Busy Hurricane Season Could Test NC’s ‘Weakened’ Building Codes, Experts Say June 3, 2024 By William Rabb The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, predicted to be unusually intense, officially began this week and it could soon bring the...
Tennessee, Kentucky Tobacco Farmer Sentenced for Second Crop Insurance Fraud May 31, 2024 A Kentucky tobacco farmer has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to crop insurance...
Flight Attendants Accuse Jacksonville Jags Kicker of Sexual Assault on Plane May 31, 2024 Two unnamed flight attendants have filed suit against the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL team and former placekicker Brandon McManus, accusing him...
A 6th House Has Collapsed into Atlantic on North Carolina’s Outer Banks May 31, 2024 RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Another house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina’s coast, the sixth to fall...
‘Cautiously Optimistic’ on Florida: Defense Costs Down, but Reinsurance Still a Drag May 31, 2024 By William Rabb Analysts with the AM Best financial rating firm and other stakeholders are cautiously optimistic about the resurrection of the Florida...
NC Commissioner Rejects Proposed 83% Mobile Home-Fire Rate Increase May 30, 2024 North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has scheduled a 2025 hearing date after rejecting the NC Rate Bureau’s request for...
ARCW Acquires CLC Insurance Agency in Clearwater May 30, 2024 Clearwater-based CLC Insurance Agency has merged with ARCW Insurance, a Leavitt Group affiliate, the companies said in a news release...
Kentucky Families Struggling After Being Hit Second Time by Tornadoes May 30, 2024 By Bruce Schreiner BARNSLEY, Ky. (AP) — Devin Johnson’s life was uprooted for a second time when a tornado flattened his home over...
Is Trampoline Job Landscape Work? AI Says Yes. 11th Circuit Says It’s Not Covered May 30, 2024 By William Rabb Is the installation of an in-ground trampoline considered landscaping work, covered by a landscaper’s liability insurance policy? Artificial intelligence programs...
North Carolina Will Soon Have Some of the Highest Auto Liability Minimums May 29, 2024 Starting next year, the minimum automobile liability coverage in North Carolina will jump significantly, thanks to a 2023 law that...