Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Cracks Down on Employers Lacking in Workers’ Comp Coverage
Jan 12 2016 // The commission responsible for enforcing workers’ compensation laws in North Carolina has cracked down in the last year on employers who don’t carry proper insurance, collecting $1 million in civil fines from...
Alliant Taps North Carolina-Based Gary to Head Renewable Energy Practice
Jan 11 2016 // Alliant Insurance Services, a nationwide specialty insurance brokerage firm, has added renewable energy expert Bob Gary to its Energy and Marine Group as senior vice president. Gary will oversee business development and...
North Carolina Governor Signs Executive Order on Employee Misclassification
Jan 11 2016 // North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed an executive order Dec. 18 designed to crack down on employee misclassification practices in North Carolina. McCrory said Executive Order 83 establishes the Employee Classification...
2 North Carolina Residents Accused of Accused of Insurance Fraud
Jan 7 2016 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrests of Dewayne Dudley of Bayboro and Elegant Adele Jackson of Havelock. They are both charged with one count each of insurance fraud and attempting to...
North Carolina Governor Signs Executive Order on Worker Misclassification
Dec 23 2015 // The North carolina General Assembly failed to negotiate this year final legislation addressing companies intentionally mislabeling workers to avoid paying taxes and other benefits. So North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has...
Study: Florida’s Crackdown on ‘Pill Mills’ Linked to Fewer Painkiller Overdose Deaths
Dec 22 2015 // A crackdown on Florida’s “pill mills” – clinics dispensing large quantities of prescription painkillers often for cash-only and without proper medical examinations – appears to have dramatically...
Best, Worst States for Insurance Regulation
Dec 21 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...
N.C. Insurance Commissioner Candidate Faced Now-Dismissed Fraud Charges
Dec 15 2015 // A candidate running for North Carolina insurance commissioner was the subject of a fraud investigation by the current commissioner’s office that led to criminal charges that were ultimately dismissed. Republican...
North Carolina Kicks Off Annual Holiday Anti-Drunk Driving Campaign
Dec 14 2015 // The North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program and law enforcement agencies are starting their annual holiday campaign to combat drunken driving. The kickoff for the “Booze It & Lose It”...
North Carolina School Board Settles With Student Burned by Melted Cheese
Dec 11 2015 // The Alamance-Burlington, North Carolina, Board of Education has settled with a student burned by melted cheese in a school cafeteria. The Times-News reports that during a hearing Dec. 7, the school board agreed to pay the...
Report: Southeast States Unprepared for Future Risks from Climate Change
Dec 11 2015 // Source: States at Risk Many states across the country, particularly in the Southeast, are unprepared to face the risks posed from extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding and other extreme...
North Carolina Supreme Court Weighing At-Will Firing Practices of State Sheriffs
Dec 8 2015 // A trio of lawsuits is challenging the long-standing ability of North Carolina sheriffs to fire their deputies at will – a practice critics say allows some to maintain personal political fiefdoms where paychecks and...
Report: Southeast States Not Prepared for Future Risks from Climate Change
Dec 7 2015 // Many states across the country, particularly in the Southeast, are unprepared to face the risks posed from extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding and other extreme weather events, according to...
North Carolina Judge Rejects 13-Year-Old’s Climate Change Challenge
Dec 3 2015 // A judge has ruled against a 13-year-old girl who took North Carolina to court over climate change, but the eighth-grader says she’ll continue to fight for environmental protections. The News & Observer of Raleigh...
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...
