Latest North Carolina Headlines
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North Carolina Report Outlines Government Use of Drones
Mar 11 2014 // State and local governments in North Carolina could use unmanned aircraft for law enforcement, hurricane recovery and monitoring wildlife, a new state report suggests. While the report issued by State Chief Information...
North Carolina to Hear Homeowners Increase
Mar 10 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has scheduled a hearing on August 6 in Raleigh on insurers’ request to raise homeowners insurance rates an average of 25.3 percent. Goodwin said the proposed rates...
North Carolina Governor Wants Duke Energy Plan to Remediate Coal Ash Sites
Feb 28 2014 // North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is asking Duke Energy to develop a plan to clean up the coal ash spill on the Dan River and make sure other coal-ash sites are safe. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that McCrory...
Wake Forest Researchers Use Drone to Measure North Carolina Coal Ash Spill
Feb 27 2014 // A team of academic researchers equipped with a drone estimate that about 35 million gallons of coal ash and contaminated wastewater spilled into the Dan River earlier this month. Wake Forest University researchers released...
No Rate Hike Needed, Say Carolina Auto Insurers
Feb 24 2014 // North Carolina auto insurers say no rate increase is needed for auto insurance policies in the coming year. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said the Department of Insurance has received the annual auto insurance rate...
Report Blames ‘Reckless’ Captain for Sinking ‘Bounty’ Off North Carolina Coast in 2012
Feb 24 2014 // A captain’s “reckless decision to sail into the well-forecasted path of Hurricane Sandy” was the probable cause of the sinking of a tall ship off the North Carolina coast in October, 2012, the National...
North Carolina Hearing on Homeowners Increase Set for August
Feb 21 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has scheduled a hearing on August 6 in Raleigh on the insurers’ request to raise homeowners insurance rates an average of 25.3 percent. Goodwin said the proposed...
Storm Dumps More Snow on Northeast After Icing Southeast for 2 Days
Feb 13 2014 // The winter storm that cut electricity to more than half a million customers across the South and grounded 10,000 flights this week turned its power on the U.S. Northeast, bringing heavy snow from Virginia to Maine. In...
North Carolina Seeks to Halt Duke Coal Ash Settlement After Spill
Feb 12 2014 // North Carolina has asked a state judge to put a controversial settlement deal with U.S. power company Duke Energy over pollution on hold after a massive coal ash spill into a local river raised fresh concerns about water...
North Carolina Driver Apologizes for Death Due to Texting
Feb 12 2014 // A Belmont, North Carolina woman charged with hitting and killing a pedestrian has apologized. Forty-five-year-old Belinda Strange Hudspeth apologized to the victim’s family in court on Monday. Seventy-five-year-old...
Garlock Ruling Could Shift Asbestos Litigation in Manufacturers’ Favor
Feb 12 2014 // A judge who found what he called a “startling pattern” of abuse by plaintiffs’ lawyers may have shifted the landscape of asbestos litigation with a ruling in favor of manufacturers. In a decree last...
Environmentalists Hit North Carolina Politics Behind Duke’s Coal Ash Pollution
Feb 11 2014 // Over the last year, environmental groups have tried three times to use the federal Clean Water Act to force Duke Energy to clear out leaky coal ash dumps like the one that ruptured last week, spewing enough toxic sludge...
North Carolina Driver Faces Murder, Texting Charge
Feb 10 2014 // A North Carolina woman faces murder and other charges after authorities say she was texting a message when she hit and killed a 75-year-old woman walking to visit a neighbor. The North Carolina Highway Patrol said...
North Carolina Auto Insurers Seek No Rate Change
Feb 6 2014 // North Carolina auto insurers say no rate increase is needed for auto insurance policies in the coming year. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said the Department of Insurance has received the annual auto insurance rate...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires North Carolina Surety Bond Agency
Feb 5 2014 // Marsh & McLennan Agency (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh, said it has acquired The Bond Network, a surety bonding agency based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not...
North Carolina Regulator Receiving Comments on 25% Home Insurance Hike
Jan 28 2014 // North Carolina homeowners are looking at insurance cost increases averaging 25 percent starting in August if the state’s regulator goes along, and his office heard Friday from some of those upset about the prospect...
North Carolina Arrests 5 in Alleged Staged Accidents; 2 Suspects Sought
Jan 28 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin this week announced the arrests of five people in an alleged insurance fraud scheme involving several staged auto accidents in Buncombe County. Department of Insurance...
People – Southeast
Jan 27 2014 // Starr Companies said it has appointed Eleanor Kitzman as vice president of Starr Insurance Holdings Inc. Kitzman will have regulatory, management and operational responsibilities across the company’s domestic and...
North Carolina Insurers Stand By 25.3% Home Insurance Bid
Jan 27 2014 // Despite urging by the state’s insurance commissioner that they withdraw their bid, North Carolina homeowners insurers are unlikely to withdraw their request for a 25.3 percent average rate hike. The data supports the...
North Carolina Lawmakers Weigh Privacy Regulations for Drones
Jan 23 2014 // General Assembly members began learning more Tuesday about the emerging unmanned aircraft industry and are likely to debate soon what restrictions North Carolina could place on drones to protect people’s privacy. A...
