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#1 North Carolina Insurance Agent Charged with Embezzlement

Nov 14 2024 // A North Carolina insurance agent who was penalized by regulators almost 20 years ago has given up her producer license after she was charged with pocketing insurance premiums.Lori Ann Crisp, 56, of Kannapolis, was charged...

#2 NC Insurers Warned About Using Flood Denials in Underwriting

Nov 4 2024 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is reminding property insurers to refrain from raising homeowners’ premiums just because an insured filed a claim or inquiry in order to qualify for flood insurance...

#3 NC Insurance Broker Sentenced to Five Years in Long-running Tax Scheme

Nov 14 2024 // A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a North Carolina insurance agent to five years in prison for his role in a decade-long scheme that created fraudulent tax shelters and cheated the U.S. government of more than $22...

#4 Driver Dies in Crash Off Hurricane-Damaged North Carolina Highway

Nov 15 2024 // A driver has died after going around a barricade and driving off the edge of a hurricane-damaged North Carolina highway that became a symbol of Hurricane Helene’s destruction.Photos of Interstate 40 with multiple...

#5 North Carolina Man Charged With Falsifying Insurance Certificate

Nov 15 2024 // A North Carolina man gas been charged with obtaining property by false pretense and common law forgery, both felonies. North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced the arrest of David Fitzgerald Bishop Jr.,...

#6 Former North Carolina Volunteer Fire Chief Charged with Embezzling $155,300

Oct 30 2024 // A former volunteer fire chief in North Carolina has been charged with embezzling almost $155,300 from his department by falsifying time sheets.State Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey said in a statement that Brian Jason...

#7 Judge Cans North Carolina Captive’s Claims That Managers Stole Software

Oct 29 2024 // Six months after a North Carolina captive insurance firm for nursing homes around the country accused its managers of poaching proprietary software and forming a competing management company, a federal judge has dismissed...

#8 Hurricane Helene Isn’t the Only Big Storm North Carolina Is Recovering From

Nov 20 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Almost two months after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on western North Carolina, Republican lawmakers grilled officials Monday over how they handled two other hurricanes that hit the state several...

#9 North Carolina Calculates Helene Damage at $58B, Far More than Florence

Oct 25 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The catastrophic flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina likely caused at least a record $53 billion in damages and recovery needs, Gov. Roy Cooper’s...

#10 North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Causey Elected to Third Term

Nov 6 2024 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey was elected to a third term, gaining 52% of the vote to Democratic opponent Natasha Marcus’ 48%.News reports and the Associated Press indicated that, by early...

#11 North Carolina Governor Approves $600 Million in Helene Recovery Funding

Oct 29 2024 // North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper approved more than $600 million worth of disaster relief funding last Friday for western North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Helene after legislators passed the recovery bill the...