Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NC Residents Can Now Seek State Aid After Tropical Storm Chantal
Aug 8 2025 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Individuals in central North Carolina counties whose homes and belongings were damaged by massive rains last month from Tropical Storm Chantal can now seek state-funded financial grants for temporary...
North Carolina Expands FORTIFIED Roof Grant Program With Another $20 Million
Aug 4 2025 // North Carolina’s residual property insurance association is expanding its roof-grant program by $20 million, offering $6,000 to policyholders who upgrade their roofs to the more wind-resistant FORTIFIED...
NC Expands FORTIFIED Roof Grant Program With Another $20 Million
Jul 22 2025 // North Carolina’s residual property insurance association is expanding its roof-grant program by $20 million, offering $6,000 to policyholders who upgrade their roofs to the more wind-resistant FORTIFIED...
90 Patients Safely Relocated Amid North Carolina Health Facility Fire
Jul 14 2025 // About 90 patients at a North Carolina rehabilitation facility that suffered a structure fire have been safely moved and housed in other facilities, first responders in Burke County reported last night. Crews were...
NC Man Claimed Almost $300,000 in Travel Insurance Losses. Then He Was Arrested
Jul 11 2025 // Oscar Rafeal Ruiz was a busy man in 2023 and 2024, jetting to numerous places, losing his luggage multiple times and filing travel insurance claims of almost $300,000. The problem, North Carolina authorities said, is that...
Family of Four Killed in North Carolina Plane Crash
Jul 9 2025 // A North Carolina family of four, including two school-age children, died when their small plane crashed as they flew back from Florida. A National Transportation Safety Board crash investigator arrived Tuesday at the site...
Time to Change North Carolina’s Unique (and Antiquated) Rate Bureau System?
Jul 9 2025 // Insurance markets differ in important ways from state to state, and North Carolina’s stands out for two reasons. First, insurers responded to an exceptionally catastrophic storm in 2024—Hurricane Helene. The Tar...
Chantal Flooding Forces Dozens to Flee Homes in North Carolina
Jul 8 2025 // CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Floodwaters from the remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal swept a woman in her car from a rural road and forced dozens of people to flee their homes, officials in North Carolina said Monday. Parts...
NC Carrier Sanctioned for Pressing Workers’ Comp Claim it Had Denied
Jul 7 2025 // What happens when an employer and its workers’ compensation insurer deny a claim, then face a wrongful-death tort suit, then attempt to have the comp claim reinstated, going so far as to pay weekly wage amounts to...
Iconic NC Tourist Attraction Reopens as Governor Signs Helene Relief Plan
Jun 30 2025 // An iconic tourist attraction in an area of western North Carolina among the hardest hit by Hurricane Helene reopened to the public on Friday, nine months after the storm brought historic flooding, destruction and loss of...
NC Bill Ending Course Requirements for Agent Licenses on Way to Governor
Jun 27 2025 // North Carolina insurance producers will no longer be required to complete education courses before taking the license exam, under a bill now awaiting the governor’s signature. House Bill 737 was approved with little...
5 Taken to Hospital in NC After Flight From Miami Hits Turbulence
Jun 24 2025 // Five people were taken to a North Carolina hospital after a flight from Miami hit turbulence Sunday night, officials said. Fire and rescue crews responded to the flight after it arrived at Raleigh-Durham International...
Father, Two Sons Charged With Defrauding North Carolina Insurer of Last Resort
Jun 23 2025 // North Carolina authorities have charged a 65-year-old man and his two sons with insurance fraud for allegedly submitting false and exaggerated claims to one of the state’s property insurers of last resort. William...
NC Plane Crash Came After Pilot Raised Wheel to Avoid a Turtle, NTSB Says
Jun 23 2025 // The pilot of a small plane that crashed near a North Carolina airport this month had raised a wheel after landing to avoid hitting a turtle on the runway, according to a National Transportation Safety Board preliminary...
King Risk Acquires Nobles Agency in North Carolina
Jun 18 2025 // King Risk Partners, one of the largest insurance brokerages in the U.S., has acquired Nobles Insurance Agency in North Carolina, King Risk announced this week. Nobles, with offices in Raleigh, Clayton and other cities, has...
NC Insurance Agent Charged With Manipulating Life Policies for Personal Gain
Jun 16 2025 // A 43-year-old North Carolina insurance agent is out on bond after she was charged with using clients’ identities to gain illicit commissions on life insurance policies, the state Department of Insurance...
Agents Beware: Homeowner’s Failure to Read Policy Doesn’t Clear Agency of Negligence Claim, North Carolina High Court Says
Jun 16 2025 // A North Carolina insurance agency cannot escape a lawsuit brought by a homeowner whose claim was denied because key elements of the property were not mentioned in the coverage application. In a case that began almost a...
JetZero to Build $4.7B Next-Gen Plane Plant in NC With Up to 14,500 Jobs
Jun 13 2025 // JetZero Inc. announced plans Thursday to build its first manufacturing plant for a next-generation passenger jet in central North Carolina, a project that if successful would create more than 14,500 jobs there in a...
North Carolina Auto Rates to Rise for Second Time This Year After Agreement
Jun 11 2025 // North Carolina automobile insurance rates are poised to increase statewide by a 5% average this fall as part of an agreement reached between state regulators and the insurance industry. The increase comes six months after...
Progress Is Slow for Chimney Rock, NC Hit Hard by Hurricane Helene
May 27 2025 // The brightly colored sign along the S-curve mountain road beckons visitors to the Gemstone Mine, the “#1 ATTRACTION IN CHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE!” But another sign, on the shop’s mud-splattered front door,...
