North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Markel Ray Hyshaw, 28, 3520 Drawbridge Parkway, Greensboro. Hyshaw was charged with insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, both felonies.
Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigation Division accuse Hyshaw of falsely claiming to USAA Insurance that his food spoiled because his refrigerator was replaced by his apartment maintenance staff.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Terry Allen Spivey, 57, of 4450 Whitestocking Road, Burgaw. Spivey was charged with insurance fraud, a felony.
Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Spivey of falsely telling Essentia Insurance Co. that his vehicle was stolen and then wrecked when he had been in an auto accident.
The offense occurred on Dec. 3, 2021.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced the arrest of Precious Te-Aera Stevenson, 32, of 3904 Overland Heights Apartment Townhomes, Greensboro. Stevenson was charged with insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, both felonies.
Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Stevenson of obtaining $21,855 from State Farm Insurance Co. by filing a false renters’ policy claim for fire damage.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that Grinetta Michelle Collins, 46, of 5233 Cressingham Court, Charlotte, was charged with insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, both felonies.
Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Collins of obtaining $2,948.87 from Peak Property and Casualty Insurance by claiming that the original payment from the insurance company was deposited into the wrong account.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that the Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) saved the state’s seniors $30 million last year.
Many retirees and Medicare beneficiaries on a fixed income want to save money wherever they can. Each year, thousands of people contact the Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) throughout the state to help them identify savings in their Medicare coverages.
Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, who also serves as the State Fire Marshal, is pleased to announce that Smoke Alarm Saturday 2022 was a huge success in the ongoing effort to prevent fire deaths in North Carolina.
OSFM organizers and firefighters from 79 fire departments across North Carolina went door-to-door in 47 counties to check homes for the presence of working smoke alarms and install new ones where needed at no charge to residents. (FOR VIDEO SLIDESHOW, CLICK HERE)
N.C. Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey issued the following statement today in response to recent media reports citing building inspection delays on new construction:
N.C. Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is calling attention to rising vehicle fatality rates by addressing the key factors causing the deadly crashes, urging North Carolinians to put driving first while behind the wheel this summer.
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.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is reminding homeowners that insurance rate changes will take effect on June 1, 2022. Consumers will likely see the rate increase on policies that are taken out or renewed on or after today.
