Latest North Carolina Headlines
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Study: Extensive Coal Ash Detected at Bottom of North Carolina Lake
Jun 6 2019 // A toxic stew of coal ash has spilled repeatedly and apparently unnoticed from storage pits at a Wilmington power plant into an adjoining lake, according to a Duke University scientist who said Monday that flooding last...
North Carolina School System Settles Tornado Damage Claims with Insurer for $10M
Jun 3 2019 // More than a year after a tornado struck, a North Carolina school system says it’s reached a $10 million settlement with its insurance company for damage to three schools. The News & Record of Greensboro reports...
Jackson Sumner & Associates Adds Edmonds as HR/Office Manager in North Carolina
May 30 2019 // Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) has hired Laura Edmonds as human resources and office manager for the organization’s leadership team. Edmonds will helm all HR efforts including developing and communicating...
Several Injured by Deck Collapse at North Carolina Beach House
May 30 2019 // A deck collapsed Monday at a home in Ocean Isle Beach, injuring several people. Ocean Isle Beach Mayor Debbie Sloane Smith tells news outlets that the incident occurred Monday afternoon. Smith says she was told a group of...
Watchdog Report: North Carolina Delayed Spending Federal Hurricane Matthew Funds
May 24 2019 // Administrative mistakes and a lack of expertise caused delays in North Carolina’s spending of federal funds for Hurricane Matthew recovery, according to a report released Monday from the General Assembly’s...
North Carolina Department of Insurance Releases Smartphone App for Agents
May 23 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has released a smartphone app for insurance agents offering information such as educational opportunities, NCDOI agent services contact info, and agent notifications from the...
North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up: April
May 22 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of April 2019. Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to North...
Flaws in Smart Home Security Devices
May 20 2019 // Homeowners are purchasing smart home products at a record pace. Nearly 30 million smart home devices will be sold in 2019, according to the Consumer Technology Association, a 23 percent increase from last year. But a...
Hurricane Florence 9th Most Destructive Storm, Caused $24B in Damage
May 20 2019 // Hurricane Florence killed 22 people across three Southeastern states, was the ninth most destructive storm in terms of property damage in U.S. history and spawned 44 tornadoes, according to a report from the National...
North Carolina Town Damaged by Tornado
May 17 2019 // Officials say that a tornado roared through Wake County, North Carolina for up to eight miles, uprooting trees and damaging houses and roads throughout the town of Zebulon. No injuries have been reported. Two rounds of...
North Carolina-Based Curi Appoints PartnerRe’s Farrelly as SVP of Underwriting
May 13 2019 // Curi, a provider of medical malpractice products and services for physicians, has appointed Sean Farrelly as its new senior vice president of Underwriting. In this role, Farrelly will lead Curi’s underwriting...
Flaws in Smart Home Devices May Mean False Sense of Security
May 8 2019 // Researchers at North Carolina State University have identified design flaws in “smart home” Internet-of-Things devices that allow third parties to prevent devices from sharing information. The flaws can be used...
NHC: Hurricane Florence 9th Most Destructive Storm, Caused $24B in Damage
May 7 2019 // Hurricane Florence killed 22 people across three Southeastern states, was the ninth most destructive storm in terms of property damage in U.S. history and spawned 44 tornadoes, a report from the National Hurricane Center...
North Carolina Industry-Backed Cellphone Ban Bill Moves Forward
May 6 2019 // Legislation originally designed to prohibit hand-held cellphones while driving in North Carolina nearly stalled Friday after a rewrite because lawmakers worried it would punish people who eat or put on makeup behind the...
Ryan Specialty Finalizes Acquisition of International Specialty Insurance of North Carolina
May 3 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group, LLC, has acquired the assets and operations of International Specialty Insurance Services Inc. (ISI), an independently owned managing general underwriter with offices in Winston-Salem, North Carolina....
Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Now Writing Commercial Auto in North Carolina
May 2 2019 // Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. has entered the North Carolina commercial auto markets as an admitted carrier specializing in insurance for distressed and substandard risks. PPCI offers the capacity to insure...
North Carolina On-the-Job Deaths Rise to Highest Level Since 2008
May 1 2019 // Signs that more people are dying on the job has workers’ advocates demanding that North Carolina’s labor department do more to inspect and punish companies that imperil their workers. Members of the AFL-CIO...
Blaze at North Carolina Zinc Plant Releases Sulfuric Acid Into Air
Apr 30 2019 // A fire at a zinc production plant in North Carolina has been contained. The blaze had released sulfuric acid into the air and led to evacuations of nearby residents. American Zinc Products said in a statement Monday that...
North Carolina-Based Medical Mutual Rebrands as ‘Curi’
Apr 24 2019 // Medical Mutual Holdings, Inc., is rebranding to Curi, a new name and brand that the company says better reflects its mission of helping physicians in medicine, business, and in their personal lives. “The Curi name...
Duke Energy to Appeal Order to Excavate North Carolina Coal Ash
Apr 23 2019 // The country’s largest electric company says it’s challenging an order by North Carolina’s environmental agency to excavate coal ash from all of its power plant sites in the state. Duke Energy Corp. said...
