Latest North Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our North Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former North Carolina Fire Chief Charged with Embezzlement
Aug 17 2012 // The former fire chief in Bryson City and his wife have been indicted on embezzlement charges. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that the charges filed by state Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced against...
Simonson Joins Lockton Financial Advisors in North Carolina
Aug 16 2012 // Tom Simonson has joined Lockton as a vice president of Lockton Financial Advisors/Lockton Investment Advisors based in the insurance broker’s Charlotte, North Carolina office. Simonson will be responsible for client...
North Carolina Elections Board to Weigh Insurance Commissioner Campaign Complaint
Aug 15 2012 // State Board of Elections officials likely will use a less severe method to consider campaign finance accusations made by North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin against Republican challenger Mike...
North Carolina Court Rules Wounded Passenger Can Sue Police
Aug 9 2012 // A North Carolina appeals court said a car passenger wounded during a police chase on Asheville roads five years ago can continue to seek damages against officers involved in the pursuit but not the city’s now-retired...
North Carolina Insurance Reforms Fall Short
Aug 6 2012 // North Carolina lawmakers approved a bill with some changes to the property insurance system but, as one industry expert said, in so doing lawmakers “just stuck more fingers in the dike.” Despite what critics...
North Carolina Agent Arrested, Charged With Insurance Fraud
Aug 2 2012 // North Carolina regulators announced this week that a local insurance agent was arrested and charged with one felony count of obtaining property by false pretense. Department of Insurance criminal investigators allege that...
North Carolina Woman Arrested for Alleged Insurance Fraud
Jul 30 2012 // North Carolina insurance department announced last week the arrest of Debra Gail Hodges, 41, of 5009 Inverness Drive, Fayetteville; she is charged with one count each of insurance fraud, attempted insurance fraud,...
North Carolina’s Antiquated Rate Bureau System
Jul 26 2012 // There was a time, not so far in the distant past, when virtually all property and casualty insurance rates were calculated by industry-owned rate bureaus. It wasn’t necessarily a terrible system. Smaller insurers...
North Carolina Property Insurance Reform Law Comes Up Short
Jul 24 2012 // North Carolina’s property market problems are well known but thus far answers remain elusive even after lawmakers approved a bill that does little more than what one industry expert said, “just stuck more...
Directors Cite Insurance Questions in Ouster of North Carolina’s Duke Energy CEO
Jul 23 2012 // A long-time Duke Energy Corp. director who led the surprise CEO ouster at the country’s largest electric company said Friday that reasons for the move included a long-delayed update on insurance payments for a...
N.C. Workers’ Comp Data Dispute Resolved
Jul 23 2012 // North Carolina officials have found a way to resolve media groups’ concern over public access to some employers’ workers’ compensation information while maintaining the confidentiality of other...
North Carolina OKs Sea Policy Change Ban
Jul 23 2012 // North Carolina House and Senate lawmakers have voted to prohibit any state agency from making policies on sea-level change until 2016 and have called for the scientists to do more studies. Their bill now goes to Gov....
North Carolina Resolves Media Concerns Over Workers’ Comp Data
Jul 13 2012 // North Carolina officials have found a way to resolve media groups’ concern over public access to some employers’ workers’ compensation information while maintaining the confidentiality of other...
North Carolina Lawmakers Pass 4 Year-Ban on Sea Level Policy Changes
Jul 6 2012 // After North Carolina lawmakers were ridiculed for their attempts to ignore a state-sponsored science panel that predicted a sharp rise in sea levels, they agreed this week to forbid any state agency to make policies on...
North Carolina Lawmakers Pass Protection for Insurance Whistleblowers
Jul 6 2012 // North Carolina lawmakers are acting to protect whistleblowers after a hospital sued a former employee who reported what the state auditor later determined were excessive taxpayer charges. The Winston-Salem Journal reported...
North Carolina Gov. Perdue Signs Workers’ Comp Scofflaw Bill
Jul 2 2012 // North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue has signed a bill designed to crack down on employers without workers’ compensation coverage despite opposition from media groups that objected to the fact the employer information will...
North Carolina Targets Workers’ Comp Scofflaws
Jul 2 2012 // North Carolina business owners may find it harder to escape having workers’ compensation coverage after state lawmakers approval of a bill closing a loophole that had resulted in tens of thousands of employers going...
North Carolina Pastor Charged with Insurance Fraud
Jun 25 2012 // A pastor in North Carolina has been arrested and accused of taking about $23,000 in an insurance scam. The Hickory Daily Record reported that 47-year-old Chuck Hager was arrested and charged with 13 felonies. The pastor of...
North Carolina Passes Law Targeting Employers Without Workers’ Comp
Jun 25 2012 // North Carolina business owners may find it harder to escape having workers’ compensation coverage after state lawmakers approved a bill closing a legal loophole that had resulted in tens of thousands of employers...
North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Outpatient Payments Growing: WCRI
Jun 19 2012 // Hospital charges for the treatment of injured workers in North Carolina are growing quickly in the wake of regulatory changes meant to reduce outpatient costs, according to a study by the Workers Compensation Research...
