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STATE EX REL. COM'R OF INS. v. Comp. Rat. & Insp. Bur.

221 S.E.2d 96, 28 N.C. App. 409
Court of Appeals of North Carolina·Decided January 21, 1976·No. 7510INS636·Published

Opinion

221 S.E.2d 96 (1976)
28 N.C. App. 409

STATE of North Carolina ex rel. COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE
v.
COMPENSATION RATING AND INSPECTION BUREAU OF NORTH CAROLINA.

No. 7510INS636.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 21, 1976.

*97 Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten, by Asst. Atty. Gen. Isham B. Hudson, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Allen, Steed & Pullen, P.A., by Thomas W. Steed, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant appellant.

MARTIN, Judge.

Appellant contends that the order of the Commissioner dated 25 April 1975 disapproving the rate filing proposal is contrary to the applicable statutory rate-making procedure found in G.S. 58-27.2(a) in that the Commissioner failed to hold a hearing on the matter. We agree.

*98 To affirm an order denying rate increases when there was no opportunity for notice and hearing subjects both the public and the insurance carriers to danger of arbitrary action by the Commissioner.

Reversed and remanded for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.

MORRIS and PARKER, JJ., concur.

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