Latest South Carolina Headlines
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South Carolina Sets Insurer Deadline Related to New Moped Safety Law
Jun 22 2017 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance has set a deadline for auto insurers in the state to meet the requirements of the recently passed moped safety legislation. The new moped law, which takes effect July 1, amends...
PURE Expands E&S Homeowners Coverage to South Carolina
Jun 20 2017 // The PURE Group of Insurance Companies has expanded its PURE Programs excess & surplus (E&S) line offering designed to protect higher risk homes insured for $1 million or more, into South Carolina. With this...
Family of South Carolina Boy Killed by Tree Limb at Local Park to Receive $3.6M
Jun 5 2017 // The parents of a 3-year-old boy killed by a falling tree limb while playing at a South Carolina park are getting $3.6 million to settle a lawsuit. Jacoby Latta was playing during a church picnic at Irmo Community Park in...
Motorist Deaths by South Carolina Police Trigger Costly Settlements
May 31 2017 // Police forces in South Carolina have reached several high-dollar settlements in cases where officers have shot and killed drivers and others in moving vehicles in the past several years. Here are some of the most expensive...
South Carolina to Enact Moped Safety Law
May 22 2017 // Gov. Henry McMaster signed a moped safety law Friday that allows intoxicated drivers to be prosecuted for drunken driving and requires teens to wear a helmet. McMaster’s signature capped a seven-year effort to close...
South Carolina Lawmakers Override Gov to Pass Road Improvement Bill
May 15 2017 // A bill raising taxes and fees to repair South Carolina’s crumbling highways became law last week over Gov. Henry McMaster’s veto after House leaders blasted the Republican governor as failing to provide...
South Carolina Insurance Director Farmer Elected as NAIC Secretary-Treasurer
May 15 2017 // South Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer was elected to fill the position of secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners During a Plenary meeting by members, effective immediately. Farmer...
Crumbling South Carolina Roads Cost State Nearly $50M in Driver Claims Since 2010
May 15 2017 // Taxpayers are spending more to settle claims for vehicles damaged and wrecked on South Carolina’s crumbling roads. The State newspaper reported that South Carolina has spent nearly $50 million since 2010 to settle...
56 Students Escape South Carolina School Bus Fire
May 11 2017 // Authorities in South Carolina say more than 50 students escaped without injury after the school bus they were riding caught fire. Local media reports say the bus was carrying students to three different Spartanburg schools...
South Carolina Coastal Towns Face Uphill Battle Over Beach Erosion
May 5 2017 // In South Carolina, beach renourishment is a never-ending job. Currently, Edisto Beach is in the thick of its beach restoration effort as North Myrtle Beach awaits word on when its next shoreline project can begin. Folly...
South Carolina Insurance Head: Nearly $587M Paid on 114K Matthew Claims
May 4 2017 // Insurance companies have closed 87 percent of the 18,193 insurance claims filed in Beaufort County in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, resulting in a payout of more than $159.3 million. News outlets report that South...
Report: South Carolina Workers’ Comp Market Stable With Plenty of Capacity
May 2 2017 // The South Carolina workers’ compensation market is strong, according to the state department of insurance’s most recent report, as the first reform to the state’s workers’ comp system in almost a...
Crumbling South Carolina Roads Cost State Nearly $50M in Driver Claims Since 2010
May 1 2017 // Taxpayers are spending more to settle claims for vehicles damaged and wrecked on South Carolina’s crumbling roads. The State newspaper reports Friday that South Carolina has spent nearly $50 million since 2010 to...
Report: South Carolina Workers’ Comp Market Stable With Plenty of Capacity
May 1 2017 // The South Carolina workers’ compensation market is strong, according to the state department of insurance’s most recent report, as the first reform to the state’s workers’ comp system in almost a...
Heavy Rains in South Carolina Cause Street Flooding, Power Outages
Apr 25 2017 // Heavy rains moving across South Carolina have left street flooding and scattered power outages. Duke Energy reported more than 2,500 customers without electricity Monday morning. Most of those were in Greenville County....
South Carolina Stripper Shot on Job to Get New Workers’ Comp Hearing
Apr 24 2017 // The quibbling continues over how much a South Carolina stripper should be compensated after being shot while on the job, with the state’s highest court on Wednesday ordering a new hearing in the woman’s...
5 Children Sent to Hospital in South Carolina After Bounce House Goes Airborne
Apr 11 2017 // South Carolina authorities say a bounce house was lifted into the air by a gust of wind, sending several children to the hospital. Taylors Fire Battalion Chief Ricky Reed told The Greenville News that the accident happened...
South Carolina Real Estate Broker Accused of Stealing $3M From Firm
Apr 5 2017 // Authorities say a woman stole more than $3 million from the South Carolina real estate company she worked for more than a decade. A police report obtained by WMBF-TV said an audit at Hoffman Corporation determined...
Dissel to Open First Brightway Insurance Agency in South Carolina
Mar 30 2017 // Brightway Insurance is scheduled to open its first agency in South Carolina next week. Veteran insurance agent and now Brightway Agency owner, Gregory Dissel, will open the doors to Brightway, The Dissel Agency on Monday,...
South Carolina County Looks to Stem Rising Emergency Vehicle Insurance Costs
Mar 22 2017 // Officials in Horry County, South Carolina, are seeking ways to reduce the high costs of insurance and worker’s compensation related to crashes by emergency vehicles. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports that there...
