All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jun 10 2022 // A federal lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. and other manufacturers of auto parts that contained asbestos is proceeding, after a judge in North Carolina rejected arguments that a mechanic should have known of the dangers of...
Jun 9 2022 // Hub International, a global insurance broker, has named Mark Bowron senior vice president and chief marketing officer for the Carolinas, Hub announced.Bowron, a licensed property and casualty advisor, was previously the...
Jun 3 2022 // Starting this week, North Carolina homeowners will see insurance premiums rise by an average of almost 8% for new and renewing policies, after a negotiated rate increase took effect June 1.The North Carolina Rate Bureau...
Jun 2 2022 // One80 Intermediaries, a wholesale insurance broker, has agreed to acquire VFIS of North Carolina, part of a firm that provides coverage for fire departments and rescue squads. VFIS began in 1969 as Volunteer...
May 27 2022 // The North Carolina Department of Transportation has armed itself with an advanced flood-warning system designed to help pass the word to motorists on any flood risks to roads, bridges and culverts. A news release from the...
May 19 2022 // A North Carolina court has ordered jailed insurance and business entrepreneur Greg Lindberg to relinquish control of hundreds of his firms in a plan to salvage four of his insurance companies.The judge in Wake County found...
Apr 29 2022 // North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has filed suit against an Illinois contractor who came to the state after Hurricane Florence in 2018, convincing homeowners to assign insurance benefits to his companies.Dennis...
Apr 27 2022 // Relation Insurance Services has acquired North Carolina-based Rabon Insurance Agency, which was previously part of Nationwide’s exclusive distribution model. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Rabon, headquartered...
Apr 26 2022 // Owens Promotes JohnsonOwens Insurance Agency, based in Greer, South Carolina, has promoted Sandra Johnson to be director of operations. Johnson, who joined the agency a decade ago, has served as the agency’s point of...
Apr 14 2022 // Officials in a North Carolina city have settled a federal discrimination lawsuit with a former female firefighter who said she had endured a hostile work environment in which the fire chief and others inflicted emotional...
Mar 18 2022 // Two North Carolina insurance agents have been accused of submitting false insurance claims to collect more than $30,000, authorities said.The N.C. Department of Insurance said in a news release that Christian LaFabian...
Mar 17 2022 // The U.S. Postal Service said it is continuing to investigate an accident at a North Carolina distribution center in September that caused an employee to lose an arm after touching a machine, the federal agency said...
Feb 28 2022 // Bakofsky Named Chief of Staff at Florida OIRFlorida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier announced that communications director Alexis Bakofsky has been elevated to chief of staff. Bakofsky joined the state Office of...
Feb 15 2022 // For years, workers’ compensation insurers in North Carolina have been able to enjoy a windfall in some cases that involved temporary workers or those who gigged for a number of employers.Insurers have often charged...