Latest South Carolina Headlines
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J.M. Wilson Opens Office in South Carolina
Jan 22 2015 // J.M. Wilson, a managing general agency and surplus lines broker, has opened a new branch office in S.C. The office, located at 4130 Faber Place Drive, Suite 200A, in North Charleston will be led by Debbie Martinez, branch...
South Carolina Orders Uber to Halt Operations
Jan 20 2015 // South Carolina has ordered Uber to stop its ride-sharing service that operates in four cities. The Public Service Commission issued a cease-and-desist order on January 15. Uber launched its ride service in Charleston,...
South Carolina Lawmakers Seek to Regulate Homeowners Associations
Jan 20 2015 // Complaints about how subdivision and condominium homeowners associations operate have led South Carolina lawmakers to introduce four bills to more closely regulate the groups. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports that...
27 Animals Killed in South Carolina Animal Park Fire
Jan 12 2015 // Officials at Hollywild Animal Park in Inman, S.C., said 27 animals have been killed in a fire. The fire reportedly broke out overnight on January 9. Fire Chief Brent Blackwell, of the Holly Springs Fire Department, said an...
People – Southeast
Jan 12 2015 // Raymond Farmer is staying on to lead South Carolina’s Department of Insurance. Farmer said he was asked by Gov. Nikki Haley to stay on in the position he’s held since 2012. Farmer took over nearly a year after...
Lighthouse Property Names Stewart as North Carolina Rep
Jan 6 2015 // Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. has appointed Bill Stewart as its marketing representative for North Carolina. Stewart brings 16 years of insurance industry experience to Lighthouse. Before joining the Lighthouse team,...
South Carolina Reports Rise in Highway Deaths in 2014
Jan 5 2015 // Officials said more people died on South Carolina roads in 2014 than in 2013. The Highway Patrol reported at least 807 deaths on state roads in 2014. That is up from 762 deaths in 2013, but less than the previous two...
South Carolina Court Blocks Kiawah Island Walls to Slow Erosion
Dec 12 2014 // A divided South Carolina Supreme Court has denied developers permission to build a half-mile of coastal walls on Kiawah Island, a ruling that Chief Justice Jean Toal warned undermines checks on state agency decisions...
AssuredPartners Acquires First Palmetto Insurance in South Carolina
Dec 11 2014 // AssuredPartners Inc., through its subsidiary Assured Neace Lukens, has acquired First Palmetto Insurance Agency in South Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. First Palmetto Insurance Agency offers...
South Carolina Insurance Chief Farmer to Stay
Dec 11 2014 // Raymond Farmer is staying on to lead South Carolina’s Department of Insurance. Farmer said Tuesday he was honored to be asked by Gov. Nikki Haley to stay on in the position he’s held since 2012. Farmer took...
Uber Pays Fine Imposed on South Carolina Driver
Dec 8 2014 // Editor’s Note: This is a corrected version of this story. In a story Dec. 6 about a driver for the Internet ride-sharing company Uber being fined, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the driver had been...
South Carolina Eyes Mandating Database Use to Curb Painkiller Abuse
Dec 3 2014 // A council created by Gov. Nikki Haley says requiring doctors to use a statewide database to check their patients’ prescription history can reduce the rampant abuse of painkillers in South Carolina. The...
South Carolina School’s Post-Game Ritual Prompts Reputational Damage Claim
Nov 26 2014 // The parents of three Charleston, S.C. football players have filed a lawsuit claiming characterizations of the team’s controversial post-game watermelon ritual damaged their sons’ reputations. The Post and...
South Carolina Holding Hearings on Medical Marijuana
Nov 14 2014 // A legislative panel looking at the use of medical marijuana in South Carolina is holding hearings. The committee met in Greenville on Thursday with another session set for Florence next month. The panel established earlier...
AssuredPartners Acquires Premiere Coastal Insurance Group in South Carolina
Nov 6 2014 // AssuredPartners Inc., through its subsidiary Assured Neace Lukens, has acquired Premiere Coastal Insurance Group. No financial terms were disclosed. Premiere Coastal Insurance Group specializes in providing insurance...
South Carolina Approves CAT Models, Weighs Building Public Model
Nov 4 2014 // South Carolina regulators have approved seven private catastrophe models for use in ratemaking while conducting a legislatively mandated study on the feasibility of constructing a public model. South Carolina Insurance...
South Carolina Approves CAT Models, Weighs Building Public Model
Nov 3 2014 // South Carolina regulators have approved seven private catastrophe models for use in ratemaking while conducting a legislatively mandated study on the feasibility of constructing a public model. South Carolina Insurance...
South Carolina Liquidating Commercial Auto Insurer First Keystone
Oct 29 2014 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance last week declared an insurer that specialized in providing commercial auto insurance to be insolvent and the insurer is now being liquidated. The First Keystone Risk Retention...
South Carolina Jury Awards $97 Million in Mayor’s Shooting
Oct 20 2014 // A federal jury in Charleston has awarded the family of the former mayor of Cottageville $97 million for his shooting death. The jury reached the decision in the negligence and wrongful death suit filed by the family of...
South Carolina Jury Awards Employee $1 Million in Defamation Claim
Oct 7 2014 // A former Orangeburg, S.C., nursing home employee has won a defamation lawsuit against his former employer. Ralph C. Williams Sr., 58, has been awarded $1 million after being cleared of charges that he sexually assaulted a...
