Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Farmers Hit by Hurricanes in Alabama, Florida, Georgia to Get $800M in Federal Aid
Nov 12 2019 // The federal government announced $800 million in aid Friday to farmers in three southern states that were devastated by last year’s hurricanes. Nearly half that money will go to Florida, where timber farmers suffered...
North Carolina-Based Jackson Sumner & Associates Names McNeil P&C Manager
Nov 12 2019 // Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) has promoted Kristel McNeil to the position of P&C Manager. McNeil first began with JSA in 1998 in support staff, and in 2001 moved into underwriting for the company. In 2006 she...
Swiss Re’s Kaplan Joins North Carolina-Based AmWINS Group
Nov 7 2019 // AmWINS Group, Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has named Alex Kaplan executive vice president for Alternative Risk. In his new role, Kaplan will lead a new strategy around the...
Insurance Investor Accused of North Carolina Political Bribery Taps Former FBI Director as Legal Counsel
Nov 5 2019 // Embattled insurance investor Greg E. Lindberg has retained Louis Freeh, former federal judge and FBI director, and his firm Freeh, Sporkin & Sullivan to examine and render advice regarding financial aspects of...
North Carolina House Advances $257M Hurricane Aid Bill
Nov 4 2019 // North Carolina legislators are aiming to locate more funds to help with the recovery from recent hurricanes, with an emphasis on lessening damages in future storms. The full House voted unanimously Wednesday night for a...
Munich Re’s Assennata Joins North Carolina-Based IAT Insurance Group
Nov 4 2019 // IAT Insurance Group, a provider of specialty property and casualty products, has added Steve Assennata to the company to serve as chief underwriting officer (CUO) of its Programs unit. The company is based in Raleigh,...
Several States Have Doubts About $48 Billion Opioid Settlement Offer
Oct 24 2019 // Several U.S. states that have been ravaged by the opioid epidemic are pushing back on a proposed $48 billion settlement framework that would resolve thousands of lawsuits against five drug companies accused of fueling the...
North Carolina Fines Utility, Subcontractors in Deadly Gas Explosion
Oct 23 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Labor has issued more than $21,000 in fines to three companies involved in a deadly natural gas explosion. News outlets report PSNC Energy and two subcontractors were cited for the April 10...
North Carolina Health System Alerts Customers to Data Breach
Oct 22 2019 // A health system that serves western North Carolina has contacted an undisclosed number of people about a data breach involving its e-commerce website. The Citizen-Times reports Mission Health said it recently...
4th Person Dies from North Carolina Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
Oct 21 2019 // North Carolina health officials say a fourth person has died from Legionnaires’ disease. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Resources said in a statement on Friday that its Division of Public Health has...
North Carolina to Create Program to Help Dorian Victims After FEMA Rejection
Oct 16 2019 // Gov. Roy Cooper aims to create a state-funded program to help residents in four North Carolina counties recover from Hurricane Dorian after the federal government declined a request for assistance targeting them. The...
CRC Group Hires Watson to Open CRC Office in Charlotte, North Carolina
Oct 14 2019 // CRC Group has hired Greg Watson as Office President for a new CRC office opening in Charlotte, North Carolina. Watson comes to CRC with more than 10 years of industry experience, where he began his career as a personal...
North Carolina Confirms Second Death from Legionnaires’ Disease
Oct 14 2019 // North Carolina health officials have confirmed a second death from Legionnaires’ disease linked to a hot tub display at a fair. The Division of Public Health in the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services says...
Federal Disaster Declaration for North Carolina Counties Hit by Dorian
Oct 8 2019 // President Donald Trump has approved a request from North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper for public assistance for 14 counties affected by Hurricane Dorian. The major disaster declaration, approved Friday, allows impacted...
North Carolina State Bar Fights Off Spread of Ransomware Attack
Oct 7 2019 // The North Carolina State Bar says it was the target of a ransomware attack this week. In a statement issued on Thursday, the organization says the attack late Monday infiltrated the network through a server and began...
Hot Tub Displays at North Carolina Fair Likely Cause of Legionnaires’ Outbreak
Oct 7 2019 // North Carolina health officials say hot tub displays inside a building at a fair are likely to blame for an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease last month. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services said on its...
North Carolina Homeowners, Mobile Home Rates Going Up
Oct 7 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance and the North Carolina Rate Bureau have settled a legal dispute over a proposed premium increase for homeowners insurance rates, according to a statement from NCDOI. NCDOI has...
Catastrophe Modelers: U.S. Insured Losses from Dorian Could Reach $1.5B in U.S.
Oct 7 2019 // Insured loss estimates for Hurricane Dorian will range from $500 million to $1.5 billion, according to catastrophe modeling firms Karen Clark & Co. and RMS. According to KCC, Dorian reached peak intensity of 185 mph...
116 Sickened, 1 Death Reported from North Carolina Legionnaire’s Outbreak
Oct 4 2019 // Health officials in North Carolina say 116 people have been diagnosed with Legionnaire’s disease since an outbreak was reported in September. The Asheville Citizen Times reports the N.C. Department of Health and...
Former Head of North Carolina GOP Pleads Guilty in Insurance Commissioner Bribery Case
Oct 4 2019 // The former chairman of North Carolina’s Republican Party admitted Wednesday that he broke the law by lying to federal agents about his role in an alleged effort to bribe the state’s top insurance regulator to...
