North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association News

North Carolina Residual Market Issues $500 Million in Cat Bonds; Rate Hikes Go Into Effect

North Carolina’s two residual homeowners insurance markets have jointly issued $500 million in pre-event catastrophe bonds to ensure they have enough money on hand to quickly pay claims following hurricanes and other named storms. The North Carolina Joint Underwriting Association …

North Carolina Beach Plan to Retrieve Surplus Returned to Insurers

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has announced a settlement agreement that calls for the North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association, known as the Beach Plan, to reverse the more than $16 million it made to member companies in 2009. The …