Latest North Carolina Headlines

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Shooting of Power Equipment Linked to Power Outage in North Carolina

Jun 19 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Damage to a utility’s power equipment by gunfire found in Durham was associated with an outage that left hundreds of people without power earlier this week, the company said.About 730 people...

Busy Hurricane Season Could Test North Carolina’s ‘Weakened’ Building Codes, Experts Say

Jun 17 2024 // The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, predicted to be unusually intense, officially began this week and it could soon bring the first test of a North Carolina law that some insurance experts have said weakens building codes...

NC Bill to Make Manufacturers Pay for ‘Forever Chemicals’ Advances in House

Jun 13 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s top environmental regulator could order manufacturers of “forever chemicals” to help pay for water system cleanup upgrades whenever they are found responsible for...

North Carolina Commissioner Lands on 8% Rate Increase for Dwelling Policies

Jun 10 2024 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has settled on an 8% average rate increase for dwelling insurance policies, starting Nov. 1.The North Carolina Rate Bureau, basing its request on data from property...

After 11 Deaths, Lawsuit, Arrests at Jail, Travelers Drops NC Sheriff’s Liability Coverage

Jun 7 2024 // After multiple deaths in the jail, criminal charges against an employee and alleged sexual relationships with inmates, a North Carolina sheriff’s office has lost its law enforcement liability insurance coverage from...

Surgeons Can’t Slip Out of GEICO’s Latest RICO Fraud Lawsuit in NC, Judge Says

Jun 6 2024 // GEICO Insurance companies have continued their campaign against alleged auto insurance fraud actors, including some well-known physicians and medical clinics. And a federal judge ruled this week that two of those...

Busy Hurricane Season Could Test NC’s ‘Weakened’ Building Codes, Experts Say

Jun 3 2024 // The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, predicted to be unusually intense, officially began this week and it could soon bring the first test of a North Carolina law that some insurance experts have said weakens building codes...

A 6th House Has Collapsed into Atlantic on North Carolina’s Outer Banks

May 31 2024 // RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Another house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina’s coast, the sixth to fall along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s beaches in the past four years, according...

NC Commissioner Rejects Proposed 83% Mobile Home-Fire Rate Increase

May 30 2024 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has scheduled a 2025 hearing date after rejecting the NC Rate Bureau’s request for an 83% average rate increase in mobile home fire policies and a 50% increase in...

North Carolina Will Soon Have Some of the Highest Auto Liability Minimums

May 29 2024 // Starting next year, the minimum automobile liability coverage in North Carolina will jump significantly, thanks to a 2023 law that raised the minimum requirement for the first time in 25 years.Since 1999, North Carolina...

Drone Pilot Can’t Do Mapping Without North Carolina Surveyor’s License, Court Says

May 22 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina board that regulates land surveyors didn’t violate a drone photography pilot’s constitutional rights when it told him to stop advertising and offering aerial map services...

NC Captive Feud: Sherbrooke Says Managers Took Funds, Stole Risk-Gauging Software

May 22 2024 // North Carolina regulators last month announced that the state is now the third-largest domicile for captive insurance companies with more than 311 captive firms in the state, thanks in part to favorable premium tax rates,...

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Lindberg Convicted in Second Trial on Attempting to Bribe NC Insurance Commissioner

May 16 2024 // A federal jury on Wednesday convicted Greg Lindberg, who once controlled two life insurance companies, a reinsurance company and multiple other businesses, and his co-defendant John Gray, of attempting to bribe the North...

Tornadoes in Tennessee, North Carolina Kill Three, Damage Properties

May 9 2024 // High winds, hail, heavy rain and tornadoes battered Southern states from Alabama to North Carolina Wednesday and Thursday morning, leaving three people dead and hundreds of properties with heavy damage.USA Today, CNN and...

NC News Chopper Crash Likely Caused by Shaky Inspections, Loose Parts, NTSB Finds

May 6 2024 // CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Investigators found disconnected and missing hardware aboard a helicopter that crashed in 2022, killing the pilot and a North Carolina television station’s meteorologist, according to the...

NC Agent, Missouri Lawyers Convicted in $4M Tax Shelter, Insurance Scheme

Apr 26 2024 // A federal jury on Thursday found a North Carolina insurance agent and two Missouri lawyers guilty on all counts in a $4 million tax evasion scheme that also defrauded an insurance carrier.The jury in Charlotte, said...

Former Congressman Charged After Collision with State Trooper in Florida

Apr 19 2024 // A former Congressman from North Carolina may soon be facing higher auto insurance premiums after he slammed into the back of a Florida state trooper’s patrol car on Interstate 75 near Naples.Madison Cawthorn, 28, who...

NC Governor’s Pandemic Rules for Bar Closures Were ‘Illogical’ Court Says

Apr 18 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s orders during the COVID-19 pandemic that directed standalone bars to remain shuttered for safety while restaurants that serve alcohol got to reopen were...

North Carolina Adjuster and Son Charged With Embezzlement in Roof Jobs

Apr 18 2024 // A North Carolina mother and son adjusting and contracting team are scheduled to appear in court next month on charges of scamming more than $20,600. Both have been charged with similar offenses in the last two years, the...