Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hub Acquires Midland Agency in South Carolina
Mar 11 2022 // Hub International has continued its growth spurt with the acquisition of of Midland Agency Insurance in Columbia, South Carolina. Matthew Flemming, president and owner of Midland, and the rest of the Midland team will join...
Business Moves
Feb 21 2022 // East Truist Insurance, Kensington Vanguard Charlotte, North Carolina-based Insurance broker Truist Insurance Holdings Inc. agreed to acquire the national title insurance agency Kensington Vanguard National Land Services....
South Carolina House Doubles Fines for Passing Stopped School Bus
Feb 7 2022 // The South Carolina House has approved a bill that increases the penalties for passing a stopped school bus and requires all buses to have longer stop sign arms to extend across a lane of traffic. The bill approved on a...
Jury Awards $50 million to South Carolina Mayor in Defamation Lawsuit
Feb 7 2022 // A jury in South Carolina awarded $50 million in damages to a mayor in a defamation case against a longtime critic. Mayor Sulka The Beaufort County jury decided Thursday that Skip Hoagland has to pay Bluffton Mayor Lisa...
Relation Acquires Former Nationwide Agency, Hodge Ethridge, in South Carolina
Jan 27 2022 // Relation Insurance Services has continued its rapid-expansion plan with the purchase of South Carolina-based Hodge Ethridge Insurance and Financial Services, the company announced. The terms of the deal were not disclosed....
People: Smyth Moves to Summit; McDonald New Captive Head at South Carolina
Jan 26 2022 // Smyth named CFO at Summit Summit Consulting, a workers’ compensation insurance manager, announced Patrick Smyth has been named chief financial officer. Smyth has served as a financial executive with Liberty Mutual...
More South Carolina Earthquakes Leave Experts Puzzled
Jan 7 2022 // After more earthquakes have struck near South Carolina’s capital city, the ninth and tenth in a series of rumblings, geologists are asking how long the convulsions might last, or if they could possibly portend more...
More Minor Earthquakes Shake Parts of South Carolina
Dec 30 2021 // Six more minor earthquakes were reported in South Carolina this week, potentially raising new demand for earthquake insurance. The U.S. Geological Survey said that Wednesday’s 2.3 magnitude earthquake hit around 4:12...
Voluntary Comp Rates Drop Again in South Carolina; Assigned Risk Multiplier to Rise
Dec 22 2021 // Workers’ compensation insurance rates for the voluntary market will drop next year in South Carolina, but the loss cost multiplier for the assigned risk sector will climb again, thanks to another year of excessive...
Ex-Deputy, Sheriff in South Carolina Face Second Lawsuit Over Excessive Force
Dec 15 2021 // A sheriff and a fired deputy in South Carolina are facing a second lawsuit over the officer’s conduct during an arrest. The lawsuit said ex-Kershaw County deputy Johnathan Goldsmith threw the man against a car and...
Risk Strategies Acquires South Carolina’s Hibbits Agency
Nov 5 2021 // Risk Strategies, a national specialty broker, announced it is expanding into South Carolina with the purchase of Mount Pleasant-based Hibbits Insurance agency. Hibbits, with offices around the state, will become part of...
Orion180 Expands Home Insurtech Model Into Georgia, South Carolina
Nov 3 2021 // Orion 180, a homeowners’ insurtech company, has expanded into Georgia and will soon move into South Carolina, the company said this week. Orion, based in Melbourne, Florida, uses technology to allow homeowners to...
South Carolina’s New Fraud Bureau Clears First Conviction
Nov 3 2021 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance is reminding people that it has taken over responsibility for investigating and prosecuting suspected cases of insurance fraud in the state. Until July, the cases were handled by...
South Carolina Busts Contractors for Tax Evasion, False Insurance Certificates
Oct 27 2021 // For three years, undercover investigators watched as construction company owners in South Carolina met with a check-cashing company in parking lots, then walk away with bags of cash and fake insurance certificates, showing...
Canal Expands to Larger HQ in South Carolina
Oct 22 2021 // After adding 85 employees in the last three years, trucking insurer Canal Insurance will move to a new headquarters in downtown Greenville, South Carolina. The company, which specializes in commercial trucking and other...
Kansas’ Fee Succeeds South Carolina’s Jensen as Chair of National Big ‘I’ Agents
Oct 6 2021 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) installed Kansas’ Bob Fee, president of Fee Insurance Group Inc. in Hutchinson, as 2021-22 Big “I” chair at the recent...
Federal Judge Overturns South Carolina School Mask Ban; Dept. of Education to Comply
Sep 30 2021 // A federal judge Tuesday suspended South Carolina from enforcing a rule that banned school districts from requiring masks for students. Parents of disabled children, helped by the American Civil Liberties Union, sued the...
Relation Acquires South Carolina-based Furman Insurance
Sep 29 2021 // Relation Insurance Services, Inc. (“Relation”) announced it acquired the assets of South Carolina-based The Furman Co. Insurance Agency (“Furman Insurance”). Terms of the transaction were not...
Relation Acquires South Carolina-Based Perry
Sep 23 2021 // Relation Insurance Services, Inc. has acquired the assets of South Carolina-based Perry Insurance Group, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Perry provides personal and commercial lines insurance throughout...
Demolition Set for South Carolina Housing Complex Where Monoxide Poisoning Killed Two
Sep 20 2021 // Heavy equipment may soon begin tearing down an 80-year-old South Carolina public housing complex where two men died from carbon monoxide poisoning from a poorly maintained heater. Scientists are conducting environmental...
