All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 17 2012 // The former fire chief in Bryson City and his wife have been indicted on embezzlement charges.The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that the charges filed by state Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced against...
Aug 16 2012 // Tom Simonson has joined Lockton as a vice president of Lockton Financial Advisors/Lockton Investment Advisors based in the insurance broker’s Charlotte, North Carolina office. Simonson will be responsible for client...
Aug 15 2012 // State Board of Elections officials likely will use a less severe method to consider campaign finance accusations made by North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin against Republican challenger Mike...
Aug 9 2012 // A North Carolina appeals court said a car passenger wounded during a police chase on Asheville roads five years ago can continue to seek damages against officers involved in the pursuit but not the city’s now-retired...
Aug 6 2012 // North Carolina lawmakers approved a bill with some changes to the property insurance system but, as one industry expert said, in so doing lawmakers “just stuck more fingers in the dike.”Despite what critics say...
Aug 2 2012 // North Carolina regulators announced this week that a local insurance agent was arrested and charged with one felony count of obtaining property by false pretense. Department of Insurance criminal investigators allege that...
Jul 30 2012 // North Carolina insurance department announced last week the arrest of Debra Gail Hodges, 41, of 5009 Inverness Drive, Fayetteville; she is charged with one count each of insurance fraud, attempted insurance fraud,...
Jul 26 2012 // There was a time, not so far in the distant past, when virtually all property and casualty insurance rates were calculated by industry-owned rate bureaus.It wasn’t necessarily a terrible system. Smaller insurers...
Jul 24 2012 // North Carolina’s property market problems are well known but thus far answers remain elusive even after lawmakers approved a bill that does little more than what one industry expert said, “just stuck more...
Jul 23 2012 // A long-time Duke Energy Corp. director who led the surprise CEO ouster at the country’s largest electric company said Friday that reasons for the move included a long-delayed update on insurance payments for a...
Jul 23 2012 // North Carolina officials have found a way to resolve media groups’ concern over public access to some employers’ workers’ compensation information while maintaining the confidentiality of other...
Jul 23 2012 // North Carolina House and Senate lawmakers have voted to prohibit any state agency from making policies on sea-level change until 2016 and have called for the scientists to do more studies.Their bill now goes to Gov....
Jul 13 2012 // North Carolina officials have found a way to resolve media groups’ concern over public access to some employers’ workers’ compensation information while maintaining the confidentiality of other...
Jul 6 2012 // After North Carolina lawmakers were ridiculed for their attempts to ignore a state-sponsored science panel that predicted a sharp rise in sea levels, they agreed this week to forbid any state agency to make policies on...
Jul 6 2012 // North Carolina lawmakers are acting to protect whistleblowers after a hospital sued a former employee who reported what the state auditor later determined were excessive taxpayer charges.The Winston-Salem Journal reported...
Jul 2 2012 // North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue has signed a bill designed to crack down on employers without workers’ compensation coverage despite opposition from media groups that objected to the fact the employer information will...
Jul 2 2012 // North Carolina business owners may find it harder to escape having workers’ compensation coverage after state lawmakers approval of a bill closing a loophole that had resulted in tens of thousands of employers going...
Jun 25 2012 // A pastor in North Carolina has been arrested and accused of taking about $23,000 in an insurance scam.The Hickory Daily Record reported that 47-year-old Chuck Hager was arrested and charged with 13 felonies. The pastor of...
Jun 25 2012 // North Carolina business owners may find it harder to escape having workers’ compensation coverage after state lawmakers approved a bill closing a legal loophole that had resulted in tens of thousands of employers...
Jun 19 2012 // Hospital charges for the treatment of injured workers in North Carolina are growing quickly in the wake of regulatory changes meant to reduce outpatient costs, according to a study by the Workers Compensation Research...