North Carolina's Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has negotiated a settlement reducing a proposed homeowners' insurance rate hike from 42.2% to a series of 7.5% increases over two years.

North Carolina homeowners will likely see insurance rates increase over the next two years, but not by as much as the insurers had hoped.

The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced the new rates last Friday. The insurance industry says inflation and climate change are driving up costs.

The North Carolina Rate Bureau, representing home insurers, settled for two 7.5% increases this year and next, after originally seeking a 42% rate increase.

Under the rates negotiated by Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, the highest increases will come on the coast and in the Coastal Plain.

The North Carolina Department of Insurance has ended its legal dispute with insurance companies regarding proposed homeowners' insurance rate increases, accordi

The North Carolina Department of Insurance has announced that Buncombe and Henderson counties will see substantially lower increases than originally predicted in 2025 and 2026.

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A settlement has been reached by North Carolina's Insurance Department and the industry that sells homeowner policies.

The deal between NC and the insurance industry calls for an average 15% increase by mid-2026. But many coastal areas will see much steeper increases.

Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced today that the North Carolina Department of Insurance has ended its legal dispute with insurance companies about their proposed homeowners’ insurance rate increase filed in January 2024. The N.C. Rate Bureau ...

Homeowners in North Carolina will see their base insurance premiums increase by an average of 15 percent by mid-2026