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South Carolina Man Arrested for Stealing $700K from 10 HOAs
Nov 7 2019 // Authorities in South Carolina say a man has been accused of stealing more than $700,000 from 10 separate homeowners associations. News outlets report 39-year-old Nicholas Galipeau turned himself in Wednesday and was...
People & Places
Nov 4 2019 // National Specialty insurer QBE North America has named Kris Hill as president of Alternative Markets. Hill joined QBE in January 2017 as chief financial officer. Before joining QBE, she served as executive vice president...
70-Year-Old Pipe Break in South Carolina Causes 30M Gallon Water Spill
Oct 14 2019 // Much of one of South Carolina’s largest counties was left without water after a 70-year-old pipe broke, sending a torrent of water over a main highway and closing schools, businesses and county offices. A 20-inch...
Catastrophe Modelers: U.S. Insured Losses from Dorian Could Reach $1.5B in U.S.
Oct 7 2019 // Insured loss estimates for Hurricane Dorian will range from $500 million to $1.5 billion, according to catastrophe modeling firms Karen Clark & Co. and RMS. According to KCC, Dorian reached peak intensity of 185 mph...
11 South Carolina Counties to Receive Federal Aid for Hurricane Dorian Damage
Oct 2 2019 // President Donald Trump has issued a declaration approving specific federal assistance for South Carolina areas affected by early September’s Hurricane Dorian. The White House on Monday ordered that federal aid be...
South Carolina High School Arson Case Cracked After 23 Years by Fingerprint
Sep 27 2019 // A 40-year-old man was charged Tuesday with burning down his South Carolina high school more than 23 years after authorities say he set books and other papers on fire in the hallways. Daniel Scott Harris, 40 left his...
Canal Insurance Co. of South Carolina Appoints Rzepinski CFO
Sep 24 2019 // Canal Insurance Company’s board of directors has approved the addition of John Rzepinski to its senior leadership team as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, effective Sept. 16, 2019. John...
South Carolina Farmers Say Crops In Danger as Drought Grows
Sep 20 2019 // Many farmers in South Carolina say a growing drought is threatening to devastate their crops right at harvest time and officials said there are plenty of indications the dry weather will spread. A special committee that...
Catastrophe Modelers: U.S. Insured Losses from Dorian Could Reach $1.5B in U.S.
Sep 17 2019 // Catastrophe modeling firms Karen Clark & Co. and RMS have released insured loss estimates for Hurricane Dorian, ranging from $500 million to $1.5 billion. According to KCC, Dorian reached peak intensity of 185 mph...
The Aftermath of Hurricane Dorian: Southeast States ‘Dodged a Bullet’
Sep 10 2019 // Residents and the insurance industry in Southeast states are feeling relieved after Hurricane Dorian grazed the U.S. coastline last week just days after it caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas. While the storm was at...
Dorian’s ‘Final Act’ Could Be a Tough 24-Hour Run Through the Carolinas
Sep 5 2019 // Sep 5, 2019, 9:58 AM – Hurricane Dorian will strafe the North Carolina coast by Thursday night, and could make landfall in the state with 115 mile-per-hour winds and an 8-foot storm surge. Located about 70 miles (113...
CoreLogic: More Than 600K Homes in Carolinas Could Be At Risk from Dorian
Sep 5 2019 // The wrath of Hurricane Dorian isn’t over yet and many more communities in its path are at risk and are bracing for the storm after it demolished the Bahamas earlier this week. The extremely slow-moving hurricane is...
Hurricane Dorian, Again a Category 3, Bears Down on Carolinas; Northeast on Watch
Sep 4 2019 // Sep 5, 2019, 6:26 AM— Hurricane Dorian — once again a Category 3 storm — is bearing down upon the Carolinas after sweeping past Florida and Georgia and battering the Bahamas, where it killed at least 20...
U.S. Cotton, Peanuts at Risk as Hurricane Makes Northward Turn
Sep 4 2019 // With Florida orange groves seemingly escaping major damage from Hurricane Dorian, concern now turns to soy, corn and cotton fields as well as livestock in Georgia and the Carolinas as the hurricane churns northward. North...
Hurricane Dorian Means 4th Evacuation in 4 Years for Many Southeast Residents
Sep 4 2019 // It’s become a hurricane-season ritual in the Southeast: When a storm threatens, coastal residents board up homes, load up SUVs and fill highways where the traffic lanes are reversed to offer a speedy escape...
South Carolina Insurance Regulator Issues Emergency Bulletin for Dorian
Sep 3 2019 // South Carolina Insurance Director Raymond G. Farmer has issued an insurance bulletin for Hurricane Dorian to all insurers, adjusters, producers, and other persons licensed and authorized to transact insurance in South...
Government Fails to Block Liability Lawsuit Over Failed Background Check on Shooter
Sep 3 2019 // A lawsuit over a faulty background check that allowed a South Carolina man to buy the gun he used to kill nine people in a racist attack at a Charleston church was reinstated Friday by a federal appeals court. A...
South Carolina Man Sues Walmart After Gas Can Explosion
Aug 26 2019 // A South Carolina man is suing Walmart, saying a gas can that exploded and set him on fire was defective and should never have been sold to him at a Walmart store in Barnwell. In a federal lawsuit filed this month, Jamie...
South Carolina CBD Stores Face Uncertainty, Raids After AG Opinion on Hemp
Aug 26 2019 // Top Hat Tobacco and Cigar owner Todd Smith was on his way out of town July 13 for a rare day off when his phone rang. A friend manning the store for him was on the other end, and told him Anderson County deputies were in...
South Carolina Joins Growing List of States to Sue Opioid Distributors
Aug 21 2019 // The South Carolina Attorney General’s office has filed a lawsuit against major opioid distribution companies, claiming the businesses are partially responsible for the opioid crisis. News outlets report Attorney...
