Latest North Carolina Headlines
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City of Charlotte, North Carolina Pays Family $950K in Pedestrian’s Death
Mar 20 2019 // A North Carolina city has paid the family of a man who was hit and killed by a speeding police car in 2017. The Charlotte Observer reports the city of Charlotte paid $950,000 in December to the family of James Michael...
Cooper Nominates State Rep. Goodman to North Carolina Workers’ Comp Panel
Mar 19 2019 // A sitting North Carolina legislator has been nominated by Gov. Roy Cooper to serve on the state Industrial Commission. Ken Goodman Photo courtesy of Ballotpedia Cooper told legislators at the beginning of the month of his...
TriSure Corp. of North Carolina Acquired by Alera Group
Mar 18 2019 // TriSure Corporation has been acquired by Alera Group, a national insurance firm, effective March 1, 2019. Terms of the transaction were not announced. With over 1,500 employees in more than 70 locations across the nation,...
Report: North Carolina Agencies Pay Millions in Insurance, Tax Funds to Quell Lawsuits
Mar 15 2019 // In June 2005, a 63-year-old woman was thrown from a tram at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. The vehicle tipped over onto her, seriously injuring her shoulder and requiring years of treatment. The state paid out $85,000...
North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up: January, February
Mar 13 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the first two months of 2019. Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to...
Pork Giant Loses Another Nuisance Lawsuit by North Carolina Neighbors
Mar 11 2019 // Smithfield Foods was found responsible Friday for a fifth time for nuisances neighbors suffered from waste generated by thousands of the company’s hogs. Jurors determined the pork giant should pay $420,000 after four...
Judge Finalizes Chemours, North Carolina Water Pollution Settlement
Feb 27 2019 // North Carolina’s environmental agency says a finalized settlement agreement allows it to make sure a Fortune 500 chemical company follows through on promises to clean up industrial chemicals in the water or face...
Neike Joins Jackson Sumner & Associates in North Carolina
Feb 25 2019 // Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) has hired Joi Neike as director of Business Development for the North Carolina-based company. Joi Neike Neike has worked in the marketing and communications field throughout the...
Broken Nike Basketball Shoe Could Be Product Liability Case
Feb 22 2019 // The high-profile failure of a Nike Inc. basketball shoe on Wednesday night was more than an epic embarrassment for the athletic brand. It could be a product-liability case. Duke University star freshman Zion Williamson...
EPA Investigating GenX Production at Chemours’ North Carolina Plant
Feb 21 2019 // A chemical maker’s North Carolina plant may have broken federal law by failing to notify the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before it started manufacturing and repurposing new industrial compounds, the agency...
North Carolina Insurers Request 19% Rate Increase for Mobile Home Policies
Feb 19 2019 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed a request to increase homeowners’ insurance rates for mobile home policies of at least 19 percent, according to the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI). The NCRB,...
Hearing Scheduled to Settle Rate Dispute with North Carolina Insurers
Feb 18 2019 // In response to a filing by North Carolina insurers for a 17.4 percent rate increase in homeowners insurance rates, North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has set a Sept. 4, 2019 hearing date, saying he does not...
Eating an Elephant: Tales from 9 Agency Start-Ups
Feb 18 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,...
Ryan Specialty to Acquire International Specialty Insurance Services of North Carolina
Feb 13 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group, LLC has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of International Specialty Insurance Services Inc. (ISI), an independently owned managing general underwriter with offices...
Causey Schedules Hearing to Settle Rate Dispute with North Carolina Insurers
Feb 11 2019 // In response to a filing by North Carolina insurers for a 17.4 percent rate increase in homeowners insurance rates, North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has set a Sept. 4, 2019 hearing date, saying he does not...
Feds Subpoena More Documents About Donor from North Carolina Insurance Dept.
Feb 8 2019 // Federal prosecutors have sought more documents from the North Carolina Department of Insurance about an industry magnate who’s also donated lots of money recently to North Carolina political causes. A department...
Insurtech CoverHound Raises $58 Million to Drive Cyber Unit, Open North Carolina Office
Feb 5 2019 // Digital property/casualty insurance platform CoverHound announced it has raised a $58 million Series D funding round. Global specialist insurer Hiscox led the round, along with additional investors including Chubb, Aflac...
North Carolina Auto Insurers Request 7.6% Rate Increase
Feb 5 2019 // The annual auto insurance filing from the North Carolina Rate Bureau to the North Carolina Department of Insurance calls for an overall statewide average increase of 7.6 percent, according to a statement from Insurance...
Federal Disaster Declaration Issued for North Carolina for Michael Damage
Feb 5 2019 // President Donald Trump has approved a major disaster declaration for North Carolina to provide for federal assistance to areas impacted by Tropical Storm Michael last fall. The declaration was announced in a news release...
Southeast Officials Focus on Curbing Fraud, Rising Auto Rates, Flood Insurance, Distracted Driving
Jan 29 2019 // For the seventh year in a row, the Florida insurance industry, regulators, and consumer advocates will push for reforms to the state’s assignment of benefits issue that has now become an insurance crisis, according...
