All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 24 2019 // A deadly shooting at a city building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was an act of “workplace violence” by one city employee who targeted a co-worker he’d disliked for a long time, police said...
Dec 19 2019 // A representative for an independent insurance agent group in one state has penned an opinion column calling attention to the dangers posed by climate change.“Going forward, our state remains vulnerable to the...
Dec 18 2019 // W.R. Berkley Corporation has formed Oak Harbor Reinsurance Co. (Oak Harbor Re), a protected cell captive insurance company, which was licensed by the N.C. Department of Insurance on Nov. 25.According to the North Carolina...
Dec 12 2019 // Historic cities and towns along the Southeastern U.S. coast have survived wars, hurricanes, disease outbreaks and other calamities, but now that sea levels are creeping up with no sign of stopping, they face a more...
Dec 6 2019 // A woman who says she was kicked out of a North Carolina nursing school a month before graduation in retaliation for accusing a supervisor of sexual harassment is suing in a case supported by the Time’s Up movement...
Nov 26 2019 // Health officials say a barbeque restaurant in North Carolina may have sickened about a dozen people with salmonella. A press release from the Nash County Health Department says the operating permit for Doug Saul’s...
Nov 22 2019 // Medical payments per claim in North Carolina decreased five to seven percent per year since 2014, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). These decreases likely reflect fee...
Nov 21 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired North Carolina-based Employee Benefit Advisors of the Carolinas LLC (EBA). The transaction became effective November 1, 2019.Located in Charlotte, N.C., EBA is a full-service employee...
Nov 19 2019 // The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday approved the application by BB&T Corp. of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to merge with SunTrust Banks, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia.The merged entity will be called Truist Financial...
Nov 18 2019 // AM Best has assigned a financial strength rating of A- (excellent) and a long-term issuer credit rating of “a-” to Synergy Insurance Company based in Charlotte, N.C. The outlook assigned to these credit ratings...
Nov 18 2019 // Another $180 million in state funds are going to help with disaster recovery following hurricanes Matthew, Florence and Dorian and to prepare for North Carolina’s next storm. The state House and Senate voted on...
Nov 15 2019 // North Carolina’s insurance commissioner from 2009 through 2016 wants the job again.Democrat Wayne Goodwin announced Tuesday he’ll run for commissioner next year, setting up a potential rematch with current...
Nov 15 2019 // County commissioners on the North Carolina coast have moved to reopen an island ravaged by Hurricane Dorian.Acting on a recommendation from the Ocracoke Control Group, the Hyde County Commissioners on Monday adopted the...
Nov 13 2019 // A treasure hunter who accuses the state of North Carolina of misusing his images from Blackbeard’s flagship says he’ll ask for 10 times the damages he originally sought, now that a court ruling has come down in...
Nov 13 2019 // IAT Insurance Group, a provider of specialty property and casualty products, has hired a team of eight underwriters to its Specialty Brokerage division.All eight previously worked together at Hanover Insurance under Mark...
Nov 12 2019 // The federal government announced $800 million in aid Friday to farmers in three southern states that were devastated by last year’s hurricanes.Nearly half that money will go to Florida, where timber farmers suffered...
Nov 12 2019 // Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) has promoted Kristel McNeil to the position of P&C Manager.McNeil first began with JSA in 1998 in support staff, and in 2001 moved into underwriting for the company. In 2006 she...
Nov 7 2019 // AmWINS Group, Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has named Alex Kaplan executive vice president for Alternative Risk.In his new role, Kaplan will lead a new strategy around the...
Nov 5 2019 // Embattled insurance investor Greg E. Lindberg has retained Louis Freeh, former federal judge and FBI director, and his firm Freeh, Sporkin & Sullivan to examine and render advice regarding financial aspects of...
Nov 4 2019 // North Carolina legislators are aiming to locate more funds to help with the recovery from recent hurricanes, with an emphasis on lessening damages in future storms. The full House voted unanimously Wednesday night for a...