Latest North Carolina Headlines
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Storage Tank Spills At Least 1K Gallons of Oil Into North Carolina River
Feb 9 2018 // At least 1,000 gallons of petroleum fuel has spilled into a river in North Carolina. The Asheville-Citizen Times reports authorities have warned people to stay out of the French Broad River following Sunday’s spill...
North Carolina Rate Bureau Seeks 18.9% Average Rate Hike on Dwelling Policies
Feb 9 2018 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB) has requested a statewide average rate increase of 18.9 percent, varying by territory, on dwelling insurance policies, according to a statement from the North Carolina Department of...
XPT Group Partners with Transportation MGA W.E. Love of North Carolina
Feb 1 2018 // XPT Group has partnered with W.E. Love & Associates (WEL), a 36-year old MGA with expertise in trucking risks. Led by John H. Love and based in Burlington, N.C., WEL offers select retail agencies direct access to...
Surplus Lines Market Had a Record Breaking Year in 2017
Jan 31 2018 // Across the United States, all 15 surplus lines service offices experienced increases in excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance premium, totaling $28.1 billion, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX)...
Duke Energy, North Carolina Coal Ash Neighbors End Dispute Over Future Claims
Jan 31 2018 // Neighbors of Duke Energy Corp.’s unlined coal ash pits in North Carolina went to court after the company said their $5,000 “goodwill” payments required them to give up future health claims linked to...
North Carolina Woman Accused of Defrauding Progressive Insurance
Jan 29 2018 // A North Carolina woman has been arrested and charged with solicitation to obtain property by false pretenses, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey. Heaven Symone Lassiter, 23, of...
Family of Boy Killed by Carbon Monoxide at North Carolina Hotel Settles for $12M
Jan 25 2018 // Attorneys say the family of a boy who died from carbon monoxide poisoning at a North Carolina Best Western hotel in 2013 has agreed to settle wrongful death and injury lawsuits. The family’s attorneys said in a news...
North Carolina Rejects Proposed 18.7% Homeowners Rate Increase
Jan 22 2018 // The Commissioner of Insurance for North Carolina says a recent rate increase of 18.7 percent proposed by North Carolina insurers is unwarranted and has set a hearing date for later this year to resolve the...
Insurance Industry Bands Together to Make a Difference in North Carolina City
Jan 16 2018 // A group of insurance and risk management professionals are working together to make a difference in one of North Carolina’s largest cities. The group, Community Matters: Insurance Partners of Charlotte, started in...
Federal Judge to Streamline Lawsuits Over GenX Chemical in North Carolina River
Jan 12 2018 // A federal judge wants to streamline lawsuits blaming two companies for releasing a little-understood compound from a North Carolina chemical plant into waters used by hundreds of thousands of people. U.S. District Judge...
North Carolina Establishes New Fire Investigation Unit
Jan 12 2018 // The North Carolina Office of the State Fire Marshal, headed up by North Carolina Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey, has established a new Fire Investigations Unit (FIU) to assist the state’s...
Duke Energy Will Pay $84K Penalty for North Carolina Coal Ash Leaks
Jan 11 2018 // The country’s largest electricity company will pay an $84,000 penalty and work to stop potentially toxic waste from three North Carolina coal-burning power plants from leaking into groundwater and nearby rivers under...
North Carolina Insurance Regulator Denies 18.7% Homeowners Rate Increase
Jan 8 2018 // The Commissioner of Insurance for North Carolina says a recent rate increase of 18.7 percent proposed by North Carolina insurers is unwarranted and has set a hearing date for later this year to resolve the...
North Carolina Proposes Rules for Opioid Use in Workers’ Comp Cases
Jan 8 2018 // The North Carolina Industrial Commission has proposed new rules related to the utilization of opioids, related prescriptions and pain management treatment as a proactive measure aimed at curtailing opioid misuse and...
Epic Winter Storm Brings Car Wrecks, Broken Water Mains, Power Outages to Southeast
Jan 5 2018 // A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. The same system...
North Carolina Vehicle Thefts On the Rise After 10-year Decline
Jan 5 2018 // Vehicle thefts are on the rise again in North Carolina after a decade-long decline. The State Bureau of Investigation says 15,007 vehicles were stolen in North Carolina in 2016. That was nearly 4,000 more stolen vehicles...
GenX Chemical Found Across River from Chemours Plant in North Carolina
Jan 3 2018 // North Carolina officials say elevated levels of an industrial chemical were found on the opposite side of the Cape Fear River from the chemical plant. The Fayetteville Observer reports that the state Department of...
North Carolina Proposes Rules for Opioid Use in Workers’ Comp Cases
Dec 28 2017 // The North Carolina Industrial Commission has proposed new rules related to the utilization of opioids, related prescriptions, and pain management treatment as a proactive measure aimed at curtailing opioid misuse and...
North Carolina Man Accused of Faking $104K in Insurance Claims
Dec 27 2017 // A North Carolina man has been charged with four counts each of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey. Jeffrey Neal Smith,...
North Carolina Environmental Agency to Step Up Pollution Violation Investigations
Dec 21 2017 // North Carolina’s environmental agency is revising internal policies after complaints the agency under former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory repeatedly failed to investigate when industrial-scale hog farms violate...
