Latest North Carolina Headlines
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North Carolina County Starts Program to Address Teen Arsonist Problem
Dec 1 2015 // Authorities in Buncombe County, North Carolina, are creating a new program to fight a sudden increase in arsons committed by teenagers. The county had 24 fires set by teens in 2014, including a 10-year-old charged with...
Best, Worst States for Insurance Regulation
Dec 1 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry. The...
North Carolina Man Charged with Insurance Fraud Over Stolen Boat Claim
Dec 1 2015 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of William Nathan Spaulding, 38, of Lake Waccamaw; he is charged with one count each of insurance fraud, obtaining property by false pretense and...
Worley Claims Services Acquires North Carolina-Based RJMW
Nov 24 2015 // Worley Claims Services, an insurance claims servicer in the United States, has acquired RJMW Claims Services, Inc., a provider of daily and catastrophe residential and commercial property claims services based in...
Analysis: North Carolina Studying Drug Formularies in Workers’ Comp Claims
Nov 19 2015 // During the 2015 legislative session, the North Carolina General Assembly authorized and funded a study regarding prescription drug formularies in workers’ compensation claims brought by state employees. While this...
North Carolina Denied Disaster Declaration for 8 Counties by FEMA
Nov 12 2015 // North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory says he will appeal the federal government’s decision refusing aid for eight coastal North Carolina counties for damage caused by heavy rains and flooding in late September and early...
Three North Carolina Residents Accused of Insurance Fraud
Nov 6 2015 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has arrested three residents –Anthony Bowen, 29, and Tracey Bowen, 49, of Jacksonville; and Kevin Donovan Reynolds, 25, of Durham –Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin...
North Carolina Requests Disaster Declaration for Flood Damage
Nov 2 2015 // North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory says flooding caused at least $31 million in damage in eight North Carolina counties where he’s now seeking a federal disaster declaration in hopes of getting help paying that...
People – Southeast
Nov 2 2015 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has announced he plans to seek re-election in 2016. “I remain committed to protecting the people of North Carolina through fair and reasonable insurance regulation,...
Judge Claims Regulators Not Enforcing Duke Coal Ash Clean-Up in North Carolina
Oct 27 2015 // North Carolina’s environmental watchdog agency has not been trying very hard to force Duke Energy to clean up toxic groundwater pollution near a coal-burning power plant where neighbors can’t drink their well...
North Carolina Man Accused of Auto Insurance Fraud
Oct 26 2015 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Peter Dane Koke of Wilmington; he is charged with one count each of insurance fraud, attempting to obtain property by false pretense and providing...
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Goodwin to Seek Re-Election
Oct 16 2015 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin plans to seek re-election in 2016, he announced this week. “I remain committed to protecting the people of North Carolina through fair and reasonable insurance...
North Carolina Agent Charged with 13 Counts of Embezzlement
Oct 15 2015 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of David Maylon Pickett, Grifton, N.C.; he is charged with 13 counts of embezzlement by an insurance agent in Craven, Harnett, Lenoir, Pitt and Wayne...
North Carolina Drought Ends After Week of Heavy Rains
Oct 13 2015 // For the first time since May 12, North Carolina is free of drought. A map issued Oct. 8 by the state Drought Management Advisory Council showed all 100 counties to be clear of any drought advisories. North Carolina...
North Carolina Department of Insurance Opens Charlotte Regional Office
Oct 12 2015 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin and fire service representatives opened the N.C. Department of Insurance Charlotte Regional Office Oct. 8. The office will provide Department of...
Southeast Storm Update: Significant Auto Losses Expected
Oct 6 2015 // A pickup truck rests against the side of Gills Creek near a bridge in Columbia, S.C., Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. Days of torrential rains kept much of South Carolina and its capital gripped by floodwaters early Monday. (AP...
Concrete Canopy Collapses on North Carolina Students, Injures 25
Oct 5 2015 // A concrete canopy collapsed Saturday on a group of band students who had gathered outside a North Carolina high school shortly before a competition, leaving 25 people injured, authorities said. Dr. Howard Bell of Iredell...
Eastern U.S. Soaked by Rain as Hurricane Joaquin Gains Force Near Bahamas
Oct 1 2015 // The weather outlook for the eastern U.S. is starting to resemble the plot of a 1970s disaster movie in which everything that could go wrong did. From the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, the coastal states have been soaked...
Duke Energy Reaches $7M Settlement in North Carolina Coal Ash Case
Oct 1 2015 // Duke Energy agreed Tuesday to pay North Carolina regulators $7 million to settle allegations of groundwater pollution at its coal ash pits and to perform accelerated cleanups costing millions of dollars at four sites. The...
Update: Joaquin’s U.S. Path Unclear But East Coast Already Under Flood Watch
Sep 30 2015 // Joaquin is forecast to become a major hurricane by Saturday as it strengthens in the Atlantic, triggering hurricane warnings and watches for the Bahamas. Its course after crossing the island chain is still uncertain, the...
