Latest North Carolina Headlines
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Family of North Carolina Football Player Killed by ATV Sues School, Coach
Aug 27 2013 // The estate of a 15-year-old Asheville, N.C., football player who died two years ago after he was struck by an all-terrain vehicle at Roberson High School is suing the school’s football coach and the Buncombe County...
North Carolina Consumers Confronted with ‘Consent to Rate’
Aug 22 2013 // WFMY-TV in Greensboro, N.C. reports on a common problem facing North Carolina consumers: the arrival of letters from one’s home or auto insurer requesting to raise rates above levels approved by by the state, with...
North Carolina’s ECM Solutions Acquires Ferguson Agency
Aug 21 2013 // ECM Solutions of Charlotte, North Carolina, which sells commercial and personal insurance along with risk management services, has acquired the Ferguson Employee Benefits Agency in Greenville, South Carolina. ECM Solutions...
North Carolina Bureau, Insurers to Pay 2 Innocent Men $12M
Aug 14 2013 // The State Bureau of Investigation said that the agency and its insurers have agreed to pay more than $12 million to two men who spent a combined 31 years behind bars for crimes it was later found that they didn’t...
Blue Cross ‘Stores’ Offering Uninsureds Information on Obamacare Changes, Options
Aug 12 2013 // Just down from the Target and Gander Mountain big-box stores and between a nail salon and dental office in Morrisville, North Carolina’s largest health insurer opened its first retail store. It has some exercise...
Aon Risk Solutions Appoints Senior VP in North Carolina Office
Aug 6 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, recently announced the addition of Christopher Coté as senior vice president in the Charlotte, N.C., office.Christopher CotéIn his new role, Coté will...
North Carolina Residual Market Issues $500 Million in Cat Bonds
Aug 5 2013 // North Carolina’s two residual homeowners insurance markets have jointly issued $500 million in pre-event catastrophe bonds to ensure they have enough money on hand to quickly pay claims following hurricanes and other...
North Carolina Suffers Fourth Flash Flood in 4 Months
Jul 29 2013 // A series of thunderstorms moving across western North Carolina has triggered what meteorologists are calling major flash flooding. The Charlotte Observer reported that parts of Catawba and surrounding counties were under...
Former North Carolina Lawmaker Sues Driver, Bar Over Crash
Jul 25 2013 // A former North Carolina legislator who was seriously injured in a 2011 car crash is suing the estate of the man killed in the accident as well as the bar which he says served the victim too much alcohol. The Winston-Salem...
Nearly 1,800 North Carolina Drivers Arrested for Drunk Driving Over Holiday
Jul 17 2013 // North Carolina transportation officials said almost 1,800 motorists were arrested on North Carolina highways for driving while impaired during an Independence Day operation. The N.C. Department of Transportation and the...
North Carolina Residual Market Issues $500 Million in Cat Bonds; Rate Hikes Go Into Effect
Jul 16 2013 // North Carolina’s two residual homeowners insurance markets have jointly issued $500 million in pre-event catastrophe bonds to ensure they have enough money on hand to quickly pay claims following hurricanes and other...
North Carolina Blue Cross Defends Data Sharing
Jul 16 2013 // Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina shares private information of hundreds of thousands of its clients to an outside company that helps design its software. The company told The News & Observer of Raleigh that...
North Carolina Begins Surveying Outer Banks Residents on Evacuation
Jul 15 2013 // State and federal emergency officials will survey hundreds of Outer Banks residents to find out if they would ever evacuate for a hurricane so they can estimate how crowded roads will be when people are told to leave ahead...
North Carolina May Shield Firms from Obesity Lawsuits
Jul 11 2013 // North Carolina companies that manufacture, advertise or distribute food could soon have additional legal protections from lawsuits by people claiming their products led to their obesity. The House voted 99-16 this week in...
Judge Rules North Carolina Town Can Sue Failed Dam Contractors
Jul 10 2013 // A North Carolina judge says the town of Hope Mills can sue companies that built a dam that failed. The Fayetteville Observer reported that Superior Court Judge Erwin Spainhour said that the companies can be sued for breach...
North Carolina Enacts Captive Insurance Bill
Jun 21 2013 // A recently enacted bill in North Carolina will permit, for the first time, the creation of captive insurers based in the Tar Heel State. The North Carolina Captive Insurance Act (HB 473) was signed into law by Gov. Pat...
Coastal Homeowners Upset with Insurers, Regulators Over Surge in Insurance Costs
Jun 4 2013 // When Stan Virden moved into his 2,400-square-foot house overlooking a rock-lined canal in 1996, he paid less than $1,000 a year for homeowners insurance. Now, as he seeks to move to Atlanta to be near family, Virden says...
North Carolina’s Hagan Amends Senate Farm Bill to Address Crop Fraud
May 29 2013 // A measure championed by U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan adds $5 million in new funding to the 2013 farm bill to help root out crop insurance fraud. The Senate approved Hagan’s amendment last week by a vote of 94-0. The money...
North Carolina Town Files $10M Suit Over 2010 Dam Failure
May 29 2013 // The town of Hope Mills is suing to get $10 million to repair a dam that failed more than three years ago. It was the second dam to fail and empty the lake by the town. The first dam was breached in May 2003 when up to 8...
North Carolina Man Charged with Insurance Fraud
May 23 2013 // North Carolina authorities have accused a Lincoln County man of filing a fake report of a stolen motorcycle and trailer to get money from an insurance company. The Charlotte Observer reported that 38-year-old William...
