Ray Gronberg
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Business aid: Loans or grants?
For the western North Carolina business community, probably the most important element of the bill is a $50 million allocation...
Legislators added $604.2 million in disaster aid money
Legislators on Thursday added another $604.2 million in disaster aid money to the state’s response to Hurricane Helene, to go...
Blue Cross settlement
A multi-billion dollar anti-trust lawsuit involving Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is in the process of being...
Helene recovery: A $53.6 billion question
Gov. Roy Cooper and his aides believe western North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane Helene will ultimately consume about $53.6 billion...
N.C. Insurance and reinsurance
Monday’s item on insurance-company profitability in North Carolina has drawn reader mail, with the leader of the N.C. Farm Bureau’s...
FEMA’s risk index
Researching the reinsurance issue, by the way, took me down a rabbit hole that led to a look at FEMA’s...
Fixing the State Health Plan
Fixing the State Health Plan isn’t going to be easy, and it’s going to take the General Assembly’s help, this...
A suggestion for the Helene AAR
Andrew Dunn, former comms chief for Dan Forest’s 2020 gubernatorial bid, recently restarted his “Longleaf Politics” Substack and on Monday...
SEANC and the treasurer
N.C. Treasurer candidates differ on how they see the State Employees Association of North Carolina fitting into their strategy for...
Different insurance lines, different pictures
The association’s dataset also offers insight into what corners of the insurance business are most profitable, and which command the...
A look at insurance profits
It’s fair to say that this year’s election for insurance commissioner is all about rates and rate hikes, with Republican...
Tillis and Robinson
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis clearly thinks North Carolina Republicans stubbed their toe by nominating Mark Robinson for governor, a decision...
Project Kitty Hawk
The UNC System says 558 students are enrolled in online degree programs that its member schools have created with help...
