Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Directors Cite Insurance Questions in Ouster of North Carolina’s Duke Energy CEO
Jul 23 2012 // A long-time Duke Energy Corp. director who led the surprise CEO ouster at the country’s largest electric company said Friday that reasons for the move included a long-delayed update on insurance payments for a...
N.C. Workers’ Comp Data Dispute Resolved
Jul 23 2012 // North Carolina officials have found a way to resolve media groups’ concern over public access to some employers’ workers’ compensation information while maintaining the confidentiality of other...
North Carolina OKs Sea Policy Change Ban
Jul 23 2012 // North Carolina House and Senate lawmakers have voted to prohibit any state agency from making policies on sea-level change until 2016 and have called for the scientists to do more studies. Their bill now goes to Gov....
North Carolina Resolves Media Concerns Over Workers’ Comp Data
Jul 13 2012 // North Carolina officials have found a way to resolve media groups’ concern over public access to some employers’ workers’ compensation information while maintaining the confidentiality of other...
North Carolina Lawmakers Pass 4 Year-Ban on Sea Level Policy Changes
Jul 6 2012 // After North Carolina lawmakers were ridiculed for their attempts to ignore a state-sponsored science panel that predicted a sharp rise in sea levels, they agreed this week to forbid any state agency to make policies on...
North Carolina Lawmakers Pass Protection for Insurance Whistleblowers
Jul 6 2012 // North Carolina lawmakers are acting to protect whistleblowers after a hospital sued a former employee who reported what the state auditor later determined were excessive taxpayer charges. The Winston-Salem Journal reported...
North Carolina Gov. Perdue Signs Workers’ Comp Scofflaw Bill
Jul 2 2012 // North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue has signed a bill designed to crack down on employers without workers’ compensation coverage despite opposition from media groups that objected to the fact the employer information will...
North Carolina Targets Workers’ Comp Scofflaws
Jul 2 2012 // North Carolina business owners may find it harder to escape having workers’ compensation coverage after state lawmakers approval of a bill closing a loophole that had resulted in tens of thousands of employers going...
North Carolina Pastor Charged with Insurance Fraud
Jun 25 2012 // A pastor in North Carolina has been arrested and accused of taking about $23,000 in an insurance scam. The Hickory Daily Record reported that 47-year-old Chuck Hager was arrested and charged with 13 felonies. The pastor of...
North Carolina Passes Law Targeting Employers Without Workers’ Comp
Jun 25 2012 // North Carolina business owners may find it harder to escape having workers’ compensation coverage after state lawmakers approved a bill closing a legal loophole that had resulted in tens of thousands of employers...
North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Outpatient Payments Growing: WCRI
Jun 19 2012 // Hospital charges for the treatment of injured workers in North Carolina are growing quickly in the wake of regulatory changes meant to reduce outpatient costs, according to a study by the Workers Compensation Research...
North Carolina Keeps Newer Car Inspections
Jun 18 2012 // North Carolina drivers that own newer cars will still have to undergo an annual vehicle inspection after state lawmakers scuttled a proposal to exempt them from the requirement. The Joint Transportation Oversight Committee...
Hartman Named President, CEO of North Carolina’s Stonewood Insurance
Jun 12 2012 // Steven J. Hartman has been named president and chief executive officer of Stonewood Insurance Management Co. Inc. and its three affiliated property/casualty insurance companies. Hartman’s appointment was announced by...
Judge Nixes North Carolina’s Matching Election Funds Program
Jun 4 2012 // A federal judge has struck down portions of North Carolina’s voluntary public financing program for appellate court candidates. The program was designed to provide extra funds to participants when they’re...
State Auto Consolidates RED, Rockhill in North Carolina
May 31 2012 // The specialty division of the State Auto Insurance Group is consolidating its Risk Evaluation and Design (RED) subsidiary and its Rockhill Specialty Program Division into a single operating structure. The RED team, based...
North Carolina Maintains Inspections on Newer Cars
May 30 2012 // North Carolina drivers that own newer cars will still have to undergo an annual vehicle inspection after state lawmakers scuttled a proposal to exempt them from the requirement. The Joint Transportation Oversight Committee...
North Carolina Cost Drivers Studied
May 21 2012 // North Carolina had higher income benefit payments per claim among 16 states in a recent study, slower return to work resulting in longer duration of temporary disability, and larger lump-sum settlements than in many study...
2 Republicans Face Run-Off in North Carolina Race
May 21 2012 // Republicans still have to pick their candidate for North Carolina insurance commissioner after cutting the field to two. Richard Morgan and Mike Causey topped a three-candidate field on May 8 to advance to a runoff...
2 Republicans Face Run-Off in North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Race
May 10 2012 // Republicans still have to pick their candidate for North Carolina insurance commissioner after cutting the field to two. Richard Morgan and Mike Causey topped a three-candidate field on Tuesday to advance to a runoff...
Blue Cross Fights North Carolina Claim It Blocks Competition
May 8 2012 // North Carolina’s Blue Cross plan and the national Blue Cross licensing organization asked a federal court to reject a lawsuit claiming the company’s network of insurance plans across the country are limiting...
