Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Big ‘I’s S.C. agenda: Workers’ comp
Jan 22 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...
Battle Looms in S.C. Over Eliminating Second Injury Fund
Jan 19 2006 // Legislative efforts to revise or totally eliminate South Carolina’s Second Injury Fund are being disputed by two small business groups that contend they are not convinced the changes would reduce workers’...
S.C. Gov. Sanford, PCI, Emphasize Workers’ Compensation Reform
Jan 13 2006 // The effort to implement comprehensive reform of the South Carolina workers’ compensation system took important steps forward this week as legislation was filed in the House and Senate and Gov. Mark Sanford expressed...
Workers’ Compensation Reform Tops PCI’s 2006 Legislative Agenda in S.C.
Jan 4 2006 // Comprehensive reform of the South Carolina workers’ compensation system, including the repeal of the Second Injury Fund are the top legislative priorities of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
2005, a Year to Remember: Busiest Hurricane Season of the Century for United States
Dec 29 2005 // The hurricane season made 2005 a year-to-remember, with the southeast encountering the busiest hurricane season of the century, with 26 named storms and 13 hurricanes, meteorologists used up the list of 21 proper names and...
People & Places
Dec 19 2005 // Clint Bothwell Clint Bothwell has been named Southeast regional president for Harleysville Insurance and will work in its new Atlanta regional office. The company also named other regional field organization leaders as it...
People
Dec 18 2005 // Clint Bothwell has been named Southeast regional president for Harleysville Insurance and will work in its new Atlanta regional office. The company also named other regional field organization leaders as it realigned the...
News Briefs
Dec 18 2005 // FLORIDA State Farm of Florida 8.6 Percent Rate Request Approved The Florida Department of Insurance approved an average statewide premium rate hike of 8.6 percent for State Farm of Florida, the largest insurer of homes in...
Sheppard Named S.C. Big ‘I’ President; Ruef Retiring Dec. 31
Dec 15 2005 // G. Frank Sheppard has been named president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of South Carolina, assuming the leadership role from Leland C. Ruef, president, who retires Dec. 31. As chief staff member,...
NCCI Report Criticizes S.C. Workers’ Compensation Plan
Dec 14 2005 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance has issued an independent evaluation of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s workers’ compensation overhaul proposal and says the governor’s top...
S.C. Panel Proposes Workers’ Compensation Changes
Dec 13 2005 // A South Carolina workers’ compensation panel has reported to Gov. Mark Sanford that changing the workers’ compensation system is the key to making the state a better place to grow business and create jobs. In...
S.C. Motorists Receive a 1.4 Percent Break From State Farm Mutual
Dec 6 2005 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. has lowered its overall car insurance rate in South Carolina by 1.4 percent. State Farm, the insurer of one out of four insured cars in South Carolina, said this reduction...
SCID RISKS, RATES, EXPERT RESIGNS
Dec 5 2005 // Dean Kruger, the South Carolina Insurance Department’s chief expert on risks and rates, was asked to resign after he criticized the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Kruger criticized the way NCCI made...
News Briefs
Dec 4 2005 // ALABAMA Alabama Expects 50,000 Claims More than 50,000 claims are expected in Alabama from hurricane damage, however, complete cost estimates won’t be available until this month. Ragan Ingram, Department of Insurance...
South Financial Group Acquires Lossing Insurance Agency of Ocala, Fla.
Dec 2 2005 // The Lossing Insurance Agency, an independent agency based in Ocala, Fla. has been acquired by the South Financial Group Inc. of Greenville, S.C. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition gives The South...
S.C. Insurance Department’s Chief Expert on Risks, Rates, Resigns
Nov 11 2005 // Dean Kruger, the South Carolina Insurance Department’s chief expert on risks and rates was asked to resign this week after he criticized the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Kruger, who worked at the...
ATTORNEY GENERAL TARGETS SCAMS
Nov 7 2005 // The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office is beefing up its Fraud Division staff to reduce a backlog of cases and answer critics who say the department isn’t tough enough on insurance scams. The office has...
News Briefs
Nov 6 2005 // ALABAMA Vesta Reinsurance To Cover Wilma Vesta Insurance of Birmingham, issued a statement saying it has complete reinsurance coverage for Hur-ricane Wilma claims in Florida. “As previously disclosed, Vesta’s...
S.C. Farm Bureau Mutual Names Sanders V.P. of Policy Services
Nov 3 2005 // Gail Sanders has been promoted to vice president of Policy Services of the South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company in Cayce, S.C. For 11 years, Sanders has worked as the company’s Policy Services manager....
S.C. Reports Fewer Uninsured Drivers
Oct 28 2005 // Fewer uninsured motorists are driving South Carolina’s roads. State officials credit a crackdown by the state Department of Motor Vehicles. In January, the agency began using a new database of drivers who let their...
