Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Most Popular Insurance Journal Southeast Stories of 2014
Dec 31 2014 // In 2014, Southeast readers of InsuranceJournal.com made news about Florida insurers, courts and politics along with North Carolina storms and homeowners insurance among the most popular stories of the year. With an...
Bicyclist Seeks North Carolina Supreme Court Review of Damages Case
Dec 23 2014 // A Durham bicyclist hit by a car in 2009 is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to allow her to collect damages from the motorist who struck her. The Herald-Sun of Durham reported that a judge overturned a jury’s...
North Carolina Denies Homeowners Insurance Rate Hike
Dec 21 2014 // North Carolina insurance companies that wanted to raise the cost of homeowners coverage by an average of roughly 25 percent were told Friday the state’s regulator is instead approving a zero overall change. Insurance...
North Carolina Couple Charged with Insurance Faud
Dec 19 2014 // A North Carolina couple has been charged with faking an accident and medical records in filing an insurance claim. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin last week announced the arrests of James Arnold Seals, 42, of...
North Carolina Driver Charged with DWI Twice in Same Day
Dec 18 2014 // Officials in Asheville, North Carolina said a woman was charged with driving while impaired twice in the same day by the same sheriff’s deputy. Area media outlets report warrants at the Buncombe County...
North Carolina Approves Decreases in Voluntary, Residual Market Workers’ Comp Loss Costs for 2015
Dec 15 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has approved workers’ compensation rates as filed that will go into effect April 1, 2015. There will be a 3.4 percent average decrease to loss costs for the...
North Carolina Triad Reports 14 Car Deaths in 9 Days
Dec 8 2014 // Law enforcement officials in the Triad area of North Carolina are urging motorists to drive safely after 14 people were killed in traffic accidents during a nine-day stretch in November. The Winston-Salem Journal reported...
North Carolina Authorities Investigating Fires at Beach Condos
Dec 8 2014 // Authorities said two condominiums units and a car have been set on fire in suspicious blazes in Carolina Beach. New Hanover County District Attorney Ben David told local media outlets that crews are still checking to make...
Atlantic Hurricane Season Spared All But North Carolina
Dec 2 2014 // Sunday marked the end of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season during which North Carolina was the only state to have a storm hit the mainland. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the six-month season saw...
Ride, Home-Sharing Regulation Debate Reaches North Carolina
Dec 1 2014 // North Carolina lawmakers heard arguments recently for and against increasing regulation of digital services that allow people to sell car rides through a smartphone app or rent out rooms to travelers. Car services such as...
Five Arrested in Alleged Staged Accident Scam in North Carolina
Nov 30 2014 // North Carolina insurance officials reported the arrests of five people from Fayetville in an alleged insurance fraud scheme involving a staged auto accident in Cumberland County. Department of Insurance criminal...
North Carolina Insurance Agent Accused of Embezzlement
Nov 25 2014 // North Carolina insurance officials announced the arrest of Harry Bernard Laughlin of Charlotte on 28 felony counts of embezzlement by an insurance agent. Department of Insurance criminal investigators allege that between...
North Carolina Approves Workers’ Compensation Rates for 2015
Nov 20 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said new workers’ compensation rates have been approved as filed and will go into effect April 1, 2015. There will be a 3.4 percent average decrease to loss costs...
North Carolina Lawmakers Hear Pros, Cons of Uber, Lyft, Airbnb
Nov 20 2014 // North Carolina lawmakers heard arguments this week for and against increasing regulation of digital services that allow people to sell car rides through a smartphone app or rent out rooms to travelers. Car services such as...
Panel Backs North Carolina AG’s Call for More School Bus Cameras
Nov 19 2014 // A panel of lawmakers, safety advocates and health professionals back North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper’s proposal to install more cameras on school buses. Cooper says the cameras will deter drivers from...
Knight Takes Helm at North Carolina Big ‘I’ Association
Nov 13 2014 // Aubie W. Knight has officially assumed the position of chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC), the group announced. Knight comes to IIANC with 21 years experience in the...
WCRI: Hospital Costs for Injured Workers in N.C. Remained High in 2012
Nov 7 2014 // Hospital costs per workers’ compensation claim in North Carolina remained higher than most states in 2012 in the wake of attempts to control their costs, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research...
North Carolina Agent Charged for Allegedly Embezzling Client’s Funds
Nov 5 2014 // A North Carolina insurance agent has been charged with embezzlement and obtaining property by false pretense, the state’s Department of Insurance announced. According to the department’s announcement on Oct....
Hilb Group Acquires North Carolina’s Lake Norman Benefits
Nov 4 2014 // The Hilb Group, LLC said it has acquired Lake Norman Benefits of Charlotte, North Carolina. Terms were not disclosed on the transaction that closed on Nov. 1. LNB will continue to operate at its current location under...
North Carolina Opens Hearing on Homeowners Rate Hike
Oct 22 2014 // North Carolina’s insurance commissioner on Monday began deciding whether to allow homeowners’ coverage costs to rise by as much as 35 percent even as some insurers demand even higher rates in agreements with...
