Health Insurance Raleigh NC
North Carolina Health Insurance brought to you by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina® and Jerry Ballard & Associates, Inc. Jerry Ballard was the #1 Top-Producing Independent Insurance Agent1,2 in North Carolina in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 in individual sales. In addition, other recent awards achieved through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina®, include PRESIDENT'S CLUB Top Agency and Charter Member designations since 2007. Cathy Ballard has been with the agency more than a decade, initially focusing on customer service before adding individual sales to her responsibilities. Among the top producers in North Carolina in both 2008 (ranked 11th) and 2009 (ranked 9th), Cathy’s expertise adds a valuable service and sales component to the agency team. Our agency offers individual product lines including Blue Advantage®, BlueOptions HSA, DentalBlue, and Small Group Health Insurance Plans.
Jerry Ballard & Associates couples outstanding individual customer service with the technological sophistication that allows customers the best of both worlds--quick and accurate information via www.nchealthplans.com and ready access to a knowledgeable agent using its toll free number 888-765-5400. Without leaving your home or office, you will be surprised how quickly and easily you can find the best North Carolina health plan for you, your family and your business. Contact Jerry Ballard and his trained and experienced staff to get all of your questions answered.
Raleigh originated in 1792 as Wake Crossroads. Its original mission was to serve as a place for those traveling north to south or vice versa to stop for a rest. Completed in 1840, the North Carolina Capitol building is, by its own admission "one of the finest and best-preserved examples of a major civic building in the Greek Revival style of architecture." It was here at the capitol building that state legislators signed the Ordinance of Secession in the House of Commons Chamber.
Raleigh remained a small town until the 1920s, at which point it began to bustle, soon developing into the commercial nexus of the eastern part of the state. Agriculturally, the economy switched from cotton to tobacco, and the railroad was built up to connect Raleigh to the surrounding rural communities and beyond. Many of the small towns of eastern North Carolina that today remain small towns - their character and architecture - were fashioned in these early years of the century, courtesy of the railroad and tobacco.
By the end of World War II, Raleigh had begun its steady advance into the urban center that it is today, with the surrounding area remaining predominantly rural, as it did until the birth of Research Triangle Park.
The arrival of suburban life was heralded in 1949 with the opening of the southeast's first shopping mall, Cameron Village, which continues to more or less thrive.
Along with the business of state government, education is a major enterprise in Raleigh. In addition to North Carolina State University, Raleigh is home to Shaw University, St. Augustine's College, Peace College, Meredith College and Wake Tech Community College. Both Shaw and St. Augustine's were established shortly after the end of the Civil War - in 1865 and 1867, respectively - to educate freed slaves; Shaw was the first such institution established in the country for that purpose. Shaw is also the site of Estey Hall, the first building ever constructed for the purpose of providing higher education to African-American women, in 1874; the building still stands today.
This was in large part due to the establishment, in 1948, of the North Carolina State University School of Design, which attracted a number of influential modernist architects. The most prominent of the structures to rise from this movement was Dorton Arena, completed in 1952, designed by the Polish architect Matthew Norwicki, who helped rebuild Warsaw after WWII. Dorton continues to this day to be considered one of the most elegant livestock-judging facilities in perhaps the entire world.