Latest South Carolina Headlines
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South Carolina Senate OKs Tax Breaks for Fire Sprinkler Systems
Apr 4 2008 // Installing a new fire sprinkler system in a home or business could bring tax breaks worth about half their cost under a bill sent to the South Carolina Senate. The legislation allows local governments to decide whether...
South Carolina Senate Bill Aimed at Reducing Teen Driver Accidents
Mar 27 2008 // South Carolina’s youngest drivers would have to go through more training before getting a regular license under a bill that has won approval in a Senate panel. Sen. Joel Lourie says requiring four hours of private...
Insurers Say South Carolina Storms Caused at Least $43M in Damage
Mar 26 2008 // Insurers say estimated damage in South Carolina from severe weather earlier this month has increased to $43 million. The South Carolina Insurance News Service said Monday that more than 11,000 insurance claims had been...
New Markets
Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
South Carolina Awards for Safe Homes Top $1M
Mar 24 2008 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance awarded a fifth round of grants through the state’s Safe Home Grant Program, according to Scott H. Richardson, insurance department director. Richardson, also chairman of...
South Carolina Bill to Install Fire Sprinklers has Setback
Mar 21 2008 // A bill that encourages businesses and homeowners to install fire sprinkler systems has stalled in a South Carolina Senate committee. Calls for more sprinkler systems in buildings increased after nine Charleston...
S.C. Workers’ Comp Nominees Vow to Go by Law, not Gov.’s Orders
Mar 20 2008 // South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s nominees to the Workers’ Compensation Commission say they would follow what the law requires and not bow to executive orders issued by a governor. The Senate Judiciary...
68 Homes Destroyed after 15 Weekend Tornadoes Pummel South Carolina
Mar 19 2008 // It took just three seconds for John Simmons and his family to lose their home in one of at least 15 tornadoes that swept across South Carolina last weekend. On March 15, as winds downed trees and ripped the roof off the...
South Carolina Insurance Department Gives $1 Million in Safe Home Grant
Mar 17 2008 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance awarded a fifth round of grants through the state’s Safe Home Grant Program, according to Scott H. Richardson, Insurance Department director. Richardson, also chairman of...
South Carolina Company Closed by Train Wreck Wants $420M
Mar 12 2008 // A South Carolina textile company that closed after a train wreck and toxic chemical spill in 2005 wants the railroad to pay $420 million in damages, an attorney said Monday in opening arguments. The Norfolk Southern wreck...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
S.C. Manufacturer Recalls 67,000 Car Seats for Safety Reasons
Mar 6 2008 // Some 67,000 child car seats manufactured by South Carolina-based Combi USA Inc., are being recalled because federal tests show the seats might separate from their bases in front-end collisions, the company said. In a...
S.C. Drivers Face Penalties for not Switching Lanes to Avoid Emergency
Mar 6 2008 // South Carolina Drivers who don’t slow down and switch lanes on a four-lane highway to avoid law enforcement or emergency workers on the roadside could get four points on their license under legislation approved...
S.C.-Based Rosenfeld Einstein Adds Whaley as Account Manager
Mar 6 2008 // South Carolina’s Rosenfeld Einstein, announced the addition of Dani Whaley as an Account Manager in the firm’s Employee Benefits Group. Whaley joins the firm with more than 15 years of professional experience...
S.C. House Toughens Drunk Driving Bill; Gov. Sanford Urges Senate Follow
Mar 5 2008 // The South Carolina Congress amended key penalties in a bill aimed at toughening the state’s drunk driving laws, which Gov. Mark Sanford called for in his state of the state address as part of his “First 30 Days...
S. C. Insurance Department Announces 4th Round of Safe Home Grants
Mar 4 2008 // Scott H. Richardson, director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance and chairman of the advisory committee for the South Carolina Building Codes Council, announced the fourth round of awards for the S.C. Safe Home...
S.C. Couple Seeks to Hold Insurance Co., TV Station Liable for Slander
Mar 4 2008 // A couple that has won multiple lawsuits over a smear campaign by a former television station news director has sued the former owner of the station looking to collect a judgment won against the company’s former...
S.C. Firefighters Say Hydrants are Being Vandalized in Columbia
Feb 28 2008 // Columbia, S.C. firefighters say at least a dozen Richland County hydrants have been vandalized by thieves seeking brass, leaving them not working. Deputy Chief Aubrey Jenkins says the thieves are taking the operating nuts...
