All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...