Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
S.C. Measure Would Require Locks on Cars of Drunk Drivers
Mar 20 2007 // All convicted drunken drivers in South Carolina would have to have a special device installed in their vehicles that would prevent them from driving if they have had too much to drink. Under a law passed in 2000, judges...
S.C. Officals to Hear Consumers’ Coastal Insurance Concerns
Mar 16 2007 // Insurance Director Scott Richardson and staff from the South Carolina Department of Insurance will meet with residents of the Greater Myrtle Beach area to discuss coastal insurance issues. On March 22, 2007 from 5:30-7:00...
S.C. Regulator Opposes Wind Pool Expansion, Offers Suggestions
Mar 2 2007 // South Carolina’s new state insurance director rejected calls this week for the broad expansion of a program that offers coverage for hurricane-prone areas and said such a move would cost many consumers more...
Richardson named S.C. commissioner, replacing Kitzman
Feb 26 2007 // South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford named and the Senate confirmed Sen. Scott Richardson of Hilton Head as the director of the Department of Insurance. Richardson, 55, was elected to the South Carolina Senate in 2000, and...
S.C. Gov. Sanford’s Business Reforms Include Workers’ Comp
Feb 23 2007 // Reforms aimed at improving South Carolina’s climate for small businesses are high on Gov. Mark Sanford’s list of things to do. The governor’s three-point plan – outlined in his State of the State...
Tourism Leaders Urge S.C. to Deal with Coastal Insurance Costs
Feb 9 2007 // South Carolina’s coastal tourism leaders urged Gov. Mark Sanford to make sure insurance is both available and affordable along the coast, the heart of the state’s $16 billion tourism industry. “It’s...
Report: S.C. Insurance Director Kitzman Resigning
Feb 8 2007 // Kitzman resigns as Insurance Department director Eleanor Kitzman is resigning as director of the South Carolina Insurance Department after two years, according to a published report in The (Columbia) State. The newspaper...
Sen. Richardson Named to Head S.C. Department, Replacing Kitzman
Feb 8 2007 // South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has named Senator Scott Richardson of Hilton Head as the director of the Department of Insurance, pending Senate confirmation. Richardson, 55, was elected to the South Carolina Senate in...
S.C. drivers face higher limits in new year
Jan 8 2007 // The new year will force about a third of South Carolina’s drivers to dig deeper into their wallets to pay for auto insurance. A little-debated change in state law requires drivers to buy minimum liability coverage of...
S.C. DRIVES HIGHER LIMITS
Jan 7 2007 // 2007 MEETINGS DIRECTORY From South to North and beyond FLA. COMP MARKET GAPS Small firms, contractors left out
S.C. drivers face higher limits in new year
Jan 7 2007 // The new year will force about a third of South Carolina’s drivers to dig deeper into their wallets to pay for auto insurance. A little-debated change in state law requires drivers to buy minimum liability coverage of...
New Year Brings Higher Insurance Rates, Minimums for S.C. Drivers
Jan 2 2007 // The new year will force about a third of South Carolina’s drivers to dig deeper into their wallets to pay for auto insurance. A little-debated change in state law requires drivers to buy minimum liability coverage of...
Insurance Costs Cited as S.C. Coastal Housing Prices Dip
Dec 5 2006 // The Grand Strand housing market in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is showing its first sign of price declines and one economist says increases in insurance costs are largely to blame. The median price of resale condos fell...
Island Is First Municipality in S.C. to Adopt Data Security Plan
Dec 3 2006 // If a hurricane strikes or other disaster hits South Carolina, the Isle of Palms has assured its computer data will be safe and easily recovered, officials say. The barrier island is the first municipality in the state to...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires South Carolina’s Adams & Associates
Nov 22 2006 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reports it has acquired Adams & Associates International, Ltd. of Columbia, South Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Adams & Associates International, Ltd. is a...
Reynolds Named Southeast Manager for Mutual Insurer Trade Group
Nov 21 2006 // The former director of public affairs for Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, Liz Reynolds, has joined the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies as state affairs manager for the southeast. Reynolds, will be...
S.C. may put teen drivers’ cell phones on hold
Nov 6 2006 // A South Carolina legislator says he will file a bill before the end of the year to ban drivers under age 18 from using a cell phone while driving. Rep. Lanny Littlejohn says he wanted to extend the ban in his bill to all...
Hilton Head, S.C. Officials Question Taxi Licenses
Oct 31 2006 // Several taxi companies that advertise their services on the Hilton Head, S.C. resort island are not licensed by the town. That means they don’t get their insurance isn’t verified, their cars don’t go...
S.C. to Raise Minimum Auto Limits
Oct 31 2006 // Starting Jan. 1, drivers in South Carolina who buy the least amount of insurance coverage allowed by law will see their premiums go up as legislatively mandated changes in coverage take effect. Those drivers will begin...
S.C. Erector Firm Fined $3,000 for Worker’s Death
Oct 27 2006 // A Columbia, S.C. company has been fined $3,000 after a worker fell to his death in Rock Hill. Two employees of Capitol City Erectors did not use a fall protection system while working on Winthrop University’s new...
