Insurable Homes

North Carolina

Home insurance of last resort in Durham County, North Carolina

At 30 June 2026 the North Carolina FAIR Plan insured 3,713 residential risks in Durham County, up 13.9% from a year earlier, with $1.3 billion of residential insured value. That is the 33rd highest count among North Carolina's 100 counties.

FAIR Plan residential, 30 June 20263,713+13.9% in a year
Residential insured value$1.3 billion
FAIR Plan commercial372
Mar 23: 2,5172,517Mar 23Jun 23: 2,558Sep 23: 2,612Dec 23: 2,685Dec 23Mar 24: 2,723Jun 24: 2,853Sep 24: 2,995Sep 24Dec 24: 3,084Mar 25: 3,176Jun 25: 3,260Jun 25Sep 25: 3,309Dec 25: 3,439Mar 26: 3,561Mar 26Jun 26: 3,7133,713Jun 26

NC FAIR Plan residential count in Durham County at each quarter end

Quarter by quarter

Quarter endResidential countResidential insured valueCommercial countTotal count
30 June 20263,713$1.3 billion3724,085
31 March 20263,561$1.2 billion3683,929
31 December 20253,439$1.1 billion3593,798
30 September 20253,309$1.0 billion3443,653
30 June 20253,260$987.6 million3363,596
31 March 20253,176$936.1 million3473,523
31 December 20243,084$887.0 million3403,424
30 September 20242,995$830.6 million3833,378
30 June 20242,853$753.4 million3093,162
31 March 20242,723$687.7 million3053,028
31 December 20232,685$644.2 million2782,963
30 September 20232,612$595.3 million1352,747
30 June 20232,558$560.8 million952,653
31 March 20232,517$535.2 million812,598

Nonrenewals, 2018 to 2023

From the Senate Budget Committee's insurer data. More on nonrenewals in Durham.

YearNonrenewalsPolicies in forceNonrenewal rateNorth Carolina rate
202353437,2441.43%1.79%
202239138,3501.02%0.91%
202127037,6100.72%0.78%
202021136,7120.57%1.05%
201935336,3730.97%1.15%
201879936,5002.19%2.07%
How to read this. Counts are the pools' published counts of insured risks, which are close to but not always the same as policies. Insured value is the pools' aggregate liability for buildings and contents. A rising count can mean fewer private insurers writing in the area, but the pools do not say why owners joined.

Sources

  1. North Carolina Joint Underwriting Association (NC FAIR Plan), Quarterly financial statements, Aggregate Liability by Counties
  2. US Senate Budget Committee, Homeowners insurance nonrenewal data by county, 2018 to 2023 (December 2024 release)

Checked 29 October 2026. Figures are reproduced as published and are not adjusted.