Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Amtrak, CSX File Suit Against Truck Company Over North Carolina Train Crash
May 4 2015 // A lawsuit filed Friday by Amtrak and CSX alleges that a trucking company caused a March train derailment that injured 55 people by failing to take safety precautions or warn that the track was blocked. The lawsuit in a...
North Carolina’s Appalachian State Wins 2015 RIMS Risk Management Challenge
Apr 30 2015 // Appalachian State University’s risk management student team has been named the winner of the Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge. The announcement was made at the RIMS 2015 Conference & Exhibition Finale, by...
Proposed North Carolina Law Allows Courts to Order Release of Police Videos
Apr 28 2015 // Recordings from cameras worn by North Carolina police officers or attached to their vehicle dashboards and used for criminal investigations would be confidential with some exceptions in legislation getting support at the...
North Carolina County Considers $500 Fine for Dog Bite
Apr 24 2015 // Cumberland County commissioners are considering an ordinance to fine the owners of dogs who bite someone and causes them to need medical attention. The Fayetteville Observer reported that the proposal to impose a $500 fine...
Cause of Fires at 3 Empty Homes in North Carolina Neighborhood Unknown
Apr 22 2015 // Firefighters in North Carolina this week took on blazes at three empty homes in the same neighborhood in Fayetteville. Multiple media outlets reported that the first call came in shortly before 5 a.m. Tuesday for fires at...
North Carolina Report on Workplace Deaths Questioned
Apr 20 2015 // North Carolina authorities have praised a sharp decline in workplace deaths over the past few years, but what Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry hasn’t said is the state changed the criteria for the deaths it...
Judge Approves Delay in Sentencing for Duke Energy Coal Ash Crimes
Apr 16 2015 // Duke Energy received a delay Tuesday in pleading guilty to environmental crimes after the company raised the specter that bureaucratic red tape could result in power being cut to military bases across North Carolina. U.S....
Trunk Joins Lighthouse Property Insurance in the Carolinas
Apr 15 2015 // Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. has hired George Trunk as senior marketing representative of both North and South Carolina. George Trunk Trunk comes to Lighthouse with more than 28 years of experience in the insurance...
Questions Arise Over Reporting of North Carolina Workplace Deaths
Apr 15 2015 // North Carolina authorities have praised a sharp decline in workplace deaths over the past few years, but what Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry hasn’t said is the state changed the criteria for the deaths it...
Workers’ Compensation Claims Skyrocket in North Carolina City
Apr 14 2015 // Gastonia may have to tap into its savings account to pay for skyrocketing workers’ compensation claims. The Gaston Gazette reports that the city has nearly spent all of its $538,000 for claims and may end up eating...
Duke Energy Appeals $25M Pollution Fine by North Carolina Regulators
Apr 13 2015 // Duke Energy Corp. says a $25 million fine by North Carolina environmental regulators over coal ash pollution that has been seeping into groundwater for years is excessive and unnecessary. The country’s largest...
North Carolina Contractor Jailed for Taking Insurance Money for Fraudulent Jobs
Apr 10 2015 // Authorities are accusing a contractor of taking more than $9,000 from insurance companies for roofing jobs in Richmond County, N.C., that he didn’t do. The Richmond County Daily Journal reports 42-year-old David...
New North Carolina Medical Fees Expected to Save on Work Comp
Apr 9 2015 // Revised medical fees approved in February by the North Carolina Industrial Commission and planned to take effect this year are expected to save the state’s workers compensation system $27 million annually, as well as...
North Carolina Government Building Damaged by Flood
Apr 9 2015 // Workers at the North Carolina Department of Insurance and other state agencies are cleaning up after water flooded a state building in downtown Raleigh damaging offices and state records. Officials said Tuesday it’s...
Crum & Forster Acquires Redwoods Group in North Carolina
Apr 7 2015 // The Redwoods Group, a provider of insurance to YMCAs, Jewish community centers and residential and day camps, has agreed to a merger with specialty insurer Crum & Forster, part of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. Terms...
NFP Acquires North Carolina-Based Trinity Consulting
Apr 7 2015 // Insurance broker and consultant NFP has expanded its P&C capabilities and added to its employee benefits operation by acquiring Trinity Consulting. The transaction closed on March 3, 2015. A large risk management and...
North Carolina’s Hospital Costs
Apr 6 2015 // Hospital costs per workers’ compensation claim in North Carolina were higher than most states in 2012 in the wake of attempts to control their costs, according to a 2014 study by the Workers Compensation Research...
New North Carolina Medical Fees Expected to Save on Work Comp
Apr 6 2015 // Revised medical fees approved in February by the North Carolina Industrial Commission and planned to take effect this year are expected to save the state’s workers’ compensation system $27 million annually, as...
North Carolina Jury Awards $18 million to Estate of Bus Crash Victim
Mar 30 2015 // A jury has awarded $18 million to the estate of a Chapel Hill, N.C., man killed in a charter bus crash almost two years ago. WRAL in Raleigh reports the wrongful death lawsuit sought $52 million, but lawyers for Horizon...
Lawmakers Halt Medical Marijuana Efforts in North Carolina
Mar 27 2015 // North Carolina legislators are stopping efforts to legalize marijuana to treat medical conditions. A state House committee voted Wednesday to kill a medical marijuana bill. Advocates say marijuana helps to manage chronic...
