There are 18 coastal counties in North Carolina, where insurance rates are higher. Google Earth
A beach rate applies for all properties east of the Intracoastal Waterway. A coastal rate applies for all counties that border the waterway from the west side or a contiguous body of water from the waterway, said Marshall Neal Bullard, vice president of Dun Bullard Insurance in Wilmington.
An inland county rate applies for all other counties, specifically, those not bordering any waterway or contiguous body of water from the waterway, Bullard said.
Here is a list of all 18 coastal counties: Beaufort, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Jones, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington.
The other 82 counties in North Carolina are considered inland,” Bullard said.
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Date posted: March 29, 2013
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