All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 9 2017 // The family of a snowboarder who suffered broken bones and frostbite after falling 30 feet off a ski lift to avoid freezing to death has sued a North Carolina ski resort.The Charlotte Observer reports Robert and Wendy...
Mar 8 2017 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Carolina First Associates LLC, an employee benefits insurance advisor located in Hickory, N.C.This acquisition extends USI’s presence as a middle market insurance brokerage...
Mar 8 2017 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has announced the arrest of Stacy Dewhite Brown, 50, of Raleigh, N.C. He is charged with one count each of insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false...
Mar 3 2017 // The Hilb Group, LLC (THG) has acquired Charlotte Insurance, located in Charlotte, N.C. The transaction became effective Feb. 1, 2017. Founded in 1992, Charlotte Insurance is one of the largest locally owned property &...
Feb 20 2017 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB) has requested an average increase of 13.8 percent on private passenger automobile insurance rates in its latest filing with the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI).NCRB...
Feb 15 2017 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has appointed Brian Taylor as Assistant Fire Marshal for the North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal, according to an announcement from Insurance Commissioner and State Fire...
Feb 13 2017 // Officials in Catawba County say one person was killed when an SUV collided with a school bus. Local media outlets report the Catawba County Schools said a driver, a monitor and three students were on the bus at the time of...
Feb 8 2017 // Neighbors living near Duke Energy Corp’s coal ash pits in North Carolina are being told they have to give up the option of suing over any future water problems if they want extra compensation from the utility.The...
Feb 8 2017 // A company could be fined by North Carolina regulators after a rupture at a Winston-Salem plant dumped red dye into a creek, killing some fish and prompting a warning for people to avoid the water. The spill occurred at...
Feb 6 2017 // Authorities in Greenville, N.C., say a firefighter was among four people taken to the hospital after fire caused heavy damage at an apartment complex.Local media outlets report firefighters were called to the apartment...
Feb 6 2017 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB) is requesting an average increase of 13.8 percent on private passenger automobile insurance rates in its latest filing with the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI).NCRB...
Feb 6 2017 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau is alerting all member companies that it has withdrawn its request for a 19.6 percent rate increase on dwelling policies due to a data error on its Dwelling Policy Program revisions announced...
Feb 2 2017 // Police in Greensboro, N.C., say more than 50 guns were stolen from a gun show over the weekend.Police said in a release Monday security guards reported the theft Sunday before the Greensboro Gun and Knife Show opened....
Feb 1 2017 // North Carolina has been officially awarded nearly $200 million from the federal government for Hurricane Matthew relief that Congress approved last month in a larger spending agreement. Gov. Roy Cooper’s office says...
Jan 31 2017 // Police say drivers overdosing on heroin have caused three crashes in a city in North Carolina in the past week.Police Capt. Michael Kirk told media outlets that no one was seriously injured in the crashes in High Point,...
Jan 27 2017 // A rupture at a plant in Winston-Salem, N.C., dumped red dye into a creek, killing some fish and prompting a warning for people to avoid the water.The Winston-Salem Journal reported the spill occurred at Hanes Dye &...
Jan 26 2017 // North Carolina’s new insurance commissioner is apologizing for sharing a meme on social media mocking women who took part in the women’s march in Washington. WRAL-TV in Raleigh reported Mike Causey said in his...
Jan 24 2017 // A company running a string of taxpayer-funded charter schools and its founder can’t sue a former North Carolina local school superintendent for libel after he criticized plans for a competing school, the state Court...
Jan 24 2017 // The U.S. Department of Transportation recently designated the North Carolina Turnpike Authority to help with testing driverless cars. A statement from the N.C. Department of Transportation on Friday said the authority was...