All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Nov 4 2019 // IAT Insurance Group, a provider of specialty property and casualty products, has added Steve Assennata to the company to serve as chief underwriting officer (CUO) of its Programs unit. The company is based in Raleigh,...
Oct 24 2019 // Several U.S. states that have been ravaged by the opioid epidemic are pushing back on a proposed $48 billion settlement framework that would resolve thousands of lawsuits against five drug companies accused of fueling the...
Oct 23 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Labor has issued more than $21,000 in fines to three companies involved in a deadly natural gas explosion.News outlets report PSNC Energy and two subcontractors were cited for the April 10...
Oct 22 2019 // A health system that serves western North Carolina has contacted an undisclosed number of people about a data breach involving its e-commerce website.The Citizen-Times reports Mission Health said it recently...
Oct 21 2019 // North Carolina health officials say a fourth person has died from Legionnaires’ disease.The N.C. Department of Health and Human Resources said in a statement on Friday that its Division of Public Health has confirmed...
Oct 16 2019 // Gov. Roy Cooper aims to create a state-funded program to help residents in four North Carolina counties recover from Hurricane Dorian after the federal government declined a request for assistance targeting them. The...
Oct 14 2019 // CRC Group has hired Greg Watson as Office President for a new CRC office opening in Charlotte, North Carolina.Watson comes to CRC with more than 10 years of industry experience, where he began his career as a personal...