Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Creates Process for Insurers to Legally Offer Pandemic Premium Relief
Apr 15 2020 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance says it is working with insurers to allow them to offer financial relief to policyholders without filing for department approval or risking violating state law during the current...
Widespread Damage, At Least 19 Deaths from Easter Storms Across South
Apr 14 2020 // Severe weather swept across the South Monday, killing at least 19 people and damaging hundreds of homes from Louisiana into the Appalachian Mountains. Many people spent part of the night early Monday sheltering in...
Jackson Sumner & Associates of North Carolina Names Shockley Controller
Apr 14 2020 // Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) has added Keith Shockley as controller and head of the accounting department. Keith Shockley He will report directly to JSA President and CEO, Danielle Wade. Shockley’s past...
More Coronavirus Deaths Spur New North Carolina Nursing Home Directives
Apr 13 2020 // North Carolina health officials ordered new resident and employee protections in the state’s nursing homes and similar settings last week after the new coronavirus further penetrated those facilities, leading to more...
Explosion at North Carolina Fuel Plant Damages Nearby Homes; No Serious Injuries
Apr 9 2020 // An explosion at a hydrogen fuel plant in North Carolina has damaged nearby homes but left workers without any serious injuries. News outlets report that the explosion occurred at the OneH2 Inc. hydrogen fuel facility in...
2 Dozen Residents at North Carolina Assisted Living Center Positive for COVID-19
Apr 7 2020 // About two dozen residents at an assisted living center in western North Carolina have tested positive for COVID-19, marking a new case cluster in the state at corporate living facilities such as nursing homes. The...
Firefighters Work to Contain North Carolina Wildfires
Apr 6 2020 // Firefighters kept working on Saturday to slow the spread of western North Carolina wildfires that have spread due to high winds, the U.S. Forest Service said. A fire that began on private property Friday in Haywood County...
North Carolina Nursing Home Reports Virus Outbreak
Apr 6 2020 // Three residents of a central North Carolina nursing home have tested positive for COVID-19, public health officials announced on Saturday as overall cases statewide exceeded 2,400. The three cases occurred within the...
North Carolina Requests Insurers Defer Premium Payments to Help Consumers
Apr 3 2020 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has activated an emergency declaration that gives policyholders in all 100 counties the option to defer insurance premium payments should they need to do so. The order was...
Sompo GRS Adds Carroll as Deputy Head of Life Sciences Practice in North Carolina
Mar 31 2020 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has appointed Michael P. Carroll as senior vice president and deputy head of Life Sciences for Sompo...
North Carolina Stay-At-Home Order Takes Effect
Mar 30 2020 // North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Friday that a statewide stay-at-home order will start Monday, saying more movement restrictions are needed to blunt the new coronavirus and prevent hospitals from being overrun by...
North Carolina, Georgia Regulators: Insurance Is Essential Business
Mar 27 2020 // Regulators in North Carolina and Georgia are clarifying that insurance is considered an essential business as states move to limit what industries remain open during the current coronavirus outbreak. On March 24, North...
North Carolina Urges Insurers To Be ‘Flexible,’ Available During COVID-19 Emergency
Mar 25 2020 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has asked the state’s insurance companies to be economically flexible with consumers in light of the COVID-19 health emergency. “Some of the mitigating efforts...
North Carolina Real Estate Commission: Refund Outer Banks Vacation Renters
Mar 23 2020 // People renting beach houses in counties that have blocked visitor access to North Carolina’s Outer Banks because of the new coronavirus should get their money refunded, a state panel says. The North Carolina Real...
North Carolina Insurance Magnate Convicted of Bribery, Conspiracy
Mar 23 2020 // A major political donor has been convicted of trying to bribe a North Carolina insurance regulator with millions of dollars in campaign funds in hopes of reducing scrutiny of his insurance business. A federal jury found...
Southeast Insurance Regulators Issue Industry Guidance for Coronavirus Outbreak
Mar 20 2020 // Insurance departments across the Southeast are notifying industry representatives of updated procedures and expectations in response to the coronavirus outbreak, while also acknowledging the potential for a serious impact...
Judge Warns of Jury Harassment, Intimidation in N.C. Insurance Bribery Case
Mar 20 2020 // A federal judge on Wednesday ordered two men convicted of trying to bribe a North Carolina insurance regulator not to contact jurors from their recently completed trial after learning a consultant attempted to do so on...
North Carolina Governor Declares Emergency to Combat Virus
Mar 12 2020 // North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state emergency Tuesday due to the coronavirus and his administration urged people over age 65 and medically fragile residents to avoid large gatherings. Meanwhile, Duke University...
North Carolina Insurance Magnate Convicted of Bribery, Conspiracy
Mar 9 2020 // A major political donor was convicted Thursday of trying to bribe a North Carolina insurance regulator with millions of dollars in campaign funds in hopes of reducing scrutiny of his insurance business. A federal jury...
Atlantic Casualty to Create 83 Jobs, Invest $11.8M in North Carolina Operations
Mar 9 2020 // Atlantic Casualty Insurance Co., a national provider of commercial insurance products, will create 83 jobs and invest more than $11.8 million through an expansion of its Wayne County, N.C., headquarters, according to a...
