State ex rel. Commissioner of Insurance v. North Carolina Automobile Rate Administrative Office

PARKER, Judge.

The Commissioner of Insurance has no authority to prescribe or regulate premium rates except insofar as that authority has been conferred upon him by statute. In re Filing by Automo*226bile Rate Office, 278 N.C. 302, 180 S.E. 2d 155 (1971) ; In re Filing by Fire Ins. Rating Bureau, 275 N.C. 15, 165 S.E. 2d 207 (1969). Such authority as the Commissioner has. with respect to motorcycle liability insurance rates is contained' in Article 25 of G.S. Chap. 58, which also provides for the creation and prescribes the functions of the North Carolina Automobile Rate Administrative Office. The…