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

HEDRICK, Judge.

Appellants argue that the Commissioner “lacks statutory authority to order the Staff Plan into effect.” In response the Commissioner asserts that, since his proposals constitute mere “modifications” of the Bureau plan, rather than a substitution thereof, his order is well within his statutory grant of supervisory authority over the Rate Bureau.

The Filing in question was mandated by the 1977 Legislature when it enacted G.S. § 58-124.19 which provides in pertinent part:(4) . . . The Bureau is directed to establish and implement a comprehensive classification rating plan for motor…