Local municipalities have registered their reactions to a proposed homeowners insurance rate increase: they don’t like it one bit. The North Carolina Rate Bureau is asking for a rate increase that would bring a 99.4% hike for Brunswick County beach areas and an average statewide increase of 42.2%, effective Aug. 1. A breakdown shows Brunswick’s eastern coastal areas would see a 71.4% increase compared to a 43% jump in the western area of the county.