Latest South Carolina Headlines
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South Carolina Reopening Committee Leader Wants Business Liability Protection
Jun 2 2020 // The leader of governor’s committee studying how to best reopen South Carolina after the coronavirus said one of the most critical pieces of unfinished business is protecting businesses from lawsuits if they follow...
South Carolina Business Owners Assess Damage After Protests
Jun 1 2020 // Some business owners in Charleston, South Carolina, swept up broken glass, boarded windows and took stock of ransacked shelves Sunday morning after protests erupted into violence in South Carolina. Broken glass littered...
Tropical Storm Bertha to Bring Heavy Rain to South Carolina
May 27 2020 // A tropical storm that quickly formed off the coast of South Carolina on Wednesday threatened to unleash heavy rainfall that could produce life-threatening flash flooding after making landfall near Charleston, the National...
WNFIS Expands Private Flood Program into South Carolina
May 21 2020 // Wright National Flood Insurance Services, LLC (WNFIS) has expanded its Residential Private Flood Insurance Program into South Carolina. This stand-alone product was previously launched in Florida and New Jersey last year,...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Adds Barkasy in South Carolina
May 20 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has hired David Barkasy to establish a presence for the company in South Carolina. David Barkasy Barkasy, who has been in the insurance field for more than 20 years, joins the team as...
South Carolina Allows Gyms, Barbers to Reopen; Hires 1,800 Contact Tracers
May 13 2020 // South Carolina moved closer to fully reopening its economy on Monday as restaurants reopened with restrictions and the state’s governor announced that public pools as well as gyms, salons, barbershops and other close...
7 South Carolina Counties to Receive Federal Disaster Aid for April Storms
May 4 2020 // President Donald Trump has approved a disaster request from South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster following tornadoes and severe weather that hit the state last month, according to a Saturday news release. Nine people died in...
EF-2 Tornado Caused Significant Damage in Western South Carolina
Apr 28 2020 // The National Weather Service said Sunday that a tornado touched down Saturday night in northwestern South Carolina. The EF-2 tornado at Greenville reached its “peak intensity” of 115 mph (185 kph). It created...
Bouknight Joins Insurance Office Of America in South Carolina
Apr 24 2020 // Insurance Office of America has added Kip Bouknight to its growing South Carolina team. Bouknight joins IOA as a commercial lines producer serving out of its Columbia, South Carolina, branch office. Kip Bouknight Before...
Governor Aims for South Carolina to Recover ‘More Quickly Than Any Other State’
Apr 23 2020 // South Carolina’s governor is rolling out details of a program that his office says will allow the state’s economy to “recover more quickly than any other state’s in the country” from the new...
South Carolina: Hurricane Response Plan a ‘Good Question’ Amid Virus Outbreak
Apr 21 2020 // With hurricane season less than two months away, officials in South Carolina said they don’t yet have a good plan in place if a storm hits during the coronavirus outbreak, particularly for people potentially...
South Carolina Insurance Dept. Makes Staff Changes, Names New Deputy Directors
Apr 20 2020 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance will be implementing a variety of organizational changes that will become effective May 1, 2020. These changes include: Joe Cregan has been named chief deputy of Insurance...
South Carolina Reports Damage to 900 Homes from at Least 16 Tornadoes
Apr 17 2020 // More than 900 homes were damaged and 111 houses were destroyed by a series of tornadoes and strong winds that moved across the state Monday, emergency officials said. Damage from the storms were reported in 21 counties,...
South Carolina Restaurants Sued for Over-Serving by Family of Boat Crash Victims
Apr 17 2020 // Family members of a South Carolina boat crash victim are suing two restaurants accused of serving too much alcohol to the man charged with causing the crash. The lawsuits filed Tuesday allege that the restaurants on Lake...
South Carolina Begins Clean Up After At Least 9 Tornadoes Hit State
Apr 16 2020 // South Carolina continued to clean up Tuesday from the state’s deadliest tornado outbreak in 36 years. Nine people were killed as a series of twisters moved from one end of the state to the other Monday morning....
Widespread Damage, At Least 19 Deaths from Easter Storms Across South
Apr 14 2020 // Severe weather swept across the South Monday, killing at least 19 people and damaging hundreds of homes from Louisiana into the Appalachian Mountains. Many people spent part of the night early Monday sheltering in...
Insurance Office of America Adds Duke to South Carolina Team
Apr 7 2020 // Insurance Office of America (IOA) has added Travis Duke to its team in South Carolina. Duke joins IOA as a risk management specialist with a focus on liability, property, and workers compensation as well as risk...
Officials: South Carolina Nuclear Plant Employees Violated Safety Procedures
Mar 30 2020 // Employees at a South Carolina nuclear plant failed to check for fires when making rounds and then falsified log books, federal officials said. The violations of policy happened in 2017 at Duke Energy’s Robinson...
Southeast Insurance Regulators Issue Industry Guidance for Coronavirus Outbreak
Mar 20 2020 // Insurance departments across the Southeast are notifying industry representatives of updated procedures and expectations in response to the coronavirus outbreak, while also acknowledging the potential for a serious impact...
South Carolina University Student Suspected of Setting 20 Campus Fires
Mar 20 2020 // A student accused of setting an off-campus fire is the only suspect in about 20 fires set on the campus of the University of South Carolina Upstate, police said. Brandon Michael Burt, 19, of Suwanee, Georgia, was booked...
