Latest South Carolina Headlines
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South Carolina Man Accused of Torching Business for $700K Insurance Payout
Mar 2 2017 // Authorities say the owner of a restaurant in Sumter County, S.C., burned down his business on purpose and collected nearly $700,000 in insurance money. Sumter County deputies told media outlets that 57-year-old Ronald...
South Carolina Lawmakers File 10 Bills Aimed at Curbing Opioid Abuse
Feb 24 2017 // House Republicans filed 10 proposals Wednesday aimed at curbing South Carolina’s rampant prescription painkiller problem and promised more legislation would follow. “We wanted to get the ball rolling. This is...
Homeowners in South Carolina County Seek Buyout of Flooded Property
Feb 21 2017 // More than two dozen Lexington County, S.C., residents are ready to sell their homes rather than repair the flood damage. The State newspaper reported that 28 homeowners are asking county officials to buy and demolish the...
Homeowners in South Carolina Awarded $7M in Faulty Construction Lawsuit
Feb 16 2017 // A townhome community in Mount Pleasant, S.C., has won a $7 million verdict against an Atlanta builder for what the townhome owners said was inferior work. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported a jury returned the...
J.M. Wilson Adds Bolinger as Transportation Underwriter in South Carolina
Jan 30 2017 // J.M. Wilson has added Adam Bolinger to its North Charleston, S.C. office. As a transportation underwriter, Bolinger is responsible for quoting new and renewal transportation risks, and serving independent insurance agents...
39 Possible Tornadoes Devastate Southeast, Leave 19 Dead
Jan 24 2017 // Chuck Stafford was watching the Atlanta Falcons rout the Green Bay Packers for the NFC title when bad weather suddenly began to pound his mobile home in southern Georgia. Stafford, 74, had just gotten to head to the...
Tornadoes, Hurricanes and Fires… Oh My! Southeast Weathers Tough 2016
Jan 23 2017 // It is fair to say 2016 was the year of the catastrophe in the Southeast. Tornadoes, drought, floods, hurricanes and wildfires impacted virtually every state in the region. For the insurance industry, these events made for...
Tornadoes, Hurricanes and Fires… Oh My! 2016 A Rough Year for the Southeast
Jan 11 2017 // It is fair to say 2016 was the year of the catastrophe in the Southeast. Tornadoes, drought, floods, hurricanes, and wildfires impacted virtually every state in the region. For the insurance industry, these events made for...
Southeast Regulation Report Card: North Carolina Flunks; Florida, South Carolina Dispute Grades
Jan 9 2017 // North Carolina ranks the worst of all 50 states when it comes to insurance regulation, according to a 2016 insurance regulation report card by an insurance industry think tank. The R Street Institute’s 2016 Insurance...
South Carolina Gets Additional $65M in Matthew Aid
Jan 3 2017 // South Carolina will get an additional $65 million in federal aid to help the state rebuild after Hurricane Matthew. The State newspaper of Columbia reports the Department of Housing and Urban Development grant is part of a...
6 Injured When Logging Truck Crashes Into South Carolina Auto Repair Shop
Jan 3 2017 // South Carolina investigators are sorting out why a logging truck plowed into a Greer auto repair shop, sending six people to the hospital and smashing 11 other vehicles. The Greer Police Department says it happened Friday,...
Southeast Regulation Report Card: North Carolina Flunks; Florida, South Carolina Dispute Grades
Dec 22 2016 // North Carolina ranks the worst of all 50 states when it comes to insurance regulation, according to a 2016 insurance regulation report card by an insurance industry think tank. The R Street Institute’s 2016 Insurance...
South Carolina Environmental Groups Say Seawalls Harming Turtles
Dec 14 2016 // South Carolina’s environmental protection agency is taking steps to ban experimental plastic seawalls once touted as a way to protect oceanfront property without erosion. The State newspaper reports that the...
Worker Killed, 2 Others Injured in South Carolina Plant Accident
Dec 7 2016 // Authorities say one worker is dead and two other injured after a pipe with hot chemicals burst at a plant that makes plastics used in bottles in Calhoun County, S.C. Coroner Donnie Porth told media outlets that the...
Train Carrying BMWs Derails in South Carolina; Damages 97 Cars
Dec 7 2016 // Authorities say a train carrying BMWs from an automaking plant in South Carolina derailed on Sunday and that 97 of the vehicles were damaged. Multiple media organizations report that the train carrying nearly 100 cars was...
Recent Rain Does Little to Ease South Carolina Drought
Dec 6 2016 // South Carolina’s Upstate region remains in drought conditions despite rain in recent days. A new drought map issued by the state on Thursday finds Oconee, Pickens and Anderson counties still in severe drought...
County Farmers in South Carolina Uncertain of Future After Devastating Disasters
Dec 5 2016 // The Double R Farm in South Carolina has produced abundant crops for four generations of Rabon family farmers here, and despite the double whammy of record rains during the October harvest last year and last month’s...
South Carolina Church Ordered to Halt For-Hire Bus Service After Fatal Crash
Nov 18 2016 // A South Carolina church that owned the bus involved in a collision that killed four people in September was ordered on Monday to stop for-hire operations, federal authorities said. Sandy River Baptist Church failed to make...
County Farmers in South Carolina Uncertain of Future After Devastating Disasters
Nov 17 2016 // The Double R Farm in South Carolina has produced abundant crops for four generations of Rabon family farmers here, and despite the double whammy of record rains during the October harvest last year and last month’s...
Lighthouse Management Hires Vizzini as North Carolina Marketing Rep
Nov 14 2016 // Lighthouse Management LLC has appointed Laura Vizzini as marketing representative for North Carolina. Vizzini comes to Lighthouse with seven years of experience in the insurance industry having worked as a sales agent,...
