Latest South Carolina Headlines
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South Carolina Flood Insurance Premiums, Deductibles Rising
Aug 26 2009 // Flood insurance premiums and deductibles are increasing by about 8 percent for thousands of homeowners across South Carolina. The National Flood Insurance Program is raising monthly premiums and doubling deductibles...
North, South Carolina Home Burglary Gang Busted
Aug 20 2009 // Federal law enforcement officials say they have busted a home burglary gang that operated for several years in North Carolina and South Carolina. The ring is believed responsible for hundreds of home burglaries and...
South Carolina Property Owners File Pollution Suit Against Paper Company
Aug 17 2009 // A group of coastal South Carolina residents claim in a lawsuit that pollution from an International Paper mill has damaged their health and their properties, multiple media outlets reported Saturday. “International...
Paralyzed South Carolina College Athlete Agrees to $8 Million Settlement
Aug 4 2009 // A paving company has agreed to pay $8 million to settle a lawsuit over an accident that destroyed the career of a promising South Carolina college football player and left him an invalid. But Brian Moore, 21, said his...
South Carolina Furniture Store Wants City Added as Fire Suit Defendant
Aug 3 2009 // Attorneys for the furniture store where nine Charleston firefighters perished two years ago want the city of Charleston added as a defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit. Attorneys for the Sofa Super Store, already a...
St. Johns Enters South Carolina Homeowners Insurance Market
Jul 27 2009 // St. Johns Insurance Co., a Florida domiciled property and casualty insurer, has expanded its presence into the South Carolina homeowner insurance market. Insuring more than 200,000 policyholders in Florida, St. Johns...
South Carolina Chief Refutes Legislative Audit Critical of Some Insurance Department Work
Jul 20 2009 // A report by the auditing arm of the South Carolina Legislature has concluded that the state insurance department overall does a good job regulating insurance companies and their rates but it could do a better job of...
Report on Fatal South Carolina Sofa Store Fire Due in Fall
Jul 17 2009 // A federal study of a blaze that killed nine firefighters in a South Carolina city two years ago is expected to released by early fall. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is studying the June 2007 blaze...
South Carolina Fireworks Firm Involved in 4 Deaths Was Fined Previously
Jul 8 2009 // The South Carolina company that employed four workers who died following an explosion as they unloaded fireworks over the weekend on North Carolina’s Outer Banks has had previous problems with worker safety. The...
South Carolina Insurance Chief Faults Legislative Audit of Department
Jul 6 2009 // A report by the auditing arm of the South Carolina Legislature has concluded that the state insurance department overall does a good job regulating insurance companies and their rates but it could do a better job of...
South Carolina Court Denies Motor Carrier Exemption for Liability Limits
Jun 12 2009 // The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that a trucker paid to haul cut trees is a commercial motor carrier required to carry liability insurance limits of at least $750,000 and does not qualify either as a private...
Krebs Joins South Carolina Captive Insurer Licensing Team
Jun 8 2009 // Ronald Krebs has joined the Alternative Risk Transfer Services Team in South Carolina’s insurance department, where he will be responsible for the application processes from submission to licensing captive insurance...
Insurance Agent Named to South Carolina Parole Board
Jun 3 2009 // The owner of a South Carolina insurance business is the newest member of the South Carolina Board of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. Gov. Mark Sanford appointed Alan Gardner of Newberry to the post last...
Home Warranties Under Fire in South Carolina
May 27 2009 // A coalition of about 70 consumer and justice groups have sent a letter to South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster asking him to investigate home warranties they think violate state law. Fair Arbitration Now says...
ASI Enters South Carolina Homeowners Insurance Market
May 22 2009 // Florida-based American Strategic Insurance Corp. (ASI) has entered the South Carolina marketplace and is offering homeowners’ insurance coverage for coastal property owners through independent agents. “As the...
AIU Offers Hurricane Resources in 2 South Carolina Counties
May 12 2009 // Homeowners in the South Carolina counties of Charleston and Beaufort who purchase homeowners policies from AIU Holdings’ Private Client Group can now access the advanced disaster preparedness and post-hurricane...
Insurance Claims from South Carolina Wildfire to Top $25 Million
Apr 29 2009 // Insurance companies expect claims from a South Carolina wildfire that has destroyed more than 70 homes near the coast to top $25 million. Allison Dean Love with the South Carolina Insurance News Service said the $25...
South Carolina Gov. Sanford Backs Cut in Wildfire Fighting Budget
Apr 27 2009 // South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is not backing down from his proposal to trim $1 million in state spending from wildfire fighting, even as damages mount in a fire near Myrtle Beach. Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer said that...
Wildfire Burns Homes Near South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach
Apr 24 2009 // A coastal wildfire spread early Thursday toward one of the busiest tourist stretches in South Carolina, burning dozens of homes and forcing hundreds to flee in the middle of the night. No injuries were reported. Police...
Storms Blamed for 1 Death, $6 Million Damages in South Carolina
Apr 15 2009 // The band of weekend storms blamed for one man’s death in South Carolina also caused at least $6 million in damages, officials said. Nearly 2,000 insurance claims had been filed by Monday afternoon and preliminary...
