Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Crack in NC Roller Coaster Support Reminder of Amusement Park Risks
Jul 5 2023 // A visible crack in the support beam of a North Carolina roller coaster served as a reminder of the risks that sometimes arise with amusement park rides, particularly as families and adrenaline junkies flock to the...
North Carolina Roller Coaster Shut Down After Crack Found in Support Beam
Jul 3 2023 // A North Carolina amusement park closed one of its roller coasters Friday after a crack was found on a support beam. According to news reports, Carowinds shut down Fury 325. The park’s website advertises the ride as...
NC Lawmakers Move to Override Veto of Bill that Could Diminish Wetlands Protections
Jun 28 2023 // Republicans in the state legislature on Monday began efforts to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the General Assembly’s annual farm bill, with the Senate successfully voting to enact the...
NC Governor Signs Bill Allowing Civilian Traffic Accident Investigators
Jun 26 2023 // North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has signed into law a bill that will allow cities to hire civilian traffic investigators to handle some traffic accidents, freeing up police officers for other duties. House Bill 140, which...
Appeals Court Upholds Lindberg Fraud Judgment But Orders Damages to Be Determined
Jun 22 2023 // Former insurance executive and businessman Greg Lindberg was found liable for fraud in 2022 in connection with his insolvent insurance companies, but the North Carolina county court did not award damages. Lindberg...
NC Fire Marshal Investigating After Mobile Home Fire Kills Five
Jun 21 2023 // Authorities have identified five people who died in a mobile home fire in a rural North Carolina town as a husband and wife, a family friend and his two young sons. The Harnett County Sheriff’s Office identified the...
Carolina Lawmakers Increase Penalty After Last Year’s Substation Attack
Jun 21 2023 // Increased punishments for intentionally damaging utility equipment received final legislative approval Thursday in North Carolina after attacks on the state’s electrical grid caused a dayslong blackout last...
NC Supreme Court: Injured Trucker Due Benefits, Despite Tardy Claim
Jun 20 2023 // An injured truck driver described as “pretty tough” by her doctor after she finally sought treatment more than a year after a back injury was eligible for total temporary disability benefits despite the late...
Sublimit Left Out of Policy, But Liberty Mutual Firm Avoids Huge Payout Anyway
Jun 20 2023 // What happens when an insurance carrier, its underwriter, a broker and the insured all forget to make sure a sublimit endorsement on wind-driven rain losses is included in a multimillion dollar property policy? In the case...
After 7 Quakes, NC Commissioner Urges Homeowners to Add Endorsement
Jun 14 2023 // After seven minor earthquakes were recorded in recent weeks in western North Carolina, the state’s insurance commissioner is encouraging property owners to check with their insurance agents and make sure...
Court Agrees to Postpone One Lindberg Trial While Bribery Case is Retried
Jun 14 2023 // Embattled North Carolina insurance magnate and businessman Greg Lindberg won’t have to face two criminal trials in the same year, a federal judge has decided. U.S. District Judge Max Cogburn last week agreed to delay...
NC Bill Banning Environmentally Conscious Investment Advances in Senate
Jun 9 2023 // North Carolina agencies and state pension plans would be prohibited from using socially and environmentally conscious criteria to make investment decisions or hire employees, under legislation that advanced Wednesday in...
SEC Seeks to Recover Funds from NC Insurance Agent’s Alleged Investment Scam
May 31 2023 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has asked a federal court to bar a North Carolina insurance agent and financial advisor from trading securities and to disgorge ill-gotten gains from a real estate scam,...
Massive Fire Engulfs Charlotte, NC, Building, Parking Garage: One Dead, One Missing
May 19 2023 // A construction worker was killed and another was missing Friday morning after a massive fire broke out in an upscale business and residential area of Charlotte, North Carolina. News outlets reported that the five-alarm...
North Carolina Mobile Home Insurance Rates to Rise 15%, Starting in October
May 18 2023 // North Carolina’s insurance commissioner has negotiated a 15% average statewide increase in rates for mobile home insurance policies, a reduction from the hefty hike that the state’s rate bureau had...
NC Youth Again Need Learner Permits for Just Six Months Under New Law
May 9 2023 // The mandatory supervised driving period in North Carolina for young people before they can drive by themselves will be scaled back permanently after Gov. Roy Cooper said on Friday he’ll let a bill become law without...
Widow Bound by Exclusive Remedy in Band-Saw Fatality, NC Court Finds
May 3 2023 // A longtime worker at a North Carolina furniture products company, described as a model employee, died in 2020 under somewhat mysterious circumstances. Co-workers described hearing a “strange noise” as Rodney...
Leavitt Group Expands with Another North Carolina Agency Acquisition
May 2 2023 // Leavitt Elite Insurance Advisors, part of the multi-state Leavitt Group, has merged with another North Carolina agency. Simmons Insurance Agency, with offices in Pilot Mountain and Mount Airy, was founded in 1973 and has...
NC Commissioner Blasts Bill Giving Blue Cross More Control Over its Surplus
Apr 27 2023 // North Carolina’s dominant health insurance provider could transfer billions to a holding company instead of returning portions of that surplus to policyholders, under legislation that advanced Tuesday in the state...
NC Work Injury Tort Settles for $5M with Another $5M in Comp Benefits to Come
Apr 25 2023 // A laborer in Asheville, North Carolina, working at a hotel construction site, fell through a four-story air conditioning shaft in 2018, leaving him paralyzed and in need of regular care. Four years later, the 34-year-old...
