North Carolina Insurance Rate Statistics

Every headline figure this archive publishes, each one anchor-linked and sourced. Requested figures come from North Carolina Rate Bureau filings; approved figures come from Department of Insurance settlements and orders. Base premiums come from the filed Form 3 territory exhibit.

Statewide changes by line

Averages across every filing on record for each personal line.

Filing counts and average requested and approved changes for each personal line.
LineFilingsAvg. requestedAvg. approvedRecord spans
Homeowners6+24.4%+6.3%November 14, 2008 to January 3, 2024
Dwelling3+36.3%+4.5%August 5, 2016 to June 27, 2025
Auto3+18.6%+2.3%February 1, 2019 to February 3, 2025
Mobile Home2+33.5%+7.7%June 3, 2019 to September 11, 2023

Statewide changes by line and year

Each filing in the year it was filed, with the change that was ultimately approved and the dates it took effect.

Every rate filing by year with its requested change, approved change, effective dates, and source document.
Year filedLineRequestedApprovedEffectiveSource
2025Auto+22.6%Set for hearingNCDOIAUTO-2025-HEARING-NOTICE
2025Dwelling+68.3%+5.0%October 1, 2026, October 1, 2027NCDOID-25-1 Settlement
2024Homeowners+42.2%+15.0%June 1, 2025, June 1, 2026NCDOIDOCKET-1584-NOTICE
2023Auto+28.4%+4.5%December 1, 2024NCDOIAUTO-2023-SETTLEMENT
2023Mobile Home+40.6%+9.4%November 1, 2024NCDOIMH-2024-SETTLEMENT
2020Dwelling+21.9%+4.0%April 1, 2021NCDOIDW-2021-SETTLEMENT
2020Homeowners+24.5%+7.9%April 1, 2021NCDOIHO-2021-SETTLEMENT
2019Auto+4.9%0.0%January 1, 2020NCDOIAUTO-2019-SETTLEMENT
2019Mobile Home+26.5%+6.0%July 1, 2020NCDOIMH-2020-SETTLEMENT
2018Homeowners+17.4%+4.0%May 1, 2019NCDOIHO-2019-SETTLEMENT
2016Dwelling+18.7%+4.4%May 1, 2017NCDOIDW-2017-SETTLEMENT
2014Homeowners+25.3%0.0%June 1, 2015NCDOIHO-2014-SETTLEMENT
2012Homeowners+17.7%+7.0%July 1, 2013NCDOIHO-2013-SETTLEMENT
2008Homeowners+19.5%+4.0%May 1, 2009NCDOIHO-2009-SETTLEMENT

Requested versus approved gaps

The distance between what the Rate Bureau asked for and what was approved, widest first. Expressed in percentage points.

Requested change, approved change, and the gap in percentage points for every settled filing.
FilingFiledAskedApprovedGap (points)Source
DwellingJune 27, 2025+68.3%+5.0%63.3NCDOID-25-1 Settlement
Mobile HomeSeptember 11, 2023+40.6%+9.4%31.2NCDOIMH-2024-SETTLEMENT
HomeownersJanuary 3, 2024+42.2%+15.0%27.2NCDOIDOCKET-1584-NOTICE
HomeownersJanuary 2, 2014+25.3%0.0%25.3NCDOIHO-2014-SETTLEMENT
AutoFebruary 1, 2023+28.4%+4.5%23.9NCDOIAUTO-2023-SETTLEMENT
Mobile HomeJune 3, 2019+26.5%+6.0%20.5NCDOIMH-2020-SETTLEMENT
DwellingSeptember 14, 2020+21.9%+4.0%17.9NCDOIDW-2021-SETTLEMENT
HomeownersDecember 8, 2020+24.5%+7.9%16.6NCDOIHO-2021-SETTLEMENT
HomeownersNovember 14, 2008+19.5%+4.0%15.4NCDOIHO-2009-SETTLEMENT
DwellingAugust 5, 2016+18.7%+4.4%14.3NCDOIDW-2017-SETTLEMENT
HomeownersNovember 1, 2018+17.4%+4.0%13.4NCDOIHO-2019-SETTLEMENT
HomeownersOctober 11, 2012+17.7%+7.0%10.7NCDOIHO-2013-SETTLEMENT
AutoFebruary 1, 2019+4.9%0.0%4.9NCDOIAUTO-2019-SETTLEMENT

Territory spread and base premiums

An approved statewide average lands differently county by county, because North Carolina prices homeowners coverage by rate territory. The Form 3 base premium — the reference premium in the filed exhibit — runs from $856 in the western mountains to $3,975 on the ocean front.

Rate territories with their Form 3 base premium and county count, priciest first.
TerritoryNameCountiesForm 3 base premium
110Beach Area and Ocean Front6$3,975
120Coastal Remainder10$2,884
130Eastern Coastal Plain15$1,943
140Northeastern Piedmont Plain10$1,602
150Sandhills10$1,487
160Charlotte Metro9$1,364
180Triangle3$1,319
170Triad12$1,281
190Foothills and Northern Mountains12$1,052
200Western Mountains13$856

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NC Insurance Rate Tracker. “North Carolina Insurance Rate Statistics.” Accessed [date]. https://ncratetracker.com/statistics

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