All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 18 2016 // The economic impact of North Carolina’s captive insurance company program increased significantly in its second full year of operation, according to a study conducted by the North Carolina Department of...
Apr 14 2016 // North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said Tuesday he wants to change a new state law that prevents people from suing over discrimination in state court, but he’s not challenging a measure regarding bathroom access for...
Apr 12 2016 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) announced that E. Stuart Powell Jr., MA, CPCU, CIC, CLU, ChFC, ARM, AMIM, AAI, ARe, CRIS will retire on July 31, 2016 from his current position as vice president...
Apr 10 2016 // The life of a Hollywood starlet may be full of glitz and glamor, but even diamonds can lose their shine after decades, satin and silk can unravel, letters and photos could become just so much dust.Since the 1980s,...
Apr 8 2016 // The economic impact of North Carolina’s captive insurance company program increased significantly in its second full year of operation, according to a study conducted by the North Carolina Department of...
Apr 5 2016 // Two individuals in North Carolina have been arrested in connection with an alleged staged auto accident, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Investigators are also currently...
Apr 4 2016 // The district attorney in Wake County, North Carolina, has dismissed 104 DWI cases and another 71 traffic-related offenses after a sheriff’s deputy was found to have lied on the stand. Local media outlets said...
Apr 4 2016 // North Carolina’s captive insurance program continues to exceed expectations as the program enters its third full year of operation, according to North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin.The North Carolina...
Apr 1 2016 // Four North Carolina individuals have been arrested in connection with an alleged staged auto accident, according to North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Investigators are still seeking two other suspects in...
Mar 31 2016 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Alison Keli Underwood, 24, of Asheboro, N.C.; she is charged with one count of obtaining property by false pretense.NCDOI criminal investigators...
Mar 25 2016 // Duke Energy Corp. announced plans to expand its renewable energy from livestock waste, adding poop power to investments the country’s largest electric company has made in whirring wind turbines and acres of solar...
Mar 21 2016 // Windy and dry conditions are causing an increase in the number of wildfires in the North Carolina mountains.Media outlets report that a 60-acre fire near Bearwallow Mountain southeast of Asheville that firefighters have...
Mar 18 2016 // A Fayetteville, North Carolina, couple is accused by authorities of trying to defraud an insurance company after submitting altered receipts for property they said was stolen.The Fayetteville Observer reports Maria Alta...
Mar 16 2016 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Dale McKinley Montford, 55, of Jacksonville; he is charged with two counts of insurance fraud and one count each of obtaining property by false...
Mar 15 2016 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance saved or recovered $29.8 million for North Carolinians in 2015, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. In 2015, the Department of...
Mar 11 2016 // A North Carolina therapist who said she was fired after reporting patient neglect has won a $3.6 million award from a Buncombe County jury. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports the Superior Court jury awarded the money...
Mar 8 2016 // Duke Energy is violating state pollution laws because its coal ash pits are polluting nearby waterways, North Carolina environmental regulators said Friday. Fines are being considered.The state Division of Water Resources...
Mar 7 2016 // Florida’s Citizens Launches Campaign to Combat Abuse ClaimsCitizens Property Insurance Corp. has launched a multi-faceted education campaign in an attempt to combat what it has called a disturbing increase of fraud...
Mar 1 2016 // Officials say fatal drug overdoses in North Carolina have jumped from 2002 to 2014.The Charlotte Observer reports federal data shows that overdoses killed as many as 16 people per 100,000 residents in the state in 2014...
Feb 25 2016 // Venture Insurance Programs, a national insurance program administrator, has acquired Tidal Solutions, LLC, a Charlotte, NC-based managing general underwriter serving the North American specialty commercial marine...