10,000-seat outdoor Paladium
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“Kick It In Second Wind” and
his latest album, "Changes In
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