Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
JSA Promotes South Carolina-Based Saunders to Director of Marketing
Mar 11 2020 // Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) has promoted Brantley Saunders to director of Marketing for the company. Saunders is a South Carolina native with more than 10 years of experience in the insurance industry in various...
James River Accuses 52 South Carolina Residents of Faking Uber Accidents
Mar 9 2020 // Some South Carolina residents deliberately caused hit-and-run accidents while in Uber rides as part of an insurance scam, a car insurance company says in a lawsuit. The lawsuit from James River Insurance says 52 people...
Mom Asks South Carolina Lawmakers To Require Balcony Inspections After Son’s Death
Mar 2 2020 // Jennifer Mykytyn has been fighting to honor her son for five years and finally got a hearing to ask South Carolina lawmakers to require inspections for balconies so no one else would die the way her son was...
James River Accuses 52 South Carolina Residents of Faking Uber Accidents
Feb 24 2020 // Some South Carolina residents deliberately caused hit-and-run accidents while in Uber rides as part of an insurance scam, a car insurance company says in a lawsuit. The lawsuit from James River Insurance says 52 people...
Farmers Insurance Expands Into South Carolina with Online Auto Insurance Policy
Feb 20 2020 // Farmers Insurance has launched its first auto insurance product in South Carolina, delivered exclusively through a new digital and customizable auto insurance policy available on Farmersdirect.com. The digital auto...
AAA Carolinas Merges with The Auto Club Group
Feb 14 2020 // The Auto Club Group (ACG) and AAA Carolinas have merged and combined operations, it was announced last month. With North and South Carolina part of The Auto Club Group family, the company now serves more than 13.5 million...
Towne Insurance Expands Into South Carolina, Acquires The Angel Insurance Agency
Feb 13 2020 // North Carolina-based Towne Insurance has expanded into South Carolina with the completion of its acquisition of Nationwide Agency, The Angel Insurance Agency. Led by David E. Angel, The Angel Insurance Agency has offices...
South Carolina Lawmakers Consider Relief Fund for Farmers
Feb 6 2020 // The South Carolina House is considering a bill that would create a relief fund for farmers that could be used before federal aid is granted or if help from the U.S. government never comes. The House Agriculture Committee...
South Carolina Senate Nixes Bill to Ban Handheld Phones While Driving
Feb 3 2020 // It appears that bill in South Carolina requiring anyone using a cellphone while driving to not hold the phone in their hands will not pass this year. The Senate Transportation Committee decided Wednesday to not vote on the...
South Carolina Homeowner Claims in Suit Airbnb Guest Threw Party, Trashed Home
Jan 27 2020 // The owner of an island home off South Carolina’s coast is suing Airbnb, claiming it only reimbursed him for a “fraction” of the damages that a guest who threw a big party did to his home. In a federal...
Newspaper Says Chemicals Found in Drinking Water Near South Carolina Air Base
Jan 17 2020 // A newspaper says it found high levels of a toxic chemical in the drinking water near one of South Carolina’s largest military bases. The Post and Courier paid University of Rhode Island researchers to examine tap...
South Carolina Mom Who Arranged Arson Fire That Killed Son Gets 35 Years
Jan 15 2020 // A mother in South Carolina has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for arranging a fire at her mobile home to get insurance money and killing her son, who she did not know was inside. The older brother of the boy is...
South Carolina Mother Accused of Insurance Arson; Fire Killed Son, 12
Jan 10 2020 // A jury has been chosen to hear the case against a South Carolina woman accused of having a vacant trailer home burned for insurance money, not knowing her son had taken shelter there from a storm. The 12-year-old boy...
3 Frats at South Carolina’s Clemson University on Probation for Hazing, Misconduct
Jan 3 2020 // Three fraternities at Clemson University in South Carolina were placed on disciplinary probation for violating the university’s code of conduct, according to a university report. Delta Chi, Phi Delta Theta and Chi...
Brown & Brown Acquires Insurance Management Group of South Carolina
Dec 18 2019 // J. Scott Penny, chief acquisitions officer of Brown & Brown, Inc., and Mark K. Ackerman, the sole shareholder of Insurance Management Group, Inc. (IMG), announced that Brown & Brown of South Carolina, Inc. has...
Judge Orders South Carolina Authorities to Protect Farmer’s Seized Hemp Crop
Dec 12 2019 // A judge is allowing a South Carolina hemp farmer arrested after authorities said he grew the crop in unregistered fields to harvest some of his crop and put the money in a trust as he awaits trial. The State Law...
Can Historic Towns Along Southeast Coast Endure Sea Rise?
Dec 12 2019 // Historic cities and towns along the Southeastern U.S. coast have survived wars, hurricanes, disease outbreaks and other calamities, but now that sea levels are creeping up with no sign of stopping, they face a more...
Southeast Insurance Chiefs Farmer, Altmaier Elected to Top NAIC Posts
Dec 11 2019 // South Carolina Department of Insurance Director Ray Farmer and Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier have been elected to the positions of president and president-elect, respectively, of the NAIC (National...
AM Best Revises Outlooks to Positive for South Carolina’s Canal Group
Nov 22 2019 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of B++ (good) and the long-term issuer credit ratings of “bbb+” of Canal Insurance Company and Canal Indemnity...
South Carolina Family Settles Case Over DUI Crash Treatment for $550K
Nov 19 2019 // The family of a South Carolina man who was taken to jail instead of the hospital after a driving under the influence crash has been paid a $550,000 settlement. Records from the state insurance fund obtained by WCSC-TV show...
