All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 23 2021 // A group of Black firefighters in North Carolina has filed a lawsuit against their city and their fire chief, alleging that he has not made an effort to prevent racial discrimination, harassment and retaliation within his...
Feb 22 2021 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired LCL Insurance LLC (LCL) of Charlotte, N.C. on Feb. 1, 2021. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. According to Rich Eknoian, CEO and Co-Founder of WIA, the...
Feb 19 2021 // North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday that the state must learn from the surprise tornado that struck Ocean Isle Beach with little or no warning, leaving three people dead and 10 injured.The governor surveyed the...
Feb 19 2021 // North Carolina’s Division of Motor Vehicles has started offering road tests to teen drivers again.The Raleigh News & Observer reports that the DMV had largely stopped the tests last March to prevent the spread of...
Feb 18 2021 // It was late Monday night when the power went out at Jesse Clemmons’ home in coastal North Carolina. He went outside to start up the generator and heard a loud roar approaching from the woods.“By that time, I...
Feb 3 2021 // A hearing date for the proposed 18.7% dwelling insurance rate increase has been set for Jan. 18, 2022 by North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, a statement from the North Carolina Department of Insurance...
Feb 2 2021 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has approved or licensed more than 1,000 risk-bearing captive entities (including conditional licenses and approvals) since its captive program inception in 2013 through year-end...
Jan 28 2021 // Duke Energy, North Carolina officials and a conservation group announced Monday an agreement on how the utility pays to get rid of coal ash stored in the state. The proposed settlement would shift an estimated $1.1 billion...
Jan 26 2021 // A former North Carolina congressman and state Republican Party leader who lied to FBI agents about a bribery scandal received a pardon from outgoing President Donald Trump in his final hours in office.Federal authorities...
Jan 19 2021 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey took the oath of office for his second term as North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner last week.Causey was sworn in Jan. 9 by North Carolina Chief Justice Paul Newby...
Jan 15 2021 // Traffic deaths in North Carolina last year surpassed 1,500 for the first time in 13 years despite a pandemic during which motorists logged fewer miles statewide, statistics show.N.C. Department of Transportation data shows...
Jan 15 2021 // One person was killed and at least four people were injured after a retaining wall fell on construction workers in a North Carolina city, officials said Wednesday. The City of Hendersonville said in a news release that the...
Jan 14 2021 // The Hilb Group, LLC (THG) has acquired North Carolina-based Dwayne Wilson Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. (DWI). The transaction became effective on Dec. 31, 2020. DWI is a full-service life and health (L&H)...
Jan 13 2021 // Exceptional Risk Advisors, a Lloyd’s of London coverholder, has acquired assets of International Specialty Insurance Services.Headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C., International Specialty Insurance designs insurance...
Jan 13 2021 // McGriff’s Tommy Ebner, leader of the company’s oil and gas practice, and former president and CEO of McGriff, Seibels & Williams, Inc., will retire after 28 years.The retirement will take place during the...
Jan 12 2021 // East Carolina University is restoring two of its women’s teams cut last spring for budget problems compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, and paying more than $189,000 to avoid a gender discrimination lawsuit.The...
Jan 8 2021 // BevCap Management, LLC (BevCap), an alternative risk program manager with captives domiciled both on and offshore, has formed HatterasRe, LTD, an onshore domiciled captive insurer for BevCap Health’s proprietary...
Jan 6 2021 // The CEO of a marketing and technology company has gone to court over what he says are faulty custom-made steel-and-glass windows and doors in his $16 million Charlotte home.Ric Elias, CEO and co-founder of Red Ventures,...
Dec 28 2020 // Restaurant owners, who have seen their capacity and hours limited by government entities, are struggling to keep the doors open, while their staff, often in a very public-facing position, try to stay both employed and...
Dec 17 2020 // North Carolina worker and civil rights advocates are unhappy with the outgoing state labor commissioner’s refusal to put more regulations upon employers they say will protect employees from COVID-19.Representatives...