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NC Bill Ending Course Requirements for Agent Licenses on Way to Governor

Jun 27 2025 // North Carolina insurance producers will no longer be required to complete education courses before taking the license exam, under a bill now awaiting the governor’s signature.House Bill 737 was approved with little...

5 Taken to Hospital in NC After Flight From Miami Hits Turbulence

Jun 24 2025 // Five people were taken to a North Carolina hospital after a flight from Miami hit turbulence Sunday night, officials said. Fire and rescue crews responded to the flight after it arrived at Raleigh-Durham International...

Father, Two Sons Charged With Defrauding North Carolina Insurer of Last Resort

Jun 23 2025 // North Carolina authorities have charged a 65-year-old man and his two sons with insurance fraud for allegedly submitting false and exaggerated claims to one of the state’s property insurers of last resort.William...

NC Plane Crash Came After Pilot Raised Wheel to Avoid a Turtle, NTSB Says

Jun 23 2025 // The pilot of a small plane that crashed near a North Carolina airport this month had raised a wheel after landing to avoid hitting a turtle on the runway, according to a National Transportation Safety Board preliminary...

King Risk Acquires Nobles Agency in North Carolina

Jun 18 2025 // King Risk Partners, one of the largest insurance brokerages in the U.S., has acquired Nobles Insurance Agency in North Carolina, King Risk announced this week. Nobles, with offices in Raleigh, Clayton and other cities, has...

NC Insurance Agent Charged With Manipulating Life Policies for Personal Gain

Jun 16 2025 // A 43-year-old North Carolina insurance agent is out on bond after she was charged with using clients’ identities to gain illicit commissions on life insurance policies, the state Department of Insurance...

Agents Beware: Homeowner’s Failure to Read Policy Doesn’t Clear Agency of Negligence Claim, North Carolina High Court Says

Jun 16 2025 // A North Carolina insurance agency cannot escape a lawsuit brought by a homeowner whose claim was denied because key elements of the property were not mentioned in the coverage application.In a case that began almost a...

JetZero to Build $4.7B Next-Gen Plane Plant in NC With Up to 14,500 Jobs

Jun 13 2025 // JetZero Inc. announced plans Thursday to build its first manufacturing plant for a next-generation passenger jet in central North Carolina, a project that if successful would create more than 14,500 jobs there in a...

North Carolina Auto Rates to Rise for Second Time This Year After Agreement

Jun 11 2025 // North Carolina automobile insurance rates are poised to increase statewide by a 5% average this fall as part of an agreement reached between state regulators and the insurance industry. The increase comes six months after...

Progress Is Slow for Chimney Rock, NC Hit Hard by Hurricane Helene

May 27 2025 // The brightly colored sign along the S-curve mountain road beckons visitors to the Gemstone Mine, the “#1 ATTRACTION IN CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE!” But another sign, on the shop’s mud-splattered front door,...

TWFG Acquires Agencies in Texas and North Carolina

May 5 2025 // TWFG, Inc., a high-growth insurance distribution company, announced the acquisition of two agencies, one in Texas and one in North Carolina, and the hiring of Denise Davis as Vice President of Retail Operations. Denise...

North Carolina Man Charged With ID Theft, Filing Multiple Auto Claims

May 5 2025 // North Carolina authorities last week charged a man with 21 felonies, including insurance fraud and theft, after he reportedly stole identities and filed false auto claims with four insurance companies. Damain Rayshawn...

Update: Members, Universal Pay Fines, $2.6 Million in Refunds After NC Conduct Report

May 5 2025 // Two subsidiaries of Auto Club Group have agreed to refund $2.6 million to policyholders and to pay $113,000 in fines after a market conduct examination by the North Carolina Department of Insurance.Members Insurance Co....

NC Committee Approves Bill to End Education Requirements for Insurance Agents

Apr 17 2025 // A North Carolina House of Representatives committee voted Wednesday to do away with educational course requirements for insurance agent licenses, a move that could help address what has been called a shortage of producers...

Suit Over NC eCourts Management System Can Continue, Judge Says

Apr 7 2025 // GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A federal lawsuit alleging North Carolina’s new electronic courts records and case management system contributed to unlawful arrests or extended jail detainments can continue against the...

North Carolina Appeals Court Won’t Budge on Intrepid Insurance Name Mix-up

Apr 3 2025 // What’s in a name? Enough confusion to sink a subrogation lawsuit and appeal brought by the insurer for a burned-up Hardee’s restaurant, the North Carolina Court of Appeals said Wednesday.“…The trial...

North Carolina Commissioner Settles Mobile Home Rate Increase at 11%

Apr 2 2025 // North Carolina Insurance Mike Causey said Tuesday that he had negotiated a lower average rate increase for mobile home policies than the North Carolina Rate Bureau had asked for.“I am happy to announce that North...

North Carolina Celebrates 15,000 Fortified Roofs from Grant Programs

Mar 26 2025 // The North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association this week marked the 15,000th fortified roof in the state, a huge increase since the grant program began in 2017.“I applaud the NCIUA for investing over $100...

NC Supreme Court Says Family Can Sue Schools, Docs Over Unwanted COVID Shot

Mar 24 2025 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina mother and son can sue a public school system and a doctors’ group on allegations they gave the boy a COVID-19 vaccine without consent, the state Supreme Court ruled on Friday,...

North Carolina Lawmakers OK Another $524M for Hurricane Helene Recovery

Mar 24 2025 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers agreed Wednesday to spend another $524 million on still-pressing needs from Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding nearly six months ago, with an emphasis on home and...