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Home insurers argue for a 42% average premium hike in North Carolina
With many western North Carolina residents still lacking power and running water from Hurricane Helene, a hearing began Monday on the insurance industry's request to raise homeowner premiums statewide by more than 42% on average. A top lieutenant for Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey opened what's expected to be multiple weeks of witnesses, evidence and arguments by attorneys for the state Insurance Department and the North Carolina Rate Bureau, which represents insurance companies seeking the increase. In over 2,000 pages of data filed last January, the Rate Bureau sought proposed increases varying widely from just over 4% in parts...
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