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#1 Surgeons Can’t Slip Out of GEICO’s Latest RICO Fraud Lawsuit in NC, Judge Says
Jul 1 2024 // GEICO Insurance companies have continued their campaign against alleged auto insurance fraud actors, including some well-known physicians and medical clinics. And a federal judge ruled in June that two of those...
#2 North Carolina, Florida Home Sellers Facing New Flood Disclosure Requirements
Jul 2 2024 // As of this week, home sellers in North Carolina must now disclose previous flood damage to properties. And come Oct. 1, Floridians must make similar disclosures, potentially boosting the demand for flood insurance. The...
#3 North Carolina Man Charged With Threatening Insurance Agents Over Claim
Jul 18 2024 // First, a North Carolina man filed a claim with Farm Bureau Insurance. Then he threatened three insurance agents with violence when he wasn’t paid as much as he expected, according to state authorities and one of the...
#4 Youth at North Carolina Therapy Camp Couldn’t Breathe in Tent, Autopsy Finds
Jun 27 2024 // LAKE TOXAWAY, N.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy who was enrolled in a wilderness therapy program for troubled youths in North Carolina died in February from an inability to breathe in the mostly plastic tentlike structure he...
#5 NTSB Investigating Crash of Small Plane That Killed Three in North Carolina
Jul 12 2024 // MARION, N.C. (AP) — Three people were killed when a small plane crashed in western North Carolina, officials said Monday. McDowell County Emergency Management said in a statement that emergency personnel responding to a...
#6 Cooper Signs Retention Groups, Vaping, Work Zone Safety Bills in North Carolina
Jul 5 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed four bills Wednesday that include the creation of a new registry for vaping products and a slew of changes related to transportation laws and the state...
#7 NC Can Switch Health Benefits Provider for State Workers, Judge Rules
Jul 10 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In a legal fight involving two health insurance companies seeking to manage North Carolina’s public employee benefits plan, a judge ruled Monday that the plan’s board acted properly when...
#8 NC Lawmakers Ratify Bill That Trims Taxes on Captives, Risk-Retention Groups
Jun 28 2024 // North Carolina, already ranked among the top states for captive insurance firms, could soon become a little more attractive for captives and risk-retention groups if the governor signs Senate Bill 319. State lawmakers this...
#9 Blue Cross Won’t Appeal: Aetna Set to Run NC State Worker Health Benefits
Jul 17 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Aetna is poised to manage health coverage plan benefits for North Carolina state workers and teachers starting early next year because Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina said Monday it...
