All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 16 2020 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau, which represents all companies writing property insurance in the state, is seeking an 18.7% statewide average increase in dwelling policies.The North Carolina Department of Insurance said it...
Dec 1 2020 // They threw her new cellphone on the roof of the station house and placed nails under the wheels of her pickup truck. As she prepared to answer a call, someone poured tobacco juice in her boots. It was too much for Timika...
Dec 1 2020 // A North Carolina Superior Court gave approval to the state’s insurance regulator to modify the moratorium on insurance businessman Greg Lindberg’s financially impaired Colorado Bankers and Bankers Life...
Nov 24 2020 // A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a 2018 jury verdict that led to awarding monetary damages to neighbors of a North Carolina industrial hog operation for smells and noise they said made living nearby...
Nov 16 2020 // Flooding from heavy rains across North Carolina prompted Gov. Roy Cooper to declare a state of emergency on Friday as searchers looked for a 1-year-old and an adult who disappeared when high water swept through a...
Nov 16 2020 // Incumbent Mike Causey, a Republican, has defeated Democrat Wayne Goodwin in the third rematch between the two candidates for the position of North Carolina Insurance Commissioner.The Associated Press reported Wednesday...
Nov 13 2020 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has requested an average statewide rate increase of 24.5% on homeowners insurance rates in the state, according to a statement from the North Carolina Department of Insurance.The NCRB is not...
Nov 12 2020 // Frank Winston Crum Insurance (FWCI) has launched general liability and excess liability insurance programs in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee to coincide with its previously available worker’s...
Nov 9 2020 // A North Carolina woman has been arrested for filing fake insurance claims suggesting she was the victim of theft, vandalism and electrical problems at her home, officials said.North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike...
Nov 5 2020 // Incumbent Mike Causey, a Republican, has defeated Democrat Wayne Goodwin in the third rematch between the two candidates for the position of North Carolina Insurance Commissioner.The Associated Press reported Wednesday...
Nov 3 2020 // A data breach at a North Carolina community college may have affected many of its current and former students.The Greensboro News & Records reported last week that Guilford Technical Community College was hit with a...
Nov 2 2020 // Millions of people were without power and at least six were dead Thursday after Hurricane Zeta slammed into Louisiana and made a beeline across the South, leaving shattered buildings, thousands of downed trees and fresh...
Nov 2 2020 // A landslide caused by Tropical Storm Zeta has blocked a North Carolina road, severing access between mountain counties and forcing motorists to take a 90-mile detour, officials said Friday.McDowell County Emergency...
Nov 2 2020 // The race for the next North Carolina Insurance Commissioner features two familiar faces to state voters in what is a three-peat showdown featuring Republican Mike Causey and Democrat Wayne Goodwin.Causey, the incumbent,...
Nov 2 2020 // “Retaliation takes all different forms. … Losing your job, losing shifts, losing pay — or if you’ve already lost your job, you can’t find another job in that industry.”— Sharyn...
Nov 2 2020 // A judge in Durham County, N.C., has handed down what may be the nation’s first dispositive ruling in favor of policyholders in a COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit.Superior Court Judge Orlando F. Hudson Jr. ruled...
Oct 26 2020 // Scott Benefit Services, a division of Scott Insurance, will expand its Senior Living Practice into additional markets in the Southeast region.The Senior Living Practice, led by Pim Jager, vice president and branch leader...
Oct 23 2020 // North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday that the state will keep its reopening guidelines in place for three more weeks, at a time when key coronavirus metrics worsen.Since Cooper increased mass indoor and...
Oct 23 2020 // A judge in Durham County, North Carolina has handed down what may be the nation’s first dispositive ruling in favor of policyholders in a COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit.Superior Court Judge Orlando F. Hudson...
Oct 23 2020 // A judge in Durham County, North Carolina has handed down what may be the nation’s first dispositive ruling in favor of policyholders in a COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit.Superior Court Judge Orlando F. Hudson...