Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
S.C. Attorney General Asks Big ‘I’ Members: ‘Help Fight Fraud’
Mar 23 2006 // An appeal for independent insurance agencies to assist South Carolina’s law enforcement agencies to document and report information on insurance fraud was voiced by Attorney General Henry McMaster during the March...
S.C. Coastal Homeowners Offered Catastrophe Coverage Product
Mar 20 2006 // A homeowners catastrophe product for residential dwellings in South Carolina’s coastal counties has been introduced by International Catastrophe Insurance Managers, LLC and Praetorian Financial Group, Inc....
S.C. Big “I” topics: Legislation, fraud
Mar 20 2006 // Insurance fraud and “hot topics” facing the insurance industry will be discussed by South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and Director of Insurance Elanor Kitzman during the March 22 and 23 annual...
Workers’ comp tug-of-war
Mar 6 2006 // A political tug-of war is now taking place in South Carolina involving Gov. Mark Sanford, Insurance Commissioner Elanor Kitzman, legislators and insurance industry representatives. The governor has responded that he...
S.C. controversy rages over workers’ comp overhaul
Mar 6 2006 // There isn’t any question about overhauling South Carolina’s workers’ compensation system, but there is a lot of disagreement about how to accomplish this feat. Workers’ compensation reform is on the...
S.C. CONSIDERING ASBESTOS REFORM BILL
Mar 6 2006 // To avoid the asbestos litigation crisis some states have experienced, South Carolina lawmakers have introduced legislation that will require plaintiffs to meet specific medical criteria in order to bring or pursue an...
S.C. Big ‘I’ Conference: Officials to Discuss Insurance Fraud, ‘Hot Topics’
Mar 2 2006 // Insurance fraud and “hot topics” facing the insurance industry will be discussed by South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and Director of Insurance Elanor Kitzman during the March 22 and 23 annual...
S.C. Workers’ Comp Reform Advances Through House Subcommittee
Feb 24 2006 // The first step in achieving much needed workers’ compensation reform in South Carolina was taken this week as the House Business and Commerce subcommittee approved legislation (HB 4427) that addresses many of the...
Atlantic Beach, S.C. Works Out Payment Plan to Keep its Coverage
Feb 14 2006 // Atlantic Beach, S.C. officials say the town has worked out a payment plan with the state to keep insurance on police cars, town hall and other property. The town owed almost $9,000 in premiums to the South Carolina...
S.C. Big ‘I’ Names New Officers
Feb 9 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of South Carolina, during its 2006 annual membership meeting named Jon A. Jensen, chairman of the board; Julius J. Anderson Jr., chairman-elect and treasurer; and W. Ashley...
NCCI Official Predicts Higher Costs for S.C. Workers’ Compensation
Feb 8 2006 // South Carolina’s workers’ compensation costs promise to be much larger than the 12.7 percent suggested by Martin Simmons, the Consumer Advocate’s actuarial witness and according to Peter M. Burton, NCCI...
S.C. Legislators to Consider Asbestos Litigation Reform
Feb 6 2006 // To avoid the asbestos litigation crisis some states have experienced, South Carolina lawmakers have introduced legislation that will require plaintiffs to meet specific medical criteria in order to bring or pursue an...
S.C. Senator Seeks Oversight Study of Insurance Department
Feb 3 2006 // A Hartsville, S.C. senator called for hearings Thursday to study whether the state Insurance Department is operating efficiently. Democratic Sen. Gerald Malloy wants the hearings held before action is taken to overhaul the...
Five S.C. Legislators Receive ‘Seat Belt Champion Award’
Jan 31 2006 // Five legislators have each accepted a “Seat Belt Champion Award” from the Nashville-based Meharry-State Farm Alliance, that applauds their success at inserting a primary enforcement amendment into the...
AIA ‘Takes Issue’ With S.C. Workers’ Compensation Story
Jan 30 2006 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) takes issue with the AP article that appeared on Insurance Journal’s Web site Jan. 30, for it shows once again the extent to which opponents of workers’ compensation...
S.C. Attorney General’s Investigators Launch Insurance Fraud Crackdown
Jan 24 2006 // South Carolinians are seeing a larger portion of their paychecks go to rising insurance costs, according to Trey Walker, a spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office, where the budget has been boosted to chase...
Legislators, Business Owners Question S.C. Insurance Department Leadership
Jan 23 2006 // Some legislators and business owners are questioning leadership at the South Carolina Insurance Department, which has seen a staff shake-up and is preparing for the possibility of major changes in rates and the...
NCCI criticizes AP’s report on S.C. workers’ comp as ‘factually incorrect’
Jan 23 2006 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. has criticized recent Associated Press articles about NCCI’s review of the South Carolina Governor’s Workers Compensation Task Force proposal as being...
Workers’ compensation reform tops PCI’s legislative agenda in S.C.
Jan 23 2006 // Comprehensive reform of South Carolina’s workers’ compensation system, including repeal of the Second Injury Fund are top legislative priorities of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America during...
BIG ‘I’S S.C. AGENDA: WORKERS’ COMP
Jan 23 2006 // Improving the state’s workers’ compensation system, developing coastal property insurance markets and increasing consumer awareness and educating them about insurance issues are key 2006 goals of the South...
