North Carolina Department of Insurance News

North Carolina Approves Amendments to Captive Insurance Law

Amendments proposed to the North Carolina Captive Insurance Act by the North Carolina Department of Insurance were met with unanimous support from the N.C. General Assembly and signed into law on June 19, 2015. Some of the amendments include: Clarifying …

North Carolina Contractor Jailed for Taking Insurance Money for Fraudulent Jobs

Authorities are accusing a contractor of taking more than $9,000 from insurance companies for roofing jobs in Richmond County, N.C., that he didn’t do. The Richmond County Daily Journal reports 42-year-old David Allen Coble of Monroe is charged with felony …

North Carolina Government Building Damaged by Flood

Workers at the North Carolina Department of Insurance and other state agencies are cleaning up after water flooded a state building in downtown Raleigh damaging offices and state records. Officials said Tuesday it’s not known what caused an 8-inch water …

North Carolina Agent Charged with Embezzlement

Insurance agent Amneris Deleon, of Wilmington, N.C., was arrested and charged with one count each of embezzlement by an insurance agent and accessing a computer to defraud or obtain property. Department of Insurance criminal investigators accuse Deleon—the owner and operator …

North Carolina Insurers Request Mobile Home Rate Changes

The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed for mobile homeowners insurance rate changes with the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI). The N.C. Rate Bureau has requested an average statewide decrease of 0.8 percent for the MH(C) form and an …

North Carolina Agent Charged for Allegedly Embezzling Client’s Funds

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. 31, criminal investigators allege that Bonnie Harrell Smith, while working as …

N.C. Department of Insurance Issues Its 1st Captive Insurance License of 2014

North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced last Friday that one of the nation’s largest convenience store chains has formed a captive insurance company in North Carolina. The Pantry Inc., based in Cary, N.C., has formed Cellarium Insurance Company Inc., …

North Carolina Motorist Arrested for Alleged Auto Insurance Fraud

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced Wednesday the arrest of Tenquisha Shancaza Durham of Gastonia, N.C. She was charged with one count each of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense. North Carolina’s Department of Insurance criminal investigators …

Oklahoma Steps Up Fraud Fight in Disaster Zones

Oklahoma is stepping up its efforts to fight fraud in storm-devastated areas of the state with the assistance of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and the North Carolina Department of Insurance. Five officers from the North Carolina Department …