Seven years after South Carolina changed the way it required drivers to prove their eyesight is adequate, the state has failed to establish a system of notifying people when they need to take vision tests or track who has done …
Keystone Insurers Group, Rowland, Rudd, Peel & Holland Pennsylvania-based Keystone Insurers Group (KIG) has added three more Kentucky agencies as partners. Those agencies are: Rowland Insurance Agency Inc., with locations in Tompkinsville and Glasgow; Rudd Insurance Inc., which is located …
A seasonal worker is entitled to workers compensation benefits for an injury sustained after falling at a housing complex supplied by his employer, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled. The court sided with the migrant worker who argued the …
The coastal home insurance market continues to tighten. State Farm is only writing a new homeowners policy in Mississippi if another is dropped and Allstate has stopped writing mobile homes on the South Carolina coast. Also, Farmers will reduce its …
A proposal to cap how much people can be awarded through civil lawsuits in South Carolina received key approval this week. The House approved the tort reform bill 104-9. It faces another, routine vote before heading to the Senate. The …
State Farm will offer discounts in Mississippi beginning May 1 for homes and rental property strengthened against wind damage. Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney told The Sun Herald that he approved State Farm’s plan to offer the mitigation discounts. They will …
A South Carolina program for coastal homeowners who have taken steps to shield their homes against hurricane winds has awarded more than 1,000 grants in two years. Scott Richardson, director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance, said that the …
The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) in Tampa, Fla. announced that Allison Dean Love has joined the organization as external relations consultant. Love brings 20 years of experience in media relations, public relations and communications. Love comes to …
The tragedies of the recent earthquakes in Chile and Haiti serve as a reminder that parts of the United States are highly vulnerable to the devastating effects of this unpredictable natural disaster. While most Americans believe earthquakes are a catastrophe …
One fast-growing Florida homeowner insurer has had its rating pulled by its rating agency and reportedly halted new business while another domestic carrier is consolidating its business into one company from two. Northern Capital Insurance Co. — named the fastest …
