Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina May Hike Penalties for Violations of Workplace Safety
Jul 10 2009 // A plan to increase maximum monetary penalties for businesses that break North Carolina’s child labor and some workplace safety laws is one vote away from final passage. The Senate voted unanimously this week to...
North Carolina Bill Lets Repeat Drunk Drivers Get Back Licenses
Jul 10 2009 // Repeat drunken-drivers in North Carolina who get their license revoked could get their permit back after a clean criminal and traffic record for 10 years in legislation approved by the Senate. The measure approved this...
North Carolina Lawmakers Consider Cap on Damages in Adultery Lawsuits
Jul 9 2009 // A Senate committee has backed limits to a North Carolina law that allows scorned spouses to sue and collect damages for stolen affection and adultery. A Senate judiciary committee this week recommended a bill barring...
North Carolina Looks for Coastal Insurance Fix
Jul 6 2009 // As Florida has been confronting its state’s underfunding for catastrophes, North Carolina is also grappling with how to fill the gap between potential liabilities and available monies for its market of last resort...
North Carolina House Committee Advances Beach Plan Reforms
Jul 1 2009 // The North Carolina House Insurance Committee has unanimously approved legislation that attempts to spread the pain should a major storm cause losses that exceed existing private and public insurance funds. The legislation...
North Carolina Court Allows Student Abuse Suit Against County
Jun 29 2009 // A North Carolina court ruling means a former Wilmington student can seek damages for alleged sexual abuse even though the New Hanover County school system’s insurance doesn’t cover it. The state Supreme Court...
North Carolina Coastal Insurance Fix Would Alter Deductibles, Limits
Jun 29 2009 // North Carolina legislators started grappling last week with how to beef up the state-created but underfunded insurance program for coastal property, and immediately confronted the possibility that all of the state’s...
North Carolina Moves to Boost Motorboat Safety
Jun 26 2009 // Young motorboat drivers in North Carolina would be required to meet minimum boating safety education requirements in legislation approved by the House. The bill approved this week would obligate people under age 26 to...
All North Carolina Homeowners Could Pay If Insurers, Beach Plan Fall Short
Jun 24 2009 // Every insured homeowner in North Carolina could shoulder the cost of rebuilding if a massive hurricane hits under a deal taking shape in the Legislature. The legislation (HB1305), expected to be detailed in a House...
North Carolina Bans Texting While Driving
Jun 23 2009 // North Carolina has become the seventh state to pass a ban this year on texting while driving. So how did Gov. Beverly Perdue get the word out? She had an aide send a text message announcing the governor has signed the ban...
ConAgra: Insurance Covers Profit Loss at North Carolina Slim Jim Plant
Jun 22 2009 // ConAgra Foods Inc. said Thursday the North Carolina Slim Jim plant where an explosion killed three people last week is closed for now, with production not resuming until some time in August. While production will resume in...
North Carolina Ammonia Plant Leak Kills 1, Injures 4
Jun 22 2009 // An ammonia leak Saturday at a poultry processing plant in North Carolina killed one worker and injured four others, authorities said. Sheriff Kenneth Sealey said the leak occurred about 10 a.m. Saturday at the Mountaire...
Justice Benjamins
Jun 15 2009 // Eleven states also elect insurance commissioners and given that insurance regulators are in many ways judges, the same potential conflicts are in play. An elected West Virginia judge should have taken himself out a case...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires North Carolina’s Taylor Insurance Agency
Jun 10 2009 // Illinois-based international insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Walker Taylor Agency of Wilmington, North Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Spanning five generations with...
North Carolina Agent Charged with Murder Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
May 27 2009 // Former North Carolina insurance agent Michael A. Howell has pleaded guilty to 25 counts of embezzlement and is expected to plead guilty to the murder of the state examiner who audited his agency about one year ago. Howell,...
North Carolina Considers Cap on Workers’ Compensation for Retirees
May 12 2009 // The North Carolina House Insurance Committee has advanced a measure that would limit workers’ compensation payments to injured workers a few years after they become eligible for Social Security. The bill (HB 1022)...
North Carolina Agent Charged With Workers’ Compensation Fraud
May 8 2009 // A North Carolina insurance agent has been arrested, charged with twice failing to remit insurance premiums to the insurance company. North Carolina Commissioner Wayne Goodwin reported the arrest of Sherri Efrid, of...
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Volunteers for Pay Cut
May 8 2009 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said he will take a voluntary pay cut in line with what Governor Beverly Perdue has ordered for all state employees. All state employees — including those in...
North Carolina Court: ‘Reasonable Suspicion’ Requires Multiple Factors
May 7 2009 // An anonymous tip and a police officer’s observation of a driver swerving in his lane were not enough to reasonably suspect drunken driving, judges on the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled this week. The...
Builders Mutual Insurance to Help Builders Learn Survival Skills
May 6 2009 // Raleigh, North Carolina-based commercial insurer Builders Mutual is launching a training program for builders that the insurer hopes will help them survive and thrive in today’s economy. Participants in the course,...
