All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 21 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has scheduled a hearing on August 6 in Raleigh on the insurers’ request to raise homeowners insurance rates an average of 25.3 percent.Goodwin said the proposed...
Feb 13 2014 // The winter storm that cut electricity to more than half a million customers across the South and grounded 10,000 flights this week turned its power on the U.S. Northeast, bringing heavy snow from Virginia to Maine.In...
Feb 12 2014 // North Carolina has asked a state judge to put a controversial settlement deal with U.S. power company Duke Energy over pollution on hold after a massive coal ash spill into a local river raised fresh concerns about water...
Feb 12 2014 // A Belmont, North Carolina woman charged with hitting and killing a pedestrian has apologized.Forty-five-year-old Belinda Strange Hudspeth apologized to the victim’s family in court on Monday. Seventy-five-year-old...
Feb 12 2014 // A judge who found what he called a “startling pattern” of abuse by plaintiffs’ lawyers may have shifted the landscape of asbestos litigation with a ruling in favor of manufacturers.In a decree last month,...
Feb 11 2014 // Over the last year, environmental groups have tried three times to use the federal Clean Water Act to force Duke Energy to clear out leaky coal ash dumps like the one that ruptured last week, spewing enough toxic sludge...
Feb 10 2014 // A North Carolina woman faces murder and other charges after authorities say she was texting a message when she hit and killed a 75-year-old woman walking to visit a neighbor.The North Carolina Highway Patrol said...
Feb 6 2014 // North Carolina auto insurers say no rate increase is needed for auto insurance policies in the coming year.Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said the Department of Insurance has received the annual auto insurance rate...
Feb 5 2014 // Marsh & McLennan Agency (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh, said it has acquired The Bond Network, a surety bonding agency based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not...
Jan 28 2014 // North Carolina homeowners are looking at insurance cost increases averaging 25 percent starting in August if the state’s regulator goes along, and his office heard Friday from some of those upset about the prospect...
Jan 28 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin this week announced the arrests of five people in an alleged insurance fraud scheme involving several staged auto accidents in Buncombe County.Department of Insurance...
Jan 27 2014 // Starr Companies said it has appointed Eleanor Kitzman as vice president of Starr Insurance Holdings Inc. Kitzman will have regulatory, management and operational responsibilities across the company’s domestic and...
Jan 27 2014 // Despite urging by the state’s insurance commissioner that they withdraw their bid, North Carolina homeowners insurers are unlikely to withdraw their request for a 25.3 percent average rate hike.The data supports the...
Jan 23 2014 // General Assembly members began learning more Tuesday about the emerging unmanned aircraft industry and are likely to debate soon what restrictions North Carolina could place on drones to protect people’s privacy.A...
Jan 13 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has named Debbie Walker as director of captive insurance for the state.As head of the insurance department’s new captive insurance section, Walker will be...
Jan 7 2014 // Despite urging by the state’s insurance commissioner that they withdraw their bid, North Carolina homeowners insurers are unlikely to withdraw their request for a 25.3 percent average rate hike.The data supports the...
Jan 5 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has called upon insurers in his state to withdraw a request for a 25.3 percent rate hike for homeowners insurance, saying he is “appalled” they would seek a...
Jan 3 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said his agency has issued four captive insurance company licenses since the state’s Captive Insurance Act went into effect in late October 2013. The new North...
Dec 18 2013 // Court records say a Catawba County couple has received a $1 million settlement from a Mooresville daycare after their infant son stopped breathing and suffered brain damage.The Charlotte Observer reported that a lawsuit...
Dec 17 2013 // A Charlotte man is suing his ex-wife’s lover as well as a website which he says led to the breakup of his marriage.The Charlotte Observer reported that Robert Schindler is suing the woman’s alleged partner in...