All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 9 2016 // North Carolina has made several changes encompassing fraud, captives and flood insurance regulations to its state insurance laws.New legislation, House Bill 287, was approved June 30 by state lawmakers and signed into law...
Aug 8 2016 // North Carolina’s insurance commissioner had plenty of justification to reject a 2014 request by insurers to raise homeowners’ premiums by an average of 25 percent, the state Court of Appeals ruled August...
Aug 8 2016 // North Carolina has made several changes encompassing fraud, captives and flood insurance regulations to its state insurance laws.The legislation, House Bill 287, was approved June 30 by state lawmakers and signed into law...
Aug 8 2016 // New maps for Dare County, N.C., are removing thousands of homes and lots from flood zones, creating a need to update local building codes that until now accounted for more rising water.The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk...
Aug 2 2016 // Nine residents in Pitt County, North Carolina, were arrested in connection with an alleged staged auto accident ring, according to a statement from the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI). Investigators allege...
Jul 29 2016 // New maps for Dare County, North Carolina, are removing thousands of homes and lots from flood zones, creating a need to update local building codes that until now accounted for more rising water.The Virginian-Pilot of...
Jul 26 2016 // North Carolina courts have launched an online program to dismiss traffic tickets.The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that director of the state Administrative Office of the Courts Marion Warren announced the rollout...
Jul 25 2016 // North Carolina has toughened penalties for boat operators who unintentionally kill or injure someone while under the influence of alcohol. Gov. Pat McCrory signed a law making the penalties for impaired boaters who cause...
Jul 20 2016 // Minor changes to a North Carolina law limiting protections for LGBT people have been signed by the governor.Legislators left the law mostly intact during their yearly session. They did make a change requested by Republican...
Jul 20 2016 // A whitewater recreation area in the area of Charlotte, N.C., plans to treat water to kill a potentially deadly microorganism and expel it into a neighboring river after an Ohio teen died of a brain-attacking...
Jul 18 2016 // North Carolina will offer less expensive ways for Duke Energy to clean up coal ash pits at seven sites while ensuring drinking water is piped to residents near the ponds, a compromise that has appeased the General Assembly...
Jul 13 2016 // Sixty-eight companies have signed onto a legal brief opposing a North Carolina law that limits protections for LGBT people.The amicus brief filed July 8 is part of a legal challenge brought by the Department of Justice....
Jul 11 2016 // A.M. Best removed from under review with positive implications and upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a” from...
Jul 7 2016 // The University of North Carolina has reached a settlement after a college football player said he suffered a concussion during an off-campus hazing incident. Citing a copy of the settlement it obtained June 21, the News...
Jul 6 2016 // Scammers who claim to work for Duke Energy and threaten to turn off power unless payment is made in minutes are targeting businesses in Asheville, N.C.At least five restaurants have filed police reports about the scam in...
Jul 5 2016 // North Carolina has toughened penalties for boat operators who unintentionally kill or injure someone while under the influence of alcohol. Gov. Pat McCrory signed a law making the penalties for impaired boaters who cause...
Jul 1 2016 // GEICO has named John Pham vice president of its regional operations in Virginia Beach. Pham will oversee all business functions for Virginia and North Carolina insureds, as well as GEICO’s military, motorcycle and...
Jun 28 2016 // The U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., announced Friday that it has temporarily suspended its operations after water samples turned up the amoeba believed to have caused the death of an Ohio teenager.A...
Jun 22 2016 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI) has accused a mother and daughter of insurance fraud, according to a statement from the department. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrests June 15 of...
Jun 21 2016 // A North Carolina man will spend at least a year in prison after prosecutors said he intentionally caused 12 wrecks, filming many of them on a dashboard camera and uploading the footage to the internet.District Attorney...