Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Neace Lukens Acquires Davis-Garvin Agency in South Carolina
Dec 26 2012 // Louisville, Ky.-based insurance agency Neace Lukens announced it completed the acquisition of the Davis-Garvin Agency in Columbia, S.C. In addition to its Columbia, S.C., headquarters, Davis-Garvin Agency has offices in...
South Carolina Sentences Men for Severed Hand Fraud Scheme
Dec 19 2012 // A South Carolina judge has sentenced the 58-year-old ringleader of a scheme to cut off the hand of a mentally disabled man to collect insurance money. Federal prosecutors said David Player controlled the man’s...
South Carolina Health Insurance Market Among Least Competitive: AMA
Dec 10 2012 // An American Medical Association analysis found that South Carolina has one of the country’s least competitive health insurance markets. The country’s leading lobby group for physicians said South Carolina has...
South Carolina Court Upholds Contractor Liability for Faulty Workmanship
Dec 6 2012 // South Carolina’s high court has left intact a state law that requires a builder’s general liability policy to cover damages from faulty workmanship, but ruled it cannot be applied retroactively to claims filed...
South Carolina Firm Settles Suit Over Value of Twitter Followers
Dec 6 2012 // A South Carolina Internet company has settled a lawsuit with one of its former employees over the value of Twitter followers. Attorneys for Noah Kravitz said that their client had settled a suit filed against him by...
Neace Lukens Acquires South Carolina’s Gosnell Agency
Dec 4 2012 // Neace Lukens, an AssuredPartners Inc. company, said it has completed the acquisition of Gosnell Insurance in Charleston, South Carolina. The company said all Gosnell employees will remain in their current positions while...
South Carolina Names Lobbyist Farmer as Insurance Chief
Dec 3 2012 // South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has named Ray Farmer as the state’s new insurance regulator. Farmer is a lobbyist with the property/casualty insurance trade group, the American Insurance Association. Farmer replaces...
South Carolina Emergency Officials Study Sandy for Lessons
Nov 28 2012 // Emergency officials on the South Carolina coast are looking at Superstorm Sandy to try to learn ways to better prepare for future storms. Horry County emergency management director Randy Webster has been looking at the...
After Sandy, Uncertainty About Real Estate Market, Mortgages, Insurance
Nov 21 2012 // “Reduced for Quick Sale!” reads Mike Montalbano’s Craigslist ad for the three-bedroom home he needs to sell before he can relocate for a new job. The drywall is new, as are the appliances. The only...
South Carolina Man Sentenced in Ohio for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Nov 14 2012 // A South Carolina man has been ordered to repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $140,000 for holding several jobs and concealing earnings while receiving permanent disability benefits, BWC...
South Carolina Names Insurance Lobbyist Farmer as Insurance Chief
Nov 13 2012 // Ray FarmerSouth Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has named Ray Farmer as the state’s new insurance regulator. Farmer is a lobbyist with the property/casualty insurance trade group, the American Insurance Association. Farmer...
Lawsuit Over South Carolina Data Breach Expanded to Private Firm
Nov 7 2012 // A former state senator has expanded his lawsuit over the hacking of millions of South Carolina tax returns to include a separate state agency and private data security company. Spartanburg attorney John Hawkins added...
Country’s First Fortified Medical Office Opens in South Carolina
Nov 5 2012 // The first medical office in the nation to earn the Fortified for Safer Business designation is opening in Florence. The Pee Dee Nephrology building has earned the designation from the Insurance Institute for Business and...
Email Inbox Not Private, Says South Carolina Court
Oct 22 2012 // The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled a man’s privacy was not violated when his wife’s daughter-in-law managed to get into his email and find out the name of his lover because the messages remained in his...
Email Inbox Not Private, Says South Carolina Court
Oct 15 2012 // The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled a man’s privacy was not violated when his wife’s daughter-in-law managed to get into his email and find out the name of his lover because the messages remained in his...
WC Wage Loss Dispute for S.C. Claimant Who Hopes to Start a Restaurant
Oct 11 2012 // An injured crane operator who expressed his aspiration to start a restaurant business got into a pickle during workers’ compensation proceedings — almost getting denied his wage loss claim, until the...
South Carolina Erotic Dancer Not Covered by Workers’ Compensation
Sep 27 2012 // A South Carolina court has found that an erotic dancer who suffered a gunshot wound while performing is not eligible for workers’ compensation benefits since she didn’t meet the definition of being an employee...
Second Man Pleads Guilty in Grisly South Carolina Insurance Fraud
Sep 17 2012 // A second man has pleaded guilty in connection with an insurance scheme that cost a mentally disabled man his left hand. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles says 58-year-old David Player pleaded guilty in Columbia last week to mail...
South Carolina Trooper’s Wife Charged with Arson, Insurance Fraud
Sep 14 2012 // The wife of a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper has been charged with setting her home on fire and lying to officials. Paula L. Rose has been charged with third-degree arson for a fire at her home in July. Rose also is...
Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires South Carolina’s Rosenfeld Einstein
Sep 10 2012 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA) has acquired Rosenfeld Einstein, a $9 million property/casualty and employee benefits agency based in Greenville, South Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With...
