Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Regulators Determining Fines for Duke After Coal Ash Spill in North Carolina
Feb 4 2015 // A year after the sudden collapse of an old drainage pipe triggered the third largest coal ash spill in U.S. history, regulators say they are still working to determine how much to fine the nation’s largest...
North Carolina Restarts Debate Over Moped Regulations
Jan 29 2015 // The debate over regulating mopeds in North Carolina resumed Tuesday as legislators heard new rule suggestions from the Division of Motor Vehicles just months after the General Assembly mandated owners register the...
Insurers Sending ‘Consent to Rate’ Letters to North Carolina Homeowners
Jan 27 2015 // North Carolina homeowners are being told to pay higher insurance premiums or risk losing their coverage under a law that allows companies to pay more than the state has approved. The StarNews of Wilmington reported...
Report Card Rates States on Insurance Regulation
Jan 26 2015 // Vermont gets a grade of “A+” and California and North Carolina get grades of “F” in the annual report card on state insurance regulation issued by the free market think tank, The R Street...
How States Rate on Insurance Regulation, ‘A’ to ‘F’
Jan 26 2015 // Vermont gets a grade of “A+” and California and North Carolina get grades of “F” in the annual report card on state insurance regulation issued by the free market think tank, The R Street...
North Carolina Insurers Request Mobile Home Rate Changes
Jan 26 2015 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed for mobile homeowners insurance rate changes with the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI). The bureau has requested an average statewide decrease of 0.8 percent for the...
Report Card Rates States on Insurance Regulation
Jan 26 2015 // Vermont gets a grade of “A+” and California and North Carolina get grades of “F” in the annual report card on state insurance regulation issued by the free market think tank, The R Street...
North Carolina to Pay $425,000 to Family of Man Mistakenly Declared Dead
Jan 22 2015 // North Carolina officials have agreed to pay $425,000 to the family of a man who was mistakenly declared dead and shipped to a morgue in 2005. The Charlotte Observer reports the payment settles a lawsuit that alleges the...
NFP Acquires Michelsen Benefits in North Carolina
Jan 21 2015 // New York-based insurance brokerage and consultant NFP has expanded its corporate benefits practice with the acquisition of Charlotte, N.C.-based Michelsen Benefits Group Inc., or The Michelsen Group (TMG). The transaction...
North Carolina Home Insurers to Appeal Rate Denial
Jan 20 2015 // Insurance companies aren’t giving up on their quest to raise premiumson North Carolina homeowners by an average of 25 percent, according to an industry spokesman. The group representing nearly 100 companies selling...
North Carolina Insurers Request Mobile Home Rate Changes
Jan 13 2015 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed for mobile homeowners insurance rate changes with the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI). The N.C. Rate Bureau has requested an average statewide decrease of 0.8 percent...
Conservationists’ Lawsuit Challenges North Carolina Fracking Rules Panel
Jan 12 2015 // A lawsuit filed January 5 by conservationists asks that rules on fracking in North Carolina be thrown out, arguing the panel that developed the rules was formed in violation of the state Constitution. Lawyers representing...
North Carolina Home Insurers Weigh Appeal of Rate Denial
Jan 12 2015 // North Carolina property insurers are on hold while the industry-backed rating agency contemplates whether to appeal a decision by regulators denying a proposed 25.3 percent rate increase. The North Carolina Rate Bureau...
2015 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 12 2015 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Marsh Agency Acquires North Carolina’s Benefit Planning Group
Jan 8 2015 // Marsh & McLennan Agency has acquired The Benefit Planning Group Inc., a Durham, North Carolina-based employee benefit consulting firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1991, The Benefit Planning...
How States Rate on Insurance Regulation, ‘A’ to ‘F’
Jan 8 2015 // Vermont gets a grade of “A+” and California and North Carolina get grades of “F” in the annual report card on state insurance regulation issued by the free market think tank, The R Street...
North Carolina Home Insurers Weigh Appeal of Rate Denial
Jan 7 2015 // North Carolina property insurers are on hold while the industry rating agency contemplates whether to appeal a decision by regulators denying a proposed 25.3 percent rate increase. The North Carolina Rate Bureau made the...
Lighthouse Property Names Stewart as North Carolina Rep
Jan 6 2015 // Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. has appointed Bill Stewart as its marketing representative for North Carolina. Stewart brings 16 years of insurance industry experience to Lighthouse. Before joining the Lighthouse team,...
Most Popular Insurance Journal Southeast Stories of 2014
Dec 31 2014 // In 2014, Southeast readers of InsuranceJournal.com made news about Florida insurers, courts and politics along with North Carolina storms and homeowners insurance among the most popular stories of the year. With an...
Bicyclist Seeks North Carolina Supreme Court Review of Damages Case
Dec 23 2014 // A Durham bicyclist hit by a car in 2009 is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to allow her to collect damages from the motorist who struck her. The Herald-Sun of Durham reported that a judge overturned a jury’s...
