Latest South Carolina Headlines
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Georgia-Based Auto Insurer Access Insurance To Be Liquidated
Apr 4 2018 // Insurance regulators in the Southeast are notifying policyholders in their states of a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that is to be liquidated after being placed in...
Liquidation Order Issued for Auto Insurer with More Than 42K Policies in Pennsylvania
Apr 2 2018 // A Texas court has issued an order of liquidation for Access Insurance Company, an auto insurer that has 42,785 policies in Pennsylvania. This means Pennsylvanians that currently have auto insurance through Access Insurance...
Georgia-Based Auto Insurer Access Insurance To Be Liquidated
Apr 2 2018 // Insurance regulators in the Southeast are notifying policyholders in their states of a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that is to be liquidated after being placed in...
Staged Car Crashes in South Carolina a Growing Problem
Apr 2 2018 // Officials in South Carolina say a rising number of staged automobile crashes are becoming a problem in the state. The Post and Courier of Charleston cited authorities who said faked crashes were part of a scam that...
Ammonia Leak at South Carolina Meat Plant Forces Evacuation of Nearby Residents
Mar 27 2018 // Neighbors of a South Carolina processed meat plant are breathing easy again after being ordered to run from their homes ahead of a chemical leak. Multiple media organizations reported that the leak of anhydrous ammonia...
South Carolina Insurance Dept. to Allow Employees to Bring Babies to Work
Mar 26 2018 // One state agency in South Carolina is getting an early start on Bring Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports the South Carolina Department of Insurance announced this week it will...
Liquidation Order Issued for Auto Insurer with More Than 42K Policies in Pennsylvania
Mar 23 2018 // A Texas court has issued an order of liquidation for Access Insurance Company, an auto insurer that has 42,785 policies in Pennsylvania. This means Pennsylvanians that currently have auto insurance through Access Insurance...
Texas Moves to Liquidate Non-Standard Auto Insurer, Access
Mar 19 2018 // Texas insurance regulators placed into receivership and started the process of liquidating a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that the insurance department says is...
Personal Info of 3K South Carolina Scholarship Recipients Posted Online
Mar 14 2018 // A state agency is telling 3,000 college scholarship recipients in South Carolina that their personal information was posted online for 10 months. The Commission on Higher Education sent a letter to students who earned...
Staged Car Crashes in South Carolina a Growing Problem
Mar 12 2018 // Officials in South Carolina say a rising number of staged automobile crashes are becoming a problem in the state. The Post and Courier of Charleston cited authorities who said faked crashes were part of a scam that...
Two More South Carolina Counties Sue Drug Companies Over Opioid Abuse
Mar 9 2018 // Two more South Carolina counties have sued major drug companies because of opioid abuse cases. Media outlets reported that Greenville and Spartanburg counties have sued drugmakers, pharmacies, distributors and doctors. The...
13 South Carolina Hospital Employees Fired in 2017 Over Privacy Breaches
Mar 2 2018 // The Medical University of South Carolina fired 13 employees in 2017 after determining that they misused patient records. The Post and Courier reports that there were a total of 58 privacy breaches during the year. Eleven...
Wife of Amtrak Conductor Killed in Deadly S.C. Train Crash Files Suit
Feb 19 2018 // The wife of a conductor killed in the crash of an Amtrak train with a parked freight train in South Carolina earlier this month has filed suit against Amtrak and the other rail company, saying they were to blame for the...
South Carolina Notifies Insurers of Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Updates, Filing Requirements
Feb 19 2018 // South Carolina has alerted insurers of several changes to loss costs for the state’s voluntary and assigned risk workers’ compensation markets and has issued a requirement that updated loss cost multipliers be...
South Carolina Reports Nearly $5M Returned to Insurance Consumers in 2017
Feb 19 2018 // South Carolina Department of Insurance (SCDOI) assisted South Carolina insurance consumers in receiving $4,997,748 in insurance-related payments in 2017, according to a statement from Director Ray Farmer. These recovered...
Drone Suspected in Helicopter Crash Landing in South Carolina
Feb 16 2018 // A helicopter’s crash landing in South Carolina this week may have been triggered by a civilian drone, which would make it the first drone-related crash of an aircraft in the U.S. The incident on Wednesday involved a...
Wife of Conductor Killed in Deadly S.C. Train Crash Sues Rail Companies for Negligence
Feb 12 2018 // The wife of a conductor killed in the crash of an Amtrak train with a parked freight train in South Carolina earlier this month filed suit Thursday against Amtrak and the other rail company, saying they were to blame for...
South Carolina Notifies Insurers of Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Updates, Filing Requirements
Feb 8 2018 // South Carolina has alerted insurers of several changes to loss costs for the state’s voluntary and assigned risk workers’ compensation markets, and has issued a requirement that updated loss cost multipliers be...
Railway Signals Turned Off For PTC Installation At Time of South Carolina Crash
Feb 7 2018 // Railway signals were out while crews installed a safety system that could have prevented the exact type of crash that killed two people in South Carolina when an Amtrak train was diverted to a side track and slammed...
South Carolina Reports Nearly $5M Returned to Insurance Consumers in 2017
Feb 6 2018 // South Carolina Department of Insurance (SCDOI) assisted South Carolina insurance consumers in receiving $4,997,748 in insurance-related payments in 2017, according to a statement from Director Ray Farmer. These recovered...
