Latest South Carolina Headlines
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South Carolina Locals Enact Own Texting Bans While State Stalls
Apr 25 2014 // After years of facing fierce opposition, the idea of South Carolina passing a statewide texting-while-driving ban is becoming a real possibility. Earlier this month the state Senate and House passed separate bills aimed at...
South Carolina Looks to Increase Home Mitigation Funding
Apr 17 2014 // South Carolina lawmakers are moving forward with a plan to increase grants to homeowners who strengthen their homes against storm damage. The South Carolina Senate Finance Committee approved the “Competitive...
New South Carolina Law Requires Ignition Locks in More DUI Cases
Apr 16 2014 // South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as signed into law a bill requiring more people convicted of driving under the influence to install a device that won’t let their vehicles start if the drivers have been drinking. The...
South Carolina Coast Worries About Rising Flood Insurance Premiuns’ Effects on Historic Preservation
Apr 7 2014 // Charleston’s storied historic district of about 4,800 structures lies on a peninsula almost entirely in a flood plain. And there’s concern that raising premiums to help get the federal flood insurance program...
Tougher Ignition Lock Bill Passes South Carolina House
Apr 4 2014 // The South Carolina House on Wednesday approved a bill requiring more people convicted of drunken driving to install a locking device that prevents their vehicle from starting if it detects alcohol. The House voted 112-0 on...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires South Carolina’s Capstone
Apr 4 2014 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh LLC, ] has acquired Capstone Insurance Services LLC, a $1.8 million revenue agency located in Greenville, South Carolina. Terms of the...
South Carolina’s City’s Tough Ban on Using Cellphone While Driving in Effect
Apr 2 2014 // South Carolina’s toughest law on using cellphones while driving is now on the books in Greenville. The law took effect Tuesday. It bans drivers from using any hand-held devices while a vehicle is in operation,...
In South Carolina, Concern Over Flood Premiums Affecting Historic Preservation
Mar 26 2014 // Charleston’s storied historic district of about 4,800 structures lies on a peninsula almost entirely in a flood plain. And there’s concern that raising premiums to help get the federal flood insurance program...
A.M. Best Downgrades South Carolina Insurer
Mar 20 2014 // A.M. Best has downgraded the financial strength rating to B (Fair) from B+ (Good) and the issuer credit rating to “bb” from “bbb-” of auto insurer Greenville Casualty Insurance Co. based in Greer,...
South Carolina Creates Prescription Drug Abuse Study Group
Mar 17 2014 // South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is forming a 10-member council to develop a statewide plan to combat prescription drug abuse. Her executive order on Friday came 10 months after an inspector general’s report found...
South Carolina Becomes 31st State to Allow Digital Proof of Insurance
Mar 6 2014 // South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has signed House Bill 3623 that provides that an automobile insurer may issue proof of insurance on an electronic mobile device upon request by the insured. The so-called eCard law took...
NORCAL Now Selling Medical Professional Liability in South Carolina
Mar 5 2014 // The NORCAL Group’s Medicus Insurance Co. is now offering medical professional liability insurance coverage to physicians and surgeons in South Carolina. Ron Rumin, senior vice president of business development, said...
South Carolina Digital Proof of Insurance Bill Sent to Governor
Mar 4 2014 // A bill on Gov. Nikki Haley’s desk would allow South Carolina drivers to use their smartphone in a traffic stop to prove they have insurance. While TV commercials suggest officers already accept electronic proof,...
South Carolina Tallies Damage from February Storm
Mar 3 2014 // The damage tally from the February winter storm that left South Carolina coated in ice and buried in snow is more than $100 million so far, and the state is expected to qualify as a federal disaster area. Initial estimates...
Esurance to Hire 450 for New South Carolina Sales Office
Feb 20 2014 // Esurance, the direct-to-consumer insurance company, will open a new sales and claims office in Greenville, South Carolina, this summer that will employ up to 450 South Carolina residents. The insurer said job openings will...
South Carolina’s Johnson & Johnson Buys H.T. Bailey of Massachusetts
Feb 18 2014 // Johnson & Johnson, a Charleston, South Carolina managing general agency, has acquired wholesale broker H.T. Bailey Insurance Group in Burlington and Quincy, Mass. Under its new ownership, H.T. Bailey will continue to...
South Carolina City Bans Texting While Driving
Feb 13 2014 // Greenville, South Carolina has banned texting while driving. The city council voted this week to make it illegal to use a hand-held device while driving. The ban taking effect April 1 also applies to vehicles stopped in...
South Carolina Livability Courts Settle Neighborhood Complaints
Feb 7 2014 // Sitting in Judge Alesia Rico Flores or Judge Michael Molony’s courtroom in Charleston or Judge Debra Jackson’s in Florence, defendants and onlookers realize that while these municipal courts uphold the rule of...
Program Brokerage Corp. Acquires South Carolina’s Sirles
Feb 3 2014 // Program Brokerage Corp. (PBC), a wholesale subsidiary of insurance broker Hub International Limited (Hub), sad it has acquired the assets of Sirles Insurance Group Inc., a South Carolina-based commercial insurance...
People – Southeast
Jan 27 2014 // Starr Companies said it has appointed Eleanor Kitzman as vice president of Starr Insurance Holdings Inc. Kitzman will have regulatory, management and operational responsibilities across the company’s domestic and...
