Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Retaining Wall Collapse Injures Construction Workers, Kills 1
Jan 15 2021 // One person was killed and at least four people were injured after a retaining wall fell on construction workers in a North Carolina city, officials said Wednesday. The City of Hendersonville said in a news release that the...
The Hilb Group Acquires Dwayne Wilson Insurance of North Carolina
Jan 14 2021 // The Hilb Group, LLC (THG) has acquired North Carolina-based Dwayne Wilson Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. (DWI). The transaction became effective on Dec. 31, 2020. DWI is a full-service life and health (L&H)...
Exceptional Risk Advisors Acquires International Specialty of North Carolina
Jan 13 2021 // Exceptional Risk Advisors, a Lloyd’s of London coverholder, has acquired assets of International Specialty Insurance Services. Headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C., International Specialty Insurance designs insurance...
Ebner Retires from North Carolina-Based McGriff
Jan 13 2021 // McGriff’s Tommy Ebner, leader of the company’s oil and gas practice, and former president and CEO of McGriff, Seibels & Williams, Inc., will retire after 28 years. The retirement will take place during the...
North Carolina College Restores Women’s Sports After Lawsuit Threat
Jan 12 2021 // East Carolina University is restoring two of its women’s teams cut last spring for budget problems compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, and paying more than $189,000 to avoid a gender discrimination lawsuit. The...
BevCap Management Forms Onshore Captive Domiciled in North Carolina
Jan 8 2021 // BevCap Management, LLC (BevCap), an alternative risk program manager with captives domiciled both on and offshore, has formed HatterasRe, LTD, an onshore domiciled captive insurer for BevCap Health’s proprietary...
North Carolina CEO Sues Over ‘Faulty’ Windows, Doors in $16M Home
Jan 6 2021 // The CEO of a marketing and technology company has gone to court over what he says are faulty custom-made steel-and-glass windows and doors in his $16 million Charlotte home. Ric Elias, CEO and co-founder of Red Ventures,...
North Carolina Restaurant Owners, Workers Clash Over COVID Safety
Dec 28 2020 // Restaurant owners, who have seen their capacity and hours limited by government entities, are struggling to keep the doors open, while their staff, often in a very public-facing position, try to stay both employed and...
North Carolina Labor Chief Faces Backlash Over Response to New COVID Rules
Dec 17 2020 // North Carolina worker and civil rights advocates are unhappy with the outgoing state labor commissioner’s refusal to put more regulations upon employers they say will protect employees from COVID-19. Representatives...
North Carolina Insurers File for 18.7% Increase on Dwelling Policies
Dec 16 2020 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau, which represents all companies writing property insurance in the state, is seeking an 18.7% statewide average increase in dwelling policies. The North Carolina Department of Insurance said...
Black Firefighters in North Carolina Allege Racism Amid Larger Reckoning
Dec 1 2020 // They threw her new cellphone on the roof of the station house and placed nails under the wheels of her pickup truck. As she prepared to answer a call, someone poured tobacco juice in her boots. It was too much for Timika...
North Carolina Regulator to Modify Moratorium on Lindberg Firms
Dec 1 2020 // A North Carolina Superior Court gave approval to the state’s insurance regulator to modify the moratorium on insurance businessman Greg Lindberg’s financially impaired Colorado Bankers and Bankers Life...
Pork Producer Smithfield Settles Nuisance Lawsuits in N.C. as Court Affirms Verdict
Nov 24 2020 // A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a 2018 jury verdict that led to awarding monetary damages to neighbors of a North Carolina industrial hog operation for smells and noise they said made living nearby...
Flooding in North Carolina Prompts State of Emergency
Nov 16 2020 // Flooding from heavy rains across North Carolina prompted Gov. Roy Cooper to declare a state of emergency on Friday as searchers looked for a 1-year-old and an adult who disappeared when high water swept through a...
Causey Re-Elected as North Carolina Insurance Commissioner
Nov 16 2020 // Incumbent Mike Causey, a Republican, has defeated Democrat Wayne Goodwin in the third rematch between the two candidates for the position of North Carolina Insurance Commissioner. The Associated Press reported Wednesday...
North Carolina Insurers Seek 24.5% Rate Hike for Homeowners
Nov 13 2020 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has requested an average statewide rate increase of 24.5% on homeowners insurance rates in the state, according to a statement from the North Carolina Department of Insurance. The NCRB is not...
Frank Winston Crum Expands GL, Excess Programs into N.C., S.C., Tenn.
Nov 12 2020 // Frank Winston Crum Insurance (FWCI) has launched general liability and excess liability insurance programs in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee to coincide with its previously available worker’s...
North Carolina Woman Accused of Filing Fake Insurance Claims
Nov 9 2020 // A North Carolina woman has been arrested for filing fake insurance claims suggesting she was the victim of theft, vandalism and electrical problems at her home, officials said. North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike...
Causey Re-Elected as North Carolina Insurance Commissioner
Nov 5 2020 // Incumbent Mike Causey, a Republican, has defeated Democrat Wayne Goodwin in the third rematch between the two candidates for the position of North Carolina Insurance Commissioner. The Associated Press reported Wednesday...
Investigation Into North Carolina Community College Cyberattack Ongoing
Nov 3 2020 // A data breach at a North Carolina community college may have affected many of its current and former students. The Greensboro News & Records reported last week that Guilford Technical Community College was hit with a...
