All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 28 2023 // Republicans in the state legislature on Monday began efforts to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the General Assembly’s annual farm bill, with the Senate successfully voting to enact the...
Jun 26 2023 // North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has signed into law a bill that will allow cities to hire civilian traffic investigators to handle some traffic accidents, freeing up police officers for other duties.House Bill 140, which...
Jun 22 2023 // Former insurance executive and businessman Greg Lindberg was found liable for fraud in 2022 in connection with his insolvent insurance companies, but the North Carolina county court did not award damages.Lindberg appealed....
Jun 21 2023 // Authorities have identified five people who died in a mobile home fire in a rural North Carolina town as a husband and wife, a family friend and his two young sons.The Harnett County Sheriff’s Office identified the...
Jun 21 2023 // Increased punishments for intentionally damaging utility equipment received final legislative approval Thursday in North Carolina after attacks on the state’s electrical grid caused a dayslong blackout last...
Jun 20 2023 // An injured truck driver described as “pretty tough” by her doctor after she finally sought treatment more than a year after a back injury was eligible for total temporary disability benefits despite the late...
Jun 20 2023 // What happens when an insurance carrier, its underwriter, a broker and the insured all forget to make sure a sublimit endorsement on wind-driven rain losses is included in a multimillion dollar property policy?In the case...
Jun 14 2023 // After seven minor earthquakes were recorded in recent weeks in western North Carolina, the state’s insurance commissioner is encouraging property owners to check with their insurance agents and make sure...
Jun 14 2023 // Embattled North Carolina insurance magnate and businessman Greg Lindberg won’t have to face two criminal trials in the same year, a federal judge has decided.U.S. District Judge Max Cogburn last week agreed to delay...
Jun 9 2023 // North Carolina agencies and state pension plans would be prohibited from using socially and environmentally conscious criteria to make investment decisions or hire employees, under legislation that advanced Wednesday in...
May 31 2023 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has asked a federal court to bar a North Carolina insurance agent and financial advisor from trading securities and to disgorge ill-gotten gains from a real estate scam,...
May 19 2023 // A construction worker was killed and another was missing Friday morning after a massive fire broke out in an upscale business and residential area of Charlotte, North Carolina. News outlets reported that the five-alarm...
May 18 2023 // North Carolina’s insurance commissioner has negotiated a 15% average statewide increase in rates for mobile home insurance policies, a reduction from the hefty hike that the state’s rate bureau had...
May 9 2023 // The mandatory supervised driving period in North Carolina for young people before they can drive by themselves will be scaled back permanently after Gov. Roy Cooper said on Friday he’ll let a bill become law without...
May 3 2023 // A longtime worker at a North Carolina furniture products company, described as a model employee, died in 2020 under somewhat mysterious circumstances. Co-workers described hearing a “strange noise” as Rodney...
May 2 2023 // Leavitt Elite Insurance Advisors, part of the multi-state Leavitt Group, has merged with another North Carolina agency. Simmons Insurance Agency, with offices in Pilot Mountain and Mount Airy, was founded in 1973 and has...
Apr 27 2023 // North Carolina’s dominant health insurance provider could transfer billions to a holding company instead of returning portions of that surplus to policyholders, under legislation that advanced Tuesday in the state...
Apr 25 2023 // A laborer in Asheville, North Carolina, working at a hotel construction site, fell through a four-story air conditioning shaft in 2018, leaving him paralyzed and in need of regular care.Four years later, the 34-year-old...
Apr 25 2023 // Leane Rafalko, who spent eight years with the North Carolina Department of Insurance as chief captive analyst, has been named director of captive management for Knoxville-based CIC Services. After leaving DOI, Rafalko...
Apr 24 2023 // North Carolina lawmakers are hoping to capitalize on Walt Disney World’s feud with the Florida governor, and have introduced a bill that would fund a study and incentives for luring Disney north.Senate Bill 594,...