All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jun 18 2012 // North Carolina drivers that own newer cars will still have to undergo an annual vehicle inspection after state lawmakers scuttled a proposal to exempt them from the requirement. The Joint Transportation Oversight Committee...
Jun 12 2012 // Steven J. Hartman has been named president and chief executive officer of Stonewood Insurance Management Co. Inc. and its three affiliated property/casualty insurance companies. Hartman’s appointment was announced by...
Jun 4 2012 // A federal judge has struck down portions of North Carolina’s voluntary public financing program for appellate court candidates.The program was designed to provide extra funds to participants when they’re...
May 31 2012 // The specialty division of the State Auto Insurance Group is consolidating its Risk Evaluation and Design (RED) subsidiary and its Rockhill Specialty Program Division into a single operating structure.The RED team, based in...
May 30 2012 // North Carolina drivers that own newer cars will still have to undergo an annual vehicle inspection after state lawmakers scuttled a proposal to exempt them from the requirement.The Joint Transportation Oversight Committee...
May 21 2012 // North Carolina had higher income benefit payments per claim among 16 states in a recent study, slower return to work resulting in longer duration of temporary disability, and larger lump-sum settlements than in many study...
May 21 2012 // Republicans still have to pick their candidate for North Carolina insurance commissioner after cutting the field to two. Richard Morgan and Mike Causey topped a three-candidate field on May 8 to advance to a runoff...
May 10 2012 // Republicans still have to pick their candidate for North Carolina insurance commissioner after cutting the field to two.Richard Morgan and Mike Causey topped a three-candidate field on Tuesday to advance to a runoff...
May 8 2012 // North Carolina’s Blue Cross plan and the national Blue Cross licensing organization asked a federal court to reject a lawsuit claiming the company’s network of insurance plans across the country are limiting...
May 7 2012 // North Carolina officials are requiring insurers to expedite the payment of workers’ compensation patients’ medical and wage-loss benefits or risk being sentenced to jail.The North Carolina Industrial Commission...
May 7 2012 // AllstateIn February, Allstate Insurance announced it was looking to appoint 124 new agency owners in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina this year. “We see a significant opportunity in the current...
Apr 24 2012 // A jury has awarded $14.6 million to seven people hurt in an explosion at a now closed ConAgra Slim Jim factory in Garner, North Carolina. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that a Johnston County jury gave more...
Apr 23 2012 // North Carolina officials are requiring insurers to expedite the payment of workers’ compensation patients medical and wage-loss benefits or risk being sentenced to jail.The North Carolina Industrial Commission has...