Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Duke Energy to Appeal Order to Excavate North Carolina Coal Ash
Apr 23 2019 // The country’s largest electric company says it’s challenging an order by North Carolina’s environmental agency to excavate coal ash from all of its power plant sites in the state. Duke Energy Corp. said...
Investor’s World-Famous Porsche Collection Damaged in N.C. Gas Explosion
Apr 16 2019 // The gas explosion that killed one person and injured 25 others in North Carolina also damaged a building that houses a rarely seen but world famous collection of Porsches. The Ingram Collection is housed next to the...
Future of Insurance Firms Owned by Indicted N.C. Campaign Donor Uncertain
Apr 16 2019 // Insurance companies owned by a big-money donor accused of trying to bribe North Carolina’s top insurance regulator for easy treatment are on the sales block and under review by at least one rating...
Fire Chief Says Shop Owner Declined to Evacuate Before North Carolina Blast
Apr 15 2019 // The coffee shop owner killed in a North Carolina gas line explosion was last seen in the doorway of his business after firefighters evacuated his customers and told him to leave, the fire chief said Thursday, as city...
Leak Evacuates North Carolina Shopping Center Days After Fatal Explosion
Apr 15 2019 // North Carolina authorities say they’ve evacuated businesses in a Fayetteville shopping center because a construction crew struck a gas line. The gas leak at Cross Pointe Center comes just days after a fatal explosion...
Officials Say One Dead, 17 Hurt in North Carolina Gas Explosion
Apr 12 2019 // A leaking gas line exploded Wednesday in a Durham shopping district, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others as firefighters were evacuating people from buildings near the rupture, authorities said. The...
North Carolina Survey: Many Coastal Homeowners Have No Plan to Mitigate Storm Damage
Apr 11 2019 // A majority of coastal homeowners have little to no intention of reducing their homes’ structural vulnerabilities, even though they live in areas frequently affected by damaging hurricanes and flooding and their homes...
Southeast States Push Industry Over Cleanup of Toxic Coal Ash Ponds
Apr 11 2019 // It’s the other dirty problem for U.S. coal — one that could cost utilities billions to clean up. Even as the Trump administration tries to revive the industry, some states are pushing utilities including Duke...
NCDOI: State’s Captive Insurance Program Continues Steady Growth
Apr 10 2019 // North Carolina continues to experience growth in its captive insurance industry as it enters its sixth year and has emerged as one of the nation’s leading captive insurance domiciles, according to a statement from...
North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up: March
Apr 9 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of March 2019. Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to North...
Focus Turns to Insurance Investor’s North Carolina Political Donations After Indictment
Apr 8 2019 // In return for a promised $2 million payout, federal prosecutors say, the investor who has recently been North Carolina’s biggest political donor wanted something from the state’s top insurance regulator: go...
Jackson Sumner & Associates Adds Bull as North Carolina Marketing Rep
Apr 8 2019 // Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) has hired Kimberly M. Bull as North Carolina Marketing representative. Kimberly Bull Bull first began in the insurance industry working in her father’s Nationwide agency. With 25...
Former N.C. Insurance Chief Goodwin Denies Aiding Indicted Political Donor
Apr 8 2019 // North Carolina’s former top insurance regulator said Friday he never performed favors for a big-money donor and he relied on staff experts when his agency approved changes benefiting the businessman now charged with...
4 Indicted in North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Bribery Scheme
Apr 4 2019 // A long running investigation into illegal campaign donations to the North Carolina Insurance Commissioner has resulted in federal charges being filed against the head of the North Carolina Republican Party and a North...
North Carolina Orders Duke Energy to Excavate All Coal Ash
Apr 3 2019 // The country’s largest electric company was ordered Monday to excavate coal ash from all of its North Carolina power plant sites, slashing the risk of toxic chemicals leaking into water supplies but potentially adding...
North Carolina Personal Auto Rates to Increase by 1.6%
Apr 1 2019 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has reached a settlement with the North Carolina Department of Insurance to raise personal auto insurance rates by 1.6 percent, according to a statement by NCDOI. The NCRB, which is not a...
North Carolina-Based AmWINS Group Names Kiley as SVP
Mar 29 2019 // AmWINS Group, Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has named Alycia Kiley as senior vice president at the company, focused on building strategic partnerships with the firm’s retail...
United Heartland Promotes Pierce to Regional Director in North Carolina
Mar 28 2019 // United Heartland, a national workers’ compensation insurance company, has promoted Dana Pierce to regional director in Charlotte, N.C. Pierce began his United Heartland career in Underwriting in 2007. Most recently,...
UPS, Drone Maker Kick Off U.S. Commercial Flights in North Carolina
Mar 27 2019 // United Parcel Service Inc. and a startup drone partner began the first continuing commercial drone deliveries in the U.S., making a short flight carrying a medical sample between North Carolina hospitals on Tuesday. The...
9 Insurance Agency Start-Ups: Why and How They Set Out on Their Own
Mar 22 2019 // What motivates people to take a risk in an industry dedicated to managing risk? New independent agencies are born of various circumstances. Sometimes it’s about seizing an opportunity that comes along; other times,...
