Latest North Carolina Headlines
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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,...
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...
