Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
South Carolina Firefighter Dies in Apartment Blaze
May 30 2023 // A 25-year-old firefighter from South Carolina has died after part of a burning apartment building collapsed while firefighters were inside. Authorities said James Muller of the Irmo Fire District died Friday while he was...
Just Married, Then Hit by Alleged Drunk Driver: SC Bride Dies After Car Slams Golf Cart
May 3 2023 // A bride leaving her wedding reception was killed when a woman driving under the influence and well over twice the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach road, authorities said. Data...
SC Governor Elevates Wise to DOI Director Position
Apr 28 2023 // South Carolina’s governor has elevated acting insurance department leader Michael Wise to the position of director. Wise, who’s been with the Department of Insurance since 2009, was named acting director a year...
SC Attorney Pleads Guilty in $31M Scheme to Assign Veterans’ Benefits for Cash
Apr 21 2023 // Call it a new take on assignment of benefits. A South Carolina attorney who used a network of insurance agents and financial advisers has pleaded guilty to defrauding military veterans of more than $31 million in...
South Carolina Safety Inspections Discriminate Against Black Workers, Union Says
Apr 5 2023 // South Carolina’s workplace safety agency “engages in egregious discrimination,” by failing to inspect industries with high percentages of Black workers, a union alleged in a federal complaint. The South...
South Carolina Supreme Court Clarifies Law on Uninsured Motorists, Liquor Liability
Mar 30 2023 // The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday handed down three opinions that resolve two questions about insurance law. One decision will probably disappoint auto insurers; another will please carriers in the liquor...
South Carolina Senate Moves to Ban Foreign Adversaries from Owning Land in State
Mar 29 2023 // South Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill Thursday that would bar citizens of “foreign adversary” nations from buying property in the state, an anti-espionage measure that critics fear...
South Carolina Man Admits to Burning His Car, Filing False Insurance Claim, DOI Says
Mar 1 2023 // South Carolina authorities have charged a man with insurance fraud after he reported his vehicle was stolen, then admitted to setting it on fire. Rusty Dale Peeples, 46, was arrested Feb. 24, charged with making a false...
Downing of Chinese Balloon Creates Spectacle, Concern Over SC Tourism Hub
Feb 7 2023 // The downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon just off South Carolina’s coast created a spectacle over one of the state’s tourism hubs and drew crowds reacting with a mixture of bewildered gazing, distress and...
SC Workers’ Comp Commission Holds Hearing on New Medical Provider Fees
Jan 31 2023 // The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission will hold a hearing Feb. 13 on the proposed, 2023 medical service provider manual, which includes new fee schedules and an anesthesia conversion factor. FairHealth,...
SC Supreme Court: Missed Deadline Not Reason to Dismiss Workers’ Comp Fee Appeal
Jan 30 2023 // Judges are often sticklers for court deadlines, but they have to at least give a reason for dismissing a case when a lawyer fails to file a brief on time, the South Carolina Supreme Court said this month in a sharp rebuke...
Video Evidence Questions Alex Murdaugh’s Claimed Timeline in SC Murder Trial
Jan 30 2023 // Alex Murdaugh’s comments to police about his whereabouts around the time his wife and son were fatally shot may not have been accurate, according to video evidence presented by prosecutors Friday at the South...
Well-known Injury Lawyer Alex Murdaugh Now on Trial for Murder in South Carolina
Jan 24 2023 // As his life unraveled over the past two years, disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh didn’t fight giving up his law license and said he made plenty of mistakes tied to missing client money and a financial...
South Carolina DOI Extends Expanded Wind Pool Area for 2 More Years
Jan 23 2023 // The South Carolina insurance department director has extended the life of the state windstorm association’s expanded coverage area for another two years. In a bulletin posted last week, Acting Director Michael Wise...
World Insurance, Kin Make Moves in Florida, South Carolina
Jan 18 2023 // New Jersey-based World Insurance Associates has acquired Volaris Insurance Group of Tampa. World Insurance, one of the larger brokerages in the United States, said in a statement that Volaris will expand the broker’s...
South Carolina DOI Sees $10 Million to Policyholders After Complaints about Insurers
Jan 10 2023 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance in 2022 returned $10.3 million to policyholders who filed complaints about insurance companies, the department said in a bulletin Tuesday. The department resolved some 4,500...
South Carolina Grand Jury Adds Tax Evasion to Murdaugh Charges
Dec 19 2022 // COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced attorney accused of killing his wife and son, was indicted Friday by a grand jury in South Carolina on nine counts of tax evasion, adding to the slew of charges he faces...
South Carolina Court: Driver Can Stack Uninsured Motorist Coverage
Nov 21 2022 // A woman who was injured in a crash while driving a rental car provided by an auto insurer may collect uninsured motorist benefits from more than one policy, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled. In a 3-2 decision, the...
Accused SC Attorney Murdaugh’s Involvement Looms Over Fraud Trial of his Banker
Nov 14 2022 // A banker accused of helping disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh take money from the legal settlements of clients is the first person to stand trial in the sprawling rural South Carolina legal drama that has captivated...
Driver Can Stack Uninsured Motorist Coverage, South Carolina High Court Says
Nov 3 2022 // A woman who was injured in a crash while driving a rental car provided by an auto insurer may collect uninsured motorist benefits from more than one policy, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. In a 3-2...
