Latest North Carolina Headlines

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Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Now Writing Commercial Auto in North Carolina

May 2 2019 // Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. has entered the North Carolina commercial auto markets as an admitted carrier specializing in insurance for distressed and substandard risks.PPCI offers the capacity to insure...

North Carolina On-the-Job Deaths Rise to Highest Level Since 2008

May 1 2019 // Signs that more people are dying on the job has workers’ advocates demanding that North Carolina’s labor department do more to inspect and punish companies that imperil their workers. Members of the AFL-CIO...

Blaze at North Carolina Zinc Plant Releases Sulfuric Acid Into Air

Apr 30 2019 // A fire at a zinc production plant in North Carolina has been contained. The blaze had released sulfuric acid into the air and led to evacuations of nearby residents. American Zinc Products said in a statement Monday that...

North Carolina-Based Medical Mutual Rebrands as ‘Curi’

Apr 24 2019 // Medical Mutual Holdings, Inc., is rebranding to Curi, a new name and brand that the company says better reflects its mission of helping physicians in medicine, business, and in their personal lives.“The Curi name...

Duke Energy to Appeal Order to Excavate North Carolina Coal Ash

Apr 23 2019 // The country’s largest electric company says it’s challenging an order by North Carolina’s environmental agency to excavate coal ash from all of its power plant sites in the state. Duke Energy Corp. said...

Investor’s World-Famous Porsche Collection Damaged in N.C. Gas Explosion

Apr 16 2019 // The gas explosion that killed one person and injured 25 others in North Carolina also damaged a building that houses a rarely seen but world famous collection of Porsches.The Ingram Collection is housed next to the...

Future of Insurance Firms Owned by Indicted N.C. Campaign Donor Uncertain

Apr 16 2019 // Insurance companies owned by a big-money donor accused of trying to bribe North Carolina’s top insurance regulator for easy treatment are on the sales block and under review by at least one rating agency.Entrepreneur...

Fire Chief Says Shop Owner Declined to Evacuate Before North Carolina Blast

Apr 15 2019 // The coffee shop owner killed in a North Carolina gas line explosion was last seen in the doorway of his business after firefighters evacuated his customers and told him to leave, the fire chief said Thursday, as city...

Leak Evacuates North Carolina Shopping Center Days After Fatal Explosion

Apr 15 2019 // North Carolina authorities say they’ve evacuated businesses in a Fayetteville shopping center because a construction crew struck a gas line. The gas leak at Cross Pointe Center comes just days after a fatal explosion...

Officials Say One Dead, 17 Hurt in North Carolina Gas Explosion

Apr 12 2019 // A leaking gas line exploded Wednesday in a Durham shopping district, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others as firefighters were evacuating people from buildings near the rupture, authorities said.The...

North Carolina Survey: Many Coastal Homeowners Have No Plan to Mitigate Storm Damage

Apr 11 2019 // A majority of coastal homeowners have little to no intention of reducing their homes’ structural vulnerabilities, even though they live in areas frequently affected by damaging hurricanes and flooding and their homes...

Southeast States Push Industry Over Cleanup of Toxic Coal Ash Ponds

Apr 11 2019 // It’s the other dirty problem for U.S. coal — one that could cost utilities billions to clean up.Even as the Trump administration tries to revive the industry, some states are pushing utilities including Duke...

NCDOI: State’s Captive Insurance Program Continues Steady Growth

Apr 10 2019 // North Carolina continues to experience growth in its captive insurance industry as it enters its sixth year and has emerged as one of the nation’s leading captive insurance domiciles, according to a statement from...

North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up: March

Apr 9 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of March 2019.Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to North...

Focus Turns to Insurance Investor’s North Carolina Political Donations After Indictment

Apr 8 2019 // In return for a promised $2 million payout, federal prosecutors say, the investor who has recently been North Carolina’s biggest political donor wanted something from the state’s top insurance regulator: go...

Jackson Sumner & Associates Adds Bull as North Carolina Marketing Rep

Apr 8 2019 // Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) has hired Kimberly M. Bull as North Carolina Marketing representative.Bull first began in the insurance industry working in her father’s Nationwide agency. With 25 years of...

Former N.C. Insurance Chief Goodwin Denies Aiding Indicted Political Donor

Apr 8 2019 // North Carolina’s former top insurance regulator said Friday he never performed favors for a big-money donor and he relied on staff experts when his agency approved changes benefiting the businessman now charged with...

4 Indicted in North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Bribery Scheme

Apr 4 2019 // A long running investigation into illegal campaign donations to the North Carolina Insurance Commissioner has resulted in federal charges being filed against the head of the North Carolina Republican Party and a North...

North Carolina Orders Duke Energy to Excavate All Coal Ash

Apr 3 2019 // The country’s largest electric company was ordered Monday to excavate coal ash from all of its North Carolina power plant sites, slashing the risk of toxic chemicals leaking into water supplies but potentially adding...

North Carolina Personal Auto Rates to Increase by 1.6%

Apr 1 2019 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has reached a settlement with the North Carolina Department of Insurance to raise personal auto insurance rates by 1.6 percent, according to a statement by NCDOI.The NCRB, which is not a part...