Press Releases

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey urges residents to be proactive to lessen or prevent any losses that may stem from Tropical Storm Zeta by securing loose furniture and articles on the outside of their property.  The storm is forecasted to bring powerful wind gusts and moderate rain to North Carolina, especially in the weste

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Ellen Page Newton, 54, of 285 T. Kemp Road, Louisburg. Newton was charged with making a false statement to obtain unemployment insurance benefits and obtaining property by false pretense, both felonies.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Brancis Lee Williams, 47, of 101 Dominion Court, Roanoke Rapids. Williams was charged with two counts each of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, all felonies.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Shavonna Ann Robinson, 32, of 2729 Reynolds Park Road, Winston-Salem. Robinson was charged with attempting to obtain property by false pretense, a felony.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that Justice Sherron Parker, 26, of 3487 Herlocker Road, New London, was charged with insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Adrian Lopez, 19, of 121 Cobalt Creek, Holly Springs. Lopez was charged with insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, both felonies.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that Tilneshia Shuntovia Mobley, 34, of 7605 Holly Grove Court, Charlotte, was charged with insurance fraud, a felony.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey warns seniors to be on alert for Medicare insurance scams. Since Medicare Open Enrollment began Oct. 15, the N.C. Department of Insurance has been made aware of people going door-to-door offering free health insurance with extra benefits for vision, dental and life insurance.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey invites the public to drop off their unused or expired medication at an Operation Medicine Drop (OMD) prescription drug take-back event in Pineville on Thursday, October 22. The event's goal is to keep prescription drugs out of the wrong hands to prevent overdose or injury.  

Insurance Commissioner and Safe Kids N.C. Chair Mike Causey invites the public to drop off their unused medication at our Operation Medicine Drop prescription drug take back event in Fuquay Varina on Wednesday, October 21, so it can be properly disposed of and kept out of the wrong hands.  

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will stop by insurance agencies and fire stations during a trip to Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans and Chowan counties on Monday, Oct. 19, and Tuesday, Oct. 20.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey plans to visit fire stations and insurance agencies during a trip to Union County on Thursday, Oct. 15.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will honor four Hoke County firefighters, a Columbus County deputy sheriff and a fire department in Scotland County for life-saving actions on Wednesday, Oct. 14.

SAVE Awards go to individuals or organizations who go above and beyond the call of duty to save lives.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today congratulated the NCDOI’s Captive Insurance Division and the state’s captive industry on receiving the prestigious “Domicile of the Year” award.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey plans to help deliver children’s fire prevention coloring books to fire stations and stop by insurance agencies during a visit to Haywood and Buncombe counties on Monday, Oct. 12.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is scheduled to meet with fire departments and building inspectors during a trip to Lenoir and Jones counties Thursday, Oct. 8. He will take part in a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the new Trenton Volunteer Fire Department station destroyed by Hurricane Florence in 2018.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey plans to visit insurance agencies during a trip to Harnett and Lee counties on Wednesday, Oct. 7.

Commissioner Causey will discuss his efforts to modernize the insurance industry during stops at the agencies.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will stop by insurance agencies and fire stations during a trip to Rutherford, Polk and Cleveland counties on Monday, Oct. 5.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Sequan Tripp, 25, of 411 Dunn St., New Bern. Tripp was charged with insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, both felonies.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Felicia Bryant, 46, of 104 Redman Court, LaGrange. Bryant was charged with insurance fraud, a felony.

According to the arrest warrant, Bryant filed a new vehicle damage claim with Geico when the damage had previously been reported to Allstate.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that Jeremy Ryan Boroski, 23, of 40966 Mountain View Church Road, Albemarle, was charged with insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, both felonies, along with misdemeanor making a false report to police.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Robin Hart, 47, of 1713 Bethlehem Road, Rocky Mount. Hart was charged with insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, both felonies.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is scheduled to meet with Brunswick County building inspectors and officials Thursday, Oct. 1, to discuss inspections updates and how to best prepare and respond to disasters that can damage homes and property.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, along with the Federal Trade Commission and more than 50 federal and state law enforcement partners, announced today a nationwide law enforcement initiative to protect consumers from abusive and threatening debt collection practices.