Latest North Carolina Headlines
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North Carolina Driver Apologizes for Death Due to Texting
Feb 12 2014 // A Belmont, North Carolina woman charged with hitting and killing a pedestrian has apologized. Forty-five-year-old Belinda Strange Hudspeth apologized to the victim’s family in court on Monday. Seventy-five-year-old...
Garlock Ruling Could Shift Asbestos Litigation in Manufacturers’ Favor
Feb 12 2014 // A judge who found what he called a “startling pattern” of abuse by plaintiffs’ lawyers may have shifted the landscape of asbestos litigation with a ruling in favor of manufacturers. In a decree last...
Environmentalists Hit North Carolina Politics Behind Duke’s Coal Ash Pollution
Feb 11 2014 // Over the last year, environmental groups have tried three times to use the federal Clean Water Act to force Duke Energy to clear out leaky coal ash dumps like the one that ruptured last week, spewing enough toxic sludge...
North Carolina Driver Faces Murder, Texting Charge
Feb 10 2014 // A North Carolina woman faces murder and other charges after authorities say she was texting a message when she hit and killed a 75-year-old woman walking to visit a neighbor. The North Carolina Highway Patrol said...
North Carolina Auto Insurers Seek No Rate Change
Feb 6 2014 // North Carolina auto insurers say no rate increase is needed for auto insurance policies in the coming year. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said the Department of Insurance has received the annual auto insurance rate...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires North Carolina Surety Bond Agency
Feb 5 2014 // Marsh & McLennan Agency (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh, said it has acquired The Bond Network, a surety bonding agency based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not...
North Carolina Regulator Receiving Comments on 25% Home Insurance Hike
Jan 28 2014 // North Carolina homeowners are looking at insurance cost increases averaging 25 percent starting in August if the state’s regulator goes along, and his office heard Friday from some of those upset about the prospect...
North Carolina Arrests 5 in Alleged Staged Accidents; 2 Suspects Sought
Jan 28 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin this week announced the arrests of five people in an alleged insurance fraud scheme involving several staged auto accidents in Buncombe County. Department of Insurance...
People – Southeast
Jan 27 2014 // Starr Companies said it has appointed Eleanor Kitzman as vice president of Starr Insurance Holdings Inc. Kitzman will have regulatory, management and operational responsibilities across the company’s domestic and...
North Carolina Insurers Stand By 25.3% Home Insurance Bid
Jan 27 2014 // Despite urging by the state’s insurance commissioner that they withdraw their bid, North Carolina homeowners insurers are unlikely to withdraw their request for a 25.3 percent average rate hike. The data supports the...
North Carolina Lawmakers Weigh Privacy Regulations for Drones
Jan 23 2014 // General Assembly members began learning more Tuesday about the emerging unmanned aircraft industry and are likely to debate soon what restrictions North Carolina could place on drones to protect people’s privacy. A...
Walker Named North Carolina Captive Insurance Director
Jan 13 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has named Debbie Walker as director of captive insurance for the state. As head of the insurance department’s new captive insurance section, Walker will be...
North Carolina Rate Bureau Stands By 25.3% Home Insurance Bid
Jan 7 2014 // Despite urging by the state’s insurance commissioner that they withdraw their bid, North Carolina homeowners insurers are unlikely to withdraw their request for a 25.3 percent average rate hike. The data supports the...
North Carolina Regulator ‘Appalled’ at Home Insurers’ Request for 25% Rate Hike
Jan 5 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has called upon insurers in his state to withdraw a request for a 25.3 percent rate hike for homeowners insurance, saying he is “appalled” they would seek a...
North Carolina Licenses Four Captives
Jan 3 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said his agency has issued four captive insurance company licenses since the state’s Captive Insurance Act went into effect in late October 2013. The new North...
Couple Settles for $1M in North Carolina Daycare Tragedy
Dec 18 2013 // Court records say a Catawba County couple has received a $1 million settlement from a Mooresville daycare after their infant son stopped breathing and suffered brain damage. The Charlotte Observer reported that a lawsuit...
North Carolina Man Sues Hookup Website for Marriage Breakup
Dec 17 2013 // A Charlotte man is suing his ex-wife’s lover as well as a website which he says led to the breakup of his marriage. The Charlotte Observer reported that Robert Schindler is suing the woman’s alleged partner in...
Gun Group, North Carolina Locals At Odds Over Firearms in Playgrounds
Dec 13 2013 // When North Carolina lawmakers approved a bill expanding where concealed weapons are legally allowed, it created a dilemma for communities that had banned firearms from playgrounds. To comply with the legislation, some...
AIG to Open $5.5M Tech Center, Bring 230 New Jobs to Charlotte, N.C.
Dec 11 2013 // North Carolina officials announced American International Group will invest more than $5.5 million to establish a technology center in Charlotte, N.C. With the new technology center, AIG plans to bring 230 new jobs to the...
N.C. Commissioner Delivers Keynote at Inaugural Captive Insurance Seminar
Dec 11 2013 // North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin on Wednesday delivered the keynote presentation, “Why North Carolina?” to captive insurance managers and service providers, regulators, legislators...
