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Aug 1 2011 // Wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. is expanding its operations with a new office location in Morehead City, North Carolina. Karen G. Toler, formerly of Burns & Wilcox, has joined AmWINS to lead this new...
South Carolina Company Donates Fire Truck to Texas Department
Jul 29 2011 // A South Carolina company is donating a used fire truck to a Texas volunteer fire department whose station was destroyed by fire earlier this month. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports Palmetto Fire Apparatus is...
South Carolina Budget Chief, Former Commissioner Heads to Texas
Jul 22 2011 // The director of the South Carolina agency that oversees much of state government operations has resigned, six months after Gov. Nikki Haley picked her for the job, to take a role in government in her home state of...
Kitzman Appointed as Next Texas Insurance Commissioner
Jul 20 2011 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced the appointment of Eleanor Kitzman of Austin as Texas Insurance Commissioner, effective Aug. 15, 2011, for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2013. She will replace Mike Geeslin, who announced earlier...
States Differ in Amusement Ride Inspections
Jul 18 2011 // North Carolina inspectors responsible for checking rides at Carowinds kept records on every problem they discovered during their annual inspections at the amusement park that straddles both Carolinas near Charlotte,...
Radioactive Leak at South Carolina Nuclear Plant Being Investigated
Jul 14 2011 // Federal nuclear safety inspectors are investigating a radioactive waste leak at a Fairfield County, South Carolina nuclear power plant amid increased scrutiny of pipes at the nation’s nuclear facilities. The U.S....
Death in South Carolina Golf Cart Accident Raises Seat Belt Issue
Jul 8 2011 // Golf-cart accidents rarely cause serious injury or death in Beaufort County — only about a half-dozen have been documented in the past decade. Yet a recent accident that killed a woman in Sun City Hilton Head has law...
Ratings: Intrepid, John Deere, So. Carolina, Arkansas & Louisiana Farm Bureaus
Jun 30 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Michigan-based Intrepid Insurance Company, both with stable outlooks. The ratings...
South Carolina Two-Tier Damages Cap Upheld
Jun 20 2011 // South Carolina’s two-tier statutory cap on damages is constitutional, the state Supreme Court has ruled. In the same ruling, however, the court found that two separate governmental entities’ negligent acts,...
South Carolina Lawmakers Agree on Copper Theft Bill
Jun 17 2011 // A South Carolina bill designed to curb thieves from ripping copper from air-conditioning units and farm irrigation systems is heading to Gov. Nikki Haley. The Senate voted 39-1 this week to agree to changes made in the...
South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Two-Tier Damages Cap
Jun 13 2011 // South Carolina’s two-tier statutory cap on damages is constitutional, the state Supreme Court has ruled. In the same ruling, however, the court found that two separate governmental entities’ negligent acts,...
South Carolina Governor Expected to Sign Lawsuit Limits Bill
Jun 6 2011 // Punitive damage payouts for lawsuits will be limited for the first time in South Carolina under a bill the Legislature agreed last week to send to Gov. Nikki Haley. The House voted 99-16 to approve capping punitive damage...
South Carolina Bill to Curb Copper Theft Goes to Governor
Jun 6 2011 // A South Carolina bill banning cash payments for copper appears one vote away from Gov. Nikki Haley’s desk. The House voted last Thursday to end cash sales for copper, and to require both seller and recycler to obtain...
Hub Completes Acquisition of South Carolina Agency
Jun 2 2011 // Chicago-based broker Hub International Limited has completed the previously-announced acquisition of First Southeast Insurance Services, Inc., an insurance brokerage firm headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina. FSIS...
South Carolina Senate Approves Limits on Lawsuits Damages
Jun 2 2011 // The South Carolina Senate has given approval to a bill limiting lawsuit punitive damages, but bucked South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley along the way. Haley wanted the Senate to go along with the House and approve a cap of...
233 South Carolina Drivers Get Licenses Back in Amnesty Program
Jun 2 2011 // Hundreds of people regained their driving privileges during South Carolina’s first amnesty program for suspended licenses. The Department of Motor Vehicles said the agency reissued 233 licenses between May 16 and...
Hub to Acquire South Carolina’s First Southeast Insurance
May 27 2011 // Hub International Limited plans to acquire First Southeast Insurance Services, Inc. (FSIS), an insurance brokerage firm headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina with four operating units in North and South...
South Carolina Beach Pool Rates Going Up 9.8%
May 25 2011 // For the first time in four years, South Carolina residents living along the state’s coastline are going to have to pay more for insurance. The South Carolina Department of Insurance has approved a statewide average...
Insurance for South Carolina Train Victims
May 16 2011 // Legal advisers shut down a South Carolina fund proposed by Spartanburg County leaders and Gov. Nikki Haley’s office that would have paid medical bills for dozens of people hurt by a children’s train ride crash,...
South Carolina Driver Amnesty
May 2 2011 // Thousands of South Carolina drivers will be able to legally get back behind the wheel through a one-week amnesty program for suspended licenses. The Department of Motor Vehicles said that the amnesty applies to residents...
