State ex rel. Commissioner of Insurance v. North Carolina Rate Bureau

WELLS, Judge.

The standard of appellate review in this case is to be found in the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, particularly G.S. 150A-511 and the provisions of G.S. 58-9.6.2 See Com*603missioner of Insurance v. Rate Bureau, 300 N.C. 381, 269 S.E. 2d 547 (1980), rehearing denied, 301 N.C. 107, 273 S.E. 2d 300 (1980). See also Brooks v. McWhirter Grading Co., Inc., 303 N.C. 573, 281 S.E. 2d 24 (1981).

The principal issue presented in this appeal is whether Deputy Commissioner Wray acted in excess of his statutory authority in denying the filing on the grounds that the requested…