What grade does your state get for its insurance regulation?

North Carolina went from bad to worse in R Street’s annual rankings of state insurance regulation.

Coming in at No. 49 last year in the R Street Institute’s Insurance Regulation Report Card, the Tar Heel state dropped to No. 50 and received an “F” grade for the second year in a row.

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