Federal Court Splits North Carolina Hurricane Insurance Claims November 15, 2023 By Insurance Journal staff A North Carolina investment firm and its property insurer have each won partial victories in a dispute over hurricane insurance...
Clear Intent to Exclude Named Storms Not Enough to Deny Coverage April 17, 2023 By Jim Sams In 2015, the Shilo Christian Center in Melbourne, Florida cut its property insurance premiums in half by asking its insurer...
Displaced Hurricane Matthew Homeowners Remain in Limbo Six Years Later September 15, 2022 By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and GARY D. ROBERTSON Nearly six years after flood damage from Hurricane Matthew displaced Thad Artis from his home in Goldsboro, North Carolina, he...
Contractor Missed Deadline to File Lawsuit For Repairs to Storm-Damaged Church December 17, 2021 By Jim Sams A bankruptcy filing did not stop the clock from running on North Carolina’s three-year statutory deadline for filing a lawsuit...
Virginia Beach Confronts Inescapable Costs of Rising Seas November 1, 2021 By Ben Finley VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Voters in the sprawling coastal city of Virginia Beach will decide whether to approve one...
Hurricane Victims Frustrated with Slow Housing Recovery July 26, 2019 By Amanda Morris SPRING LAKE, N.C. — The heating and air conditioning in Carrie Johnson’s home — damaged by Hurricane Matthew in 2016...
Florence Damage to North Carolina Schools Could Exceed Matthew’s October 5, 2018 By ALEX DEROSIER North Carolina’s public school officials expect damage from Hurricane Florence to well exceed school losses after Hurricane Matthew two years...
Florida Officials Worry About Drug Overdoses at Hurricane Shelters May 23, 2017 Local officials are raising concerns about drug use at hurricane shelters, saying they aren’t equipped to care for addicts, unaccompanied...
South Carolina County Reports 18K Claims Filed After Hurricane Matthew May 3, 2017 Insurance companies have closed 87 percent of the 18,193 insurance claims filed in Beaufort County in the aftermath of Hurricane...
Hurricane Matthew Flood Victims Still Recovering 6 Months Later April 11, 2017 By MECHELLE HANKERSON AND RYAN MURPHY, The Virginian-Pilot In the months since Hurricane Matthew, Dawn Sawyer has watched her 9-year-old, Sam, bite his nails down to “nubs.” She’s...