South Carolina News

South Carolina Safety Department Conducts Hurricane Evacuation Drill

South Carolina public safety officials planned a hurricane evacuation simulation as the state prepares for this year’s hurricane season. Public Safety spokesman Sid Gaulden said law enforcement personnel and traffic control devices were deployed on Interstate 26, U.S. 501 and …

South Carolina Department of Insurance Awards Safe Home Grants

Scott H. Richardson, director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance and chairman of the Advisory Committee for the South Carolina Building Codes Council, announced the seventh round of Safe Home Grant awards. The program awarded 80 homeowners grants of …

South Carolina Insurance Broker Adds Commercial Lines Processor

South Carolina-based Rosenfeld Einstein added Sarah Batton as a commercial lines processor in the firm’s Property and Casualty Insurance Group. Batton joins the firm with more than six years of professional experience in both property and commercial insurance lines at …

Authorities Find Insurance Investigator’s Body; Agent Charged

Authorities searching a wooded area on May 20 found the body of a North Carolina insurance investigator who prosecutors believe was killed by the owner of an agency she was auditing. Police searched for Sallie Rohrbach, 44, since she was …

Why Cell Phones and Driving Don’t Mix

The notion that talking on a cell phone while driving a car isn’t safe seems obvious, yet what happens in the brain while it juggles the two tasks is not. A study by a University of South Carolina psychology researcher …

Declarations

Friend and Colleague “We are devastated that all hope is lost, but we also find a sense of closure in knowing that we can lay to rest our dear friend and colleague with the dignity and respect she deserves.” —Chrissy …

Agent Charged with Murder in Death of N.C. Auditor

Authorities searching a wooded area on May 20 found the body of a North Carolina insurance investigator who prosecutors believe was killed by the owner of an agency she was auditing. Police searched for Sallie Rohrbach, 44, since she was …

Business Moves

Main Street America, Great Lakes Casualty The Main Street America Group, a regional property/casualty insurer based in Jacksonville, Fla. that writes business up and down the East Coast, is expanding to the Midwest. The insurer said it has agreed to …

Auto Insurers Seek to Attract Latinos

Majority of advertising appearing in Spanish language media Automobile insurers are hungering for the Hispanic market’s premium dollars, according to a new report by Hispanic Market Weekly that analyzed marketing and media trends being used by the industry. Automobile insurers …

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