Insurance companies request 14 percent rise in NC auto premiums

[TexasTowelie]

RALEIGH — Insurance companies are seeking approval for their plans to raise auto insurance costs for North Carolina motorists by an average of nearly 14 percent this year.

The state Insurance Department said Friday it received the request from the North Carolina Rate Bureau, which represents insurance companies. The state Insurance Department regulates rate increases.

The department says the last time auto insurance premiums increased was in 2001 and 2002, but they were wiped out by a 2003 decrease.

State officials expect to spend several months studying the request to see if it's justified. That could be followed by negotiations over the appropriate rate, hearings to examine the request and potentially a battle in the courts.

http://www.starnewsonline.com/news/20170203/insurance-companies-request-14-percent-rise-in-nc-auto-premiums

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1. I have driven between Ohio and Florida several times and the Charlotte area

has the craziest and least courteous drivers of anyplace I have ever been. It's like NASCAR in that area.

[MarvinGardens]

2. I used to live in Raleigh.

I agree with the NASCAR reference. On my morning commute, I would get into the left lane and follow the car in front. Usually I would go 75-80 in fairly thick traffic. It's amazing there weren't more wrecks. Yet somehow, their insurance was always cheaper than the surrounding states. Whatever system they had was working well. Now I live in Atlanta. We do not go anywhere fast during rush hour.

[doc03]

4. I have seen them come off an entrance ramp and just cut across 3 or 4 lanes

with no signal then cut back across to exit in like a 1/4 mile. I live in rural Ohio where the nearest traffic light is
about 7 miles away so all big cities are crazy to me. I have heard Charlotte is bad because the city has grown faster
than they can build highways.

[angstlessk]

3. I moved from Norfolk, VA which has drivers from all over to Rhode Island

After a few weeks I decided the drivers pulled out into the road from wherever, then looked to see if anyone almost hit them