Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Governor Approves $600 Million in Helene Recovery Funding
Oct 29 2024 // North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper approved more than $600 million worth of disaster relief funding last Friday for western North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Helene after legislators passed the recovery bill the...
Judge Cans North Carolina Captive’s Claims That Managers Stole Software
Oct 29 2024 // Six months after a North Carolina captive insurance firm for nursing homes around the country accused its managers of poaching proprietary software and forming a competing management company, a federal judge has dismissed...
North Carolina Calculates Helene Damage at $58B, Far More than Florence
Oct 25 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The catastrophic flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina likely caused at least a record $53 billion in damages and recovery needs, Gov. Roy Cooper’s...
FEMA Workers Change Response Tactics in North Carolina After Threats
Oct 16 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal disaster workers paused and then changed some of their hurricane-recovery efforts in North Carolina, including abandoning door-to-door visits, after receiving threats that they could be...
NC Town That Produces Quartz for Tech Products is Devastated by Helene
Oct 4 2024 // SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors, solar panels and fiber-optic cables have been shut down by Hurricane Helene with no reopening...
Investigation Started into Plane Crash That Killed Several People in North Carolina
Oct 1 2024 // MANTEO, N.C. (AP) — Federal authorities were investigating this week after multiple people died when a single-engine plane crashed Saturday afternoon in a wooded area at Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First...
Alkeme Cooks Up Acquisition of Surry Insurance in North Carolina
Sep 25 2024 // Alkeme, a large insurance brokerage based in California, announced the acquisition of Surry Insurance, one of the oldest insurance agencies in Nouth Carolina. Alkeme officials said in a statement that the move expands...
Jewelers Mutual Expands to NC Office Tower, Warns About Store Break-ins Nationwide
Sep 19 2024 // Jewelers Mutual Insurance, one of the largest and oldest jeweler-focused insurers in the country, plans to lease a full floor of a new officer tower in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, a move that will create about 200...
‘Firehose’ Storm Hits North Carolina and Scientists See Climate Change
Sep 19 2024 // The Carolinas early this week braced for a storm that forecasters warned could bring heavy rain — as much as 6 to 8 inches in some spots. But one narrow band got a “firehose” that dumped as much as 20 inches...
Recreational Marijuana Sales Begin on NC Tribal Land But Still Illegal in State
Sep 9 2024 // CHEROKEE, N.C. (AP) — The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians began selling marijuana and cannabis products to any adult 21 or over starting Saturday at its tribe-owned dispensary in North Carolina, where possession or use...
NC High Court Allows Liquidation of Lindberg Insurers; He Owes $524M in Fed Case
Aug 28 2024 // Greg Lindberg, the North Carolina insurance and business executive now awaiting sentencing on a bribery conviction, can’t escape a $524 million arbitration and civil judgment against him, a federal appeals court...
North Carolina Supreme Court Says Speedway Can Sue Over COVID Closure
Aug 27 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina racetrack, shuttered briefly for defying state gathering limits during the pandemic, can sue the top health regulator on allegations that Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration...
Mailing a Letter, in Context With Other Clues, Is Sufficient Cancellation – NC High Court
Aug 26 2024 // Simply mailing a cancellation notice to a policyholder, when viewed in the context of other indicators, was enough to comply with state law and void a homeowner’s insurance policy just weeks before a fire destroyed a...
North Carolina, Florida Home Sellers Are Facing New Flood Disclosure Requirements
Aug 5 2024 // As of July 1, 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 North...
Confie Acquires Insurance Agencies in Texas, Florida, North Carolina
Jul 30 2024 // Confie, a California-based personal lines distributor, has acquired three insurance agencies in the South, the firm said last week. Affordable Insurance in Hendersonville, North Carolina; US1 Insurance in Miami; and...
King Insurance Adds Barnette Agency in NC, Gilbert Named President
Jul 25 2024 // Gainesville, Florida-based King Insurance Partners has acquired Barnette and Coates Inc., an agency in Henderson, North Carolina. Principal Jimmy Barnette said in a news release that the move will allow the agency to...
Hub Acquires Wade Associates in North Carolina
Jul 23 2024 // Hub International Ltd., a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired Wade Associates, an independent agency with offices in North Carolina. Wade has specialized in property/casualty insurance for...
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...
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...
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...
