Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, who also serves as the State Fire Marshal, on Tuesday will present the Order of the Guardian Award to three Rockingham County volunteer firefighters who have more than 155 years of combined service to their communities.The three – Carl Steve Hall, Leonard Wayne Griffin and Cecil Vernon Gammon – are long-serving members of the Monroeton Volunteer Fire Department in Reidsville.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey will tour tornado-damaged areas and offer assistance to those affected by the storm in areas in Nash County this afternoon.A special Victim Assistance Center will be staffed by representatives from the Department of Insurance and the Office of State Fire Marshal to provide insurance information to policyholders affected by the storm. The center will be on site at the Red Oak Fire Department until 6 p.m. tonight and will return to the area on future dates if needed.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has named Angela Hatchell as senior deputy commissioner of the Agent Services, Consumer Services and Regional Director divisions. “Angela Hatchell has been a devoted and inspiring leader at the department for nearly a quarter of a century,” Commissioner Causey said. “I am fully confident that she will expertly and effectively lead in this new role and we look forward to her continued service to the department and to the state.”
As the Fourth of July holiday approaches, Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is urging North Carolinians to celebrate safely by following a few simple summer safety steps.Fireworks, grilling out and water activities are traditional parts of America’s Independence Day celebrations, but all have inherent risks that could ultimately end in serious injury or death.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced new technology upgrades that will help bail bond agents better track cases, log citizen complaints and manage workflow by merging multiple systems previously unconnected. The department collaborated with the N.C. Department of Information Technology’s Government Data Analytics Center (GDAC) on multi-phased upgrades to NCDOI’s Bail Bond Information System (BBIS), including a new dashboard that uses technology from SAS, one of the state’s vendor partners, to integrate data in an online reporting system.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, who also serves as the State Fire Marshal, will present the Guardian Award to Clayton Fire Chief Lee Barbee on Wednesday, June 28.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, who also serves as the State Fire Marshal, will announce the new insurance rating for the Burlington Fire Department in Alamance County on Tuesday, June 27.The announcement will take place at 1:30 p.m. at the Burlington Fire Department Station 1, 215 S. Church St. Burlington, N.C. 27215
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will present the Order of the Long Leaf Pine to retiring Fire Chief Vence Harris of the Chapel Hill Fire Department during a special ceremony on Friday, June 16.The Commissioner, who also serves as the State Fire Marshal, will present the award at 6:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel, located at One Europa Drive in Chapel Hill.
A series of recent rumblings out west have led Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey to urge the state’s residents to make sure they are covered from the effects of natural disasters. This can be achieved by checking in with their insurance agent to review their individual policies.Seven earthquakes have hit the same area of western North Carolina within the past two weeks -- all within a mile of each other. Although western North Carolina is not on a major fault line, earthquakes are not uncommon in the western part of the state.
As the number of fire deaths rises in North Carolina, Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey has organized a team of firefighters and volunteers to be out in force this weekend to distribute and install free smoke alarms in neighborhoods across the state.
