Latest North Carolina Headlines
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North Carolina Attack Shows Fragility of U.S. Power Grids, Experts Say
Dec 7 2022 // The attacks that left two electrical substations in North Carolina riddled with gunfire and knocked out power to 45,000 homes and businesses underscores the fragility of US grids, experts said Monday. The FBI is...
Insurance Commissioner Urges Flexibility After Attacks Knocked Out Power in NC
Dec 7 2022 // North Carolina’s insurance commissioner has asked insurers to give policyholders affected by power outages grace periods on paying premiums and filing claims. “This criminal act has had a significant impact on...
Heightened Penalties for Arson, Retail Theft in North Carolina Now in Effect
Dec 6 2022 // Tougher penalties for certain types of arsons and large-scale thefts at stores in North Carolina are among all or portions of 10 new state laws approved by the General Assembly this year that will take effect on...
Two Children Killed in House Fire in North Carolina
Dec 6 2022 // Two children died and two adults were injured last weekend in a house fire in Salisbury, North Carolina. The Salisbury Post reported Saturday that the Salisbury Fire Department and Rowan County Emergency Services were...
Attack on North Carolina Electrical Stations Leaves 40,000 Without Power
Dec 5 2022 // A shooting attack on two North Carolina electrical substations has knocked out power to some 40,000 homes and businesses and prompted local officials to declare a curfew Sunday night. Local and national news outlets...
After NC Fire, School Employee Charged in Connection with Falsified Alarm Inspections
Nov 29 2022 // When an elementary school in Durham, North Carolina, caught fire in the middle of the night last April, officials found it strange that the alarm did not sound or alert the local fire department. It turned out that...
Two Dead After Small Plane Crashes in North Carolina
Nov 22 2022 // A small plane crashed in Winston-Salem on Saturday, killing two people, authorities said. Winston-Salem Police Department spokeswoman Kira Boyd told the Winston-Salem Journal that two people died in the crash of the small...
Safer Snow Storms: NC DOT Adds Simulator Training for Snow Plow Operators
Nov 22 2022 // The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s winter weather prep is going digital this year with a snow plow simulator designed to give employees more training time without getting behind the wheel of an actual...
Gallagher Acquires NC-based Intellectual Property Insurance Firm
Nov 15 2022 // The global insurance brokerage and consulting firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired a North Carolina-based intellectual property insurance firm. PIUS, or Patent Insurance Underwriting Services, is considered a...
In Hot Tub Case, Farm Bureau Must Defend Insured in Deadly Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in North Carolina
Nov 7 2022 // What started out as festive time at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair in 2019 ended with 96 people hospitalized with Legionnaires’ disease. Four of them died. The tragedy in Fletcher, North Carolina, made...
North Carolina Rate Bureau Wants 87% Hike in Mobile Home Rates over 2 Years
Nov 4 2022 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau is requesting an average 87.5% increase in insurance rates for mobile home fire policies over the next two years, and a 53.4% increase in casualty policies. The rate requests may seem large,...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Clinard Group in North Carolina
Nov 1 2022 // World Insurance Associates, one of the larger brokerage firms in the country, has acquired North Carolina-based Clinard Insurance Group. WIA, headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, announced that it had purchased Clinard on...
Investment Advisor Sentenced in Fraud that Added To NC Mutual’s Troubles
Oct 31 2022 // Federal prosecutors have said that Bradley Reifler, a New York-based investment manager, contributed greatly to the demise of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co., the oldest black-owned insurance company in the United...
North Carolina Drops Broker Licensing
Oct 17 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Broker licensing, long a complicated subject, has been thrust into the spotlight here on the AgentSync blog once more as North Carolina drops its broker-specific...
‘Weston’s Law’ on Elevator Safety in Vacation Homes Takes Effect in North Carolina
Oct 5 2022 // New safety mandates for elevators inside North Carolina beach and vacation cottages take effect on Saturday along with all or portions of another dozen or so enacted state laws. Other laws approved this year and starting...
North Carolina Insurance Dept. Takes Over Investigation Into Furniture Plant Fire
Sep 26 2022 // An investigation into a fire that destroyed a 40-year-old furniture upholstery business in North Carolina has been turned over to the state Department of Insurance. Morgan Chair, a 25-employee company in Stanfield, North...
Truck Driver Had Heart Attack, but Accident Still Compensable in North Carolina
Sep 23 2022 // Workers’ compensation carriers in North Carolina continue to be bound by a 44-year-old presumption that a death during work duties is work-related, even when a doctor testifies that a heart condition was the cause of...
Towne Insurance Snaps Up Lee-Moore Agency in North Carolina
Sep 12 2022 // Virginia-based Towne Insurance has continued its steady rate of expansion with the acquistion of Lee-Moore Insurance Agency in North Carolina. The move is the ninth acquisition by Suffolk-headquartered Towne, company...
North Carolina Judge Sets Lindberg’s New Trial Date for March 2023
Aug 30 2022 // A new trial for North Carolina insurance executive Greg Lindberg has been set for March 2023, three years after his conviction on bribery charges, a conviction that was later overturned. Federal prosecutors and...
Four Workers Hurt in Steam Release at North Carolina Paper Mill
Aug 29 2022 // Four workers were hurt at a North Carolina paper mill on Thursday, officials said. Four employees at WestRock’s mill in Roanoke Rapids were injured in an incident involving a steam release from a valve, WestRock...
