All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 26 2022 // An investigation into a fire that destroyed a 40-year-old furniture upholstery business in North Carolina has been turned over to the state Department of Insurance.Morgan Chair, a 25-employee company in Stanfield, North...
Sep 23 2022 // Workers’ compensation carriers in North Carolina continue to be bound by a 44-year-old presumption that a death during work duties is work-related, even when a doctor testifies that a heart condition was the cause of...
Sep 12 2022 // Virginia-based Towne Insurance has continued its steady rate of expansion with the acquistion of Lee-Moore Insurance Agency in North Carolina. The move is the ninth acquisition by Suffolk-headquartered Towne, company...
Aug 30 2022 // A new trial for North Carolina insurance executive Greg Lindberg has been set for March 2023, three years after his conviction on bribery charges, a conviction that was later overturned.Federal prosecutors and...
Aug 29 2022 // Four workers were hurt at a North Carolina paper mill on Thursday, officials said.Four employees at WestRock’s mill in Roanoke Rapids were injured in an incident involving a steam release from a valve, WestRock...
Aug 23 2022 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has recommended a statewide average increase of 42.6% over the next two years for dwelling property policies.The rate hikes would be an average of 19.6% for April 2023 and 19.2% for 2024, the...
Aug 18 2022 // SURE, a member-owned insurance company for coastal homeowners, has expanded to North Carolina, a market that continues to harden.The coverage will be underwritten by SageSure, the managing general underwriter for SURE, the...
Aug 3 2022 // Policyholders with three insurance companies once owned by billionaire Greg Lindberg and who have as much as $50,000 in the bank may now qualify for financial hardship payments, the North Carolina insurance commissioner...
Jul 26 2022 // A North Carolina environmental agency has approved a plan to test the soil and groundwater for contamination at the site of a massive fertilizer-plant fire in January.Montrose Engineering and Geology laid out its plans in...
Jul 20 2022 // A North Carolina-based insurance magnate whose convictions on corruption-related counts were overturned by a federal appeals court has been released from prison.Greg Lindberg was let out of a minimum-security prison in...
Jul 18 2022 // It may seem a minor point to some, but it’s fundamental to the American system of justice, advocates said: It’s up to a jury – not a judge – to decide what is considered an “official...
Jul 13 2022 // A woman was killed and at least three people were injured when a van ferrying people to a runners’ race in North Carolina crashed into a crowd, authorities said.The N.C. State Highway Patrol said Friday that race...
Jul 7 2022 // A North Carolina appellate court has overturned a rare win by businesses seeking to compel insurance coverage for their COVID-19 shutdown losses.In North State Deli et al vs. The Cincinnati Insurance Co., a three-judge...
Jul 1 2022 // Safety improvement requirements to prevent injury or death from elevators inside North Carolina vacation cottages and short-term rentals received final legislative approval on Wednesday.The House voted unanimously to...
Jun 30 2022 // It may seem a minor point to some, but it’s fundamental to the American system of justice, advocates said: It’s up to a jury – not a judge – to decide what is considered an “official act” by a...
Jun 28 2022 // The Raleigh, North Carolina, Fire Department has ordered a wellness company to stop offering an oxygen-rich hyperbaric therapy treatment because of the fire risk.Officials with Restore Hyper Wellness tell the Raleigh News...
Jun 24 2022 // A safety mandate to reduce or eliminate space between elevator doors and landing doors inside North Carolina vacation cottages and other short-term rentals needs one more affirmative vote to receive final General Assembly...
Jun 21 2022 // An elderly couple who survived a home invasion robbery plotted by an employee of a home health care business that they’d hired to care for them is entitled to the $750,000 that a jury awarded to them because of the...
Jun 17 2022 // The battle for the captives continues.Not long after Tennessee regulators this year bragged about the number of captive insurers domiciled in the state, the jurisdiction next door has taken steps to encourage more captives...
Jun 13 2022 // A brush fire on a North Carolina farm caused fireworks to explode inside a container where they were stored, killing one person and injuring three firefighters Friday, authorities said. Lenoir County Emergency Services...