April 27, 2018
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey this week toured some of the areas hardest hit by a mid-April tornado, saying the storm damaged more than 1,000 buildings in one county alone. As the clean-up efforts continue in Greensboro and Rockingham …
March 23, 2018
A North Carolina insurance agent has been arrested and charged with embezzling more than $18,000 in insurance premiums, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey. Billie Jo Kennedy, 47, of Trenton, N.C., was arrest earlier this …
March 31, 2017
North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI) announced the conviction of two retired insurance agents in a regional scam targeting senior citizens. Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey said the two retired agents, Milton Hooks, 72, of Rocky Mount, and James Mangum, 69, …
March 8, 2017
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has announced the arrest of Stacy Dewhite Brown, 50, of Raleigh, N.C. He is charged with one count each of insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense. North Carolina Department of …
January 20, 2017
The North Carolina Rate Bureau is alerting all member companies that it has withdrawn its request for a 19.6 percent rate increase on dwelling policies due to a data error on its Dwelling Policy Program revisions announced in April, 2016. …
December 2, 2016
The North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB) has requested a 19.6 percent rate increase on all dwelling insurance policies, according to a statement from the North Carolina Department of Insurance. NCDOI announced Dec. 1 it is reviewing NCRB’s Nov. 30 rate …
November 18, 2016
A North Carolina couple has been arrested and charged with one count of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, according to North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Keith Hedgepeth, 48, and Sharon Hedgepeth, 48, of Nashville, N.C., are …
November 3, 2016
A North Carolina man has been arrested for allegedly conspiring to commit insurance fraud. According to a statement from the North Carolina Department of Insurance, Timothy Allen Green, 54, of Louisburg has been charged with one count each of insurance …
September 29, 2016
A woman in North Carolina has been arrested and charged with insurance fraud for allegedly submitting a duplicate property claim, according to North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Kathryn Taylor Reynolds, 39, of Dobson has been charged with one count …
August 22, 2016
A North Carolina insurance agent has been arrested and accused of creating false auto policies, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Eddie Ray Butler, 29, formerly of Greensboro was charged with 11 counts of Identity …