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

Latricha Mankins is charged with insurance fraud for allegedly submitting false unemployment claims while employed.

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.

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.

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.

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

Homeowners in Western North Carolina are expected to see a lower-than-expected base homeowners' insurance rate increase of nearly 9% by 2026, North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey ...

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.

The Department of Insurance received nearly 25,000 public comments opposed to a proposed homeowner insurance rate hike of 99% in tri-county beach areas.