All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 18 2017 // 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...
Dec 14 2017 // Three fraternities at a University of North Carolina campus have been suspended for hazing and other infractions. The Charlotte Observer reports that the UNC Charlotte’s Office of Student Conduct says Delta Chi,...
Dec 13 2017 // The unregulated compound found in more than 80 drinking water wells near a chemical company’s manufacturing facility in North Carolina has been found in a food product for the first time.Tests found honey collected...
Dec 11 2017 // A North Carolina county recovering from a cyberattack says hackers failed in a second attempt to infiltrate their computer system. Mecklenburg County officials say foreign hackers redoubled their efforts after the county...
Dec 11 2017 // An unusually heavy December snowfall across much of the Deep South tapered off Saturday, but icy road conditions left problems and thousands remained without electricity throughout the region.Forecasters warned that...
Dec 11 2017 // Atlas Insurance Management, a captive insurance management firm, has hired Gail Olsen as senior vice president – Finance & Compliance. Based in the firm’s Charlotte, N.C., office, Olsen brings to Atlas over 25...
Dec 8 2017 // A major pork producer must live up to an agreement it signed 11 years ago and work on cleaning up water pollution tied to almost a dozen industry-scale hog operations, a federal judge ruled this week.Murphy-Brown LLC must...
Dec 8 2017 // Deputies processed arrests by hand and building code officers used paper records Wednesday as one of North Carolina’s largest counties was hit by a hacker who froze county servers and demanded ransom.Mecklenburg...
Dec 4 2017 // A North Carolina sheriff has changed his department’s policy on chases after five people were killed when a driver fleeing officers slammed into another car. The News & Record of Greensboro reports Guilford...
Dec 4 2017 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed notice with the N.C. Department of Insurance to request a statewide average increase in homeowners insurance rates of 18.7 percent for 2018, according to Insurance Commissioner Mike...
Nov 30 2017 // North Carolina officials say tests have detected elevated levels of an unregulated compound at 34 additional wells near a chemical company’s manufacturing facility. The Fayetteville Observer reports the results...
Nov 29 2017 // Residents of two of the North Carolina counties hardest hit by Hurricane Matthew can now schedule an appointment to apply for reimbursement of their losses.The Fayetteville Observer reports state Department of Emergency...
Nov 27 2017 // Police in a North Carolina town says one person is dead after a plant explosion.Authorities in Nash County told local media outlets that a fire tank exploded at Pennco, Inc., on U.S. Highway 264 in Middlesex at around 9:30...
Nov 21 2017 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed notice with the N.C. Department of Insurance request a statewide average increase in homeowners insurance rates of 18.7 percent for 2018, according to Insurance Commissioner Mike...
Nov 20 2017 // Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma LP is proposing a global settlement in an attempt to end state investigations and lawsuits over the U.S. opioid epidemic, according to people familiar with the talks.Purdue’s lawyers...
Nov 17 2017 // The Hilb Group, LLC (THG) has acquired David Hill & Associates, Inc. (DHA) of Wilmington, N.C. DHA will be joining the existing Hilb Group office in Wilmington to build an expanded benefits practice. DHA represents...
Nov 15 2017 // The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality says a spill resulting in an increase of toxic chemical levels in a river hadn’t been reported by a chemical company until regulators approached. The StarNews...
Nov 6 2017 // Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia (IIAG) announced that John Barbour, formerly vice president of Governmental Affairs, was chosen to serve as new chief executive officer. Barbour began leading the association on...
Oct 30 2017 // A law firm fighting lawsuits for Flint, Michigan, residents over lead-tainted drinking water is filing the latest class-action case blaming a North Carolina chemical plant for releasing little-understood compounds into the...
Oct 26 2017 // A National Weather Service team confirmed Tuesday that two tornadoes touched down in South Carolina during an outbreak of severe weather that flipped tractor-trailers and small planes, washed out roads and left thousands...