Press Releases

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’s plans to visit Surry and Yadkin counties on Monday, Sept. 28, and deliver ceremonial grant checks to fire stations in both counties.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey plans to distribute children’s fire prevention coloring books to fire departments during a trip to Burke, Caldwell and Alexander counties on Thurs

Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a $392,998 Assistance to Firefighters Grant to the Office of State Fire Marshal.

The grant will help the Office of State Fire Marshal provide the most up-to-date training with state-of-the-art equipment.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey’s will focus on storm preparedness and fire prevention on Monday, Sept. 21, as he visits with first responders and insurance agents during a visit to Durham and Orange counties.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will visit New Hanover county Thursday, Sept. 17 to discuss how communities can efficiently recover after storms and fires damage homes and buildings.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will meet with the Hickory City Council to announce the city’s new fire insurance rating on Tuesday, Sept. 15.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will meet with firefighters and distribute grant checks to fire departments while in Watauga and Wilkes counties on Thursday, Sept. 3.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will present checks to assist rural volunteer fire departments in Warren and Gates counties on Monday, Aug. 31. He will also meet with insurance agents during lunch in Halifax County.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey plans to drop by insurance agencies, visit several fire stations and deliver grant checks to departments in need during visits to Randolph and Moore counties on Thursday, Aug. 27.

Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey will be in Guilford County Tuesday, Aug. 25 to observe a firefighting training exercise that ensures firefighters have ready access to water in neighborhoods that do not have a fire hydrant.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey’s visit to Onslow County will take him to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, where he will visit a fire station on the military base on Monday, Aug. 24.

Commissioner Causey will stop by an Onslow County insurance agency and visit two volunteer fire departments.

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, more people are installing backyard swimming pools in North Carolina, making the risk of drowning more prevalent. Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, who also serves as Safe Kids N.C. Chair, reminds all families of the dangers of drowning.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will visit fire stations and insurance agencies during a trip to Iredell County on Thursday, Aug. 20.

Doing laundry is most likely a part of everyone’s daily routine but taking care of your clothes dryer can make a big difference when it comes to preventing house fires.

Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey urges families to take precautions to prevent home fires caused by clothes dryers.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will visit a Disaster Readiness Center in Carolina Beach on Wednesday, Aug. 19.

The N.C. Department of Insurance will operate the Disaster Readiness Center in the parking lot of the Carolina Beach Recreation Center.

The Safe Kids N.C. team is partnering with law enforcement agencies and first responders to ensure children are secured in a properly installed child safety seat when riding in a vehicle to save lives.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will make stops at Robeson County insurance agencies and fire stations on Monday, Aug. 17, presenting grant checks along the way.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will join United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA) State Director Robert Hosford Friday in a tour to deliver grant checks to rural fire departments in need of financial assistance.  The USDA Rural Development grants are given to various entities in an effort to revita

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will tour a behavioral health center under construction that could help firefighters and first responders cope with stress related to their occupation during a visit to Guilford County on Thursday, Aug. 13.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will present grant checks to rural volunteer fire departments and speak to insurance agents and county leaders during a visit to Nash County on Tuesday, August 11.

In recognition of National Pet Fire Safety Month, which runs through July, Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey reminds communities how to protect their homes and furry friends from the dangers of fire.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will stop by fire stations and an emergency services center during a trip to Harnett and Lee counties on Monday, July 20.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will present grant checks to rural volunteer fire departments and speak to county leaders during a visit to Rockingham County on Monday, July 13.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will be in Cumberland County on Thursday, July 9, to visit fire departments, an insurance agency and present the Safe Kids NC Coalition of the Year award to Safe Kids Cumberland County.