All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 19 2018 // A North Carolina woman was arrested and charged with solicitation to obtain property by false pretenses, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey.Heaven Symone Lassiter, 23, of...
Feb 19 2018 // All 15 surplus lines service offices across the United States experienced increases in excess and surplus lines insurance premium in 2017, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas reported. U.S. surplus line premium...
Feb 19 2018 // All 15 surplus lines service offices across the United States experienced increases in excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance premium in 2017, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reports. U.S. surplus...
Feb 13 2018 // A North Carolina appeals court should keep alive a five-year-old lawsuit because it increases the pressure on Duke Energy Corp. to clean up groundwater contaminated by its coal ash pits, environmental lawyers argued...
Feb 12 2018 // A $10,000 emerald has been reported missing from a North Carolina science museum, more than three weeks after it was last seen. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that a representative from the Asheville Museum of Science...
Feb 9 2018 // At least 1,000 gallons of petroleum fuel has spilled into a river in North Carolina.The Asheville-Citizen Times reports authorities have warned people to stay out of the French Broad River following Sunday’s spill in...
Feb 9 2018 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB) has requested a statewide average rate increase of 18.9 percent, varying by territory, on dwelling insurance policies, according to a statement from the North Carolina Department of...
Feb 1 2018 // XPT Group has partnered with W.E. Love & Associates (WEL), a 36-year old MGA with expertise in trucking risks.Led by John H. Love and based in Burlington, N.C., WEL offers select retail agencies direct access to...
Jan 31 2018 // Across the United States, all 15 surplus lines service offices experienced increases in excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance premium, totaling $28.1 billion, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX)...
Jan 31 2018 // Neighbors of Duke Energy Corp.’s unlined coal ash pits in North Carolina went to court after the company said their $5,000 “goodwill” payments required them to give up future health claims linked to...
Jan 29 2018 // A North Carolina woman has been arrested and charged with solicitation to obtain property by false pretenses, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey.Heaven Symone Lassiter, 23, of...
Jan 25 2018 // Attorneys say the family of a boy who died from carbon monoxide poisoning at a North Carolina Best Western hotel in 2013 has agreed to settle wrongful death and injury lawsuits.The family’s attorneys said in a news...
Jan 22 2018 // The Commissioner of Insurance for North Carolina says a recent rate increase of 18.7 percent proposed by North Carolina insurers is unwarranted and has set a hearing date for later this year to resolve the matter.“We...
Jan 16 2018 // A group of insurance and risk management professionals are working together to make a difference in one of North Carolina’s largest cities.The group, Community Matters: Insurance Partners of Charlotte, started in...
Jan 12 2018 // A federal judge wants to streamline lawsuits blaming two companies for releasing a little-understood compound from a North Carolina chemical plant into waters used by hundreds of thousands of people. U.S. District Judge...
Jan 12 2018 // The North Carolina Office of the State Fire Marshal, headed up by North Carolina Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey, has established a new Fire Investigations Unit (FIU) to assist the state’s...
Jan 11 2018 // The country’s largest electricity company will pay an $84,000 penalty and work to stop potentially toxic waste from three North Carolina coal-burning power plants from leaking into groundwater and nearby rivers under...
Jan 8 2018 // The Commissioner of Insurance for North Carolina says a recent rate increase of 18.7 percent proposed by North Carolina insurers is unwarranted and has set a hearing date for later this year to resolve the matter.“We...
Jan 8 2018 // The North Carolina Industrial Commission has proposed new rules related to the utilization of opioids, related prescriptions and pain management treatment as a proactive measure aimed at curtailing opioid misuse and...
Jan 5 2018 // A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades.The same system...