Deadline for public comments on insurance hike Friday
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- If you want to have your say about a proposed hike in homeowners insurance that could cost residents in coastal counties up to 30 percent more, you're running out of time. The...
View ArticleElection ahead, NC insurance head defers rate rise
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- Two weeks before an election deciding whether he keeps his job, North Carolina's insurance commissioner is telling companies they'll have to prove they should get to increase...
View ArticleNC insurers ask for homeowner policy rate hike
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- The North Carolina Department of Insurance says it has received a request by insurers that could mean big rate increases for homeowners policies across the state.NCDOI says...
View ArticleProposed insurance rates would mean big hike for some in SENC, cuts for others
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- A breakdown of the new rates requested late last week by North Carolina insurance companies show many people in our area would see big increases if approved, while many others...
View ArticleResistance up to 25 percent NC home insurance hike
EMERY P. DALESIO AP Business WriterRALEIGH, NC (AP) -- North Carolina homeowners are looking at insurance cost increases averaging 25 percent in August if the state's regulator goes along.The state...
View ArticleONLY ON 3: Homeowners, leaders sound off against insurance rate change plan
RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) -- Homeowners and leaders sounded off today about the insurance industry's request to raise homeowners rates again across North Carolina.Calabash, like other coastal communities,...
View ArticleNC auto insurance rates to hold steady for another year
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- While North Carolina's home insurers are asking for consumers to pay more for insurance, auto insurers have gone another year holding steady.The North Carolina Department of...
View ArticleAugust hearing set for insurance rate change request
RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) -- Homeowners and insurers will have to wait until hurricane season for a hearing on a proposed change in home insurance rates that would send rates up an average of 25 percent...
View ArticleHearing on proposed insurance rate increase delayed until October
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- A hearing scheduled for next month on the insurance industry's request to raise homeowners rates in North Carolina has been delayed until the fall.Insurance Commissioner Wayne...
View ArticleRegulators hear arguments in insurance rate hike
RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) -- Some coastal communities could face a 35 percent increase to homeowner's insurance if proposed new insurance rates pass.It was standing room only at a hearing in Raleigh as...
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