North Carolina Man Charged With More Than $1M in Travel Insurance Fraud August 19, 2025 Investigators with the North Carolina Department of Insurance last week charged a man with swindling almost $1 million and attempting...
NC Man Claimed Almost $300,000 in Travel Insurance Losses. Then He Was Arrested July 11, 2025 Oscar Rafeal Ruiz was a busy man in 2023 and 2024, jetting to numerous places, losing his luggage multiple times...
Time to Change North Carolina’s Unique (and Antiquated) Rate Bureau System? July 9, 2025 By Jerry Theodorou Insurance markets differ in important ways from state to state, and North Carolina’s stands out for two reasons. First, insurers...
Man Charged After Claiming Deer Damage in What Was Actually a Fatal Hit-and-Run June 13, 2025 From North Carolina to Florida, insurance fraud investigators have been busy the last few weeks, leading to the arrests of...
North Carolina Auto Rates to Rise for Second Time This Year After Agreement June 11, 2025 North Carolina automobile insurance rates are poised to increase statewide by a 5% average this fall as part of an...
NCDOI Fines Builders Mutual for Repeat Violations in Commercial Auto May 22, 2025 Builders Mutual Insurance and its subsidiary, Builders Premier, have agreed to pay a $39,000 penalty after a North Carolina market...
Update: Members, Universal Pay Fines, $2.6 Million in Refunds After NC Conduct Report May 5, 2025 By William Rabb Two subsidiaries of Auto Club Group have agreed to refund $2.6 million to policyholders and to pay $113,000 in fines...
North Carolina Commissioner Settles Mobile Home Rate Increase at 11% April 2, 2025 North Carolina Insurance Mike Causey said Tuesday that he had negotiated a lower average rate increase for mobile home policies...
NC Insurance Commissioner to be Released From Hospital After Heart Surgery February 20, 2025 By William Rabb In his previous, dual role as state fire marshal, North Carolina Insurance Commissioner often championed the work of firefighters in...
Update: Charges Against North Carolina Insurance Agent Dismissed February 12, 2025 Felony charges against a North Carolina insurance agent, alleging that he fraudulently took out a life insurance policy on someone...