Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
35 South Carolina Counties Designated as Drought Disaster Areas
Sep 18 2015 // Three-quarters of South Carolina’s counties have been designated primary natural disaster areas because of persistent drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture this month says 35 of the state’s 46 counties...
Distracted Driving Leading to Increase in Wrecks on South Carolina Interstate
Sep 17 2015 // Authorities say distracted driving is to blame for a jump in wrecks involving stopped vehicles on Interstate 85 in South Carolina. The Office of Highway Safety and Justice Programs told the Greenville News that 408...
South Carolina Orders Rate Revision for State Workers’ Comp Plan
Sep 1 2015 // South Carolina Insurance Director Raymond Farmer approved an overall revision of +1.9 percent to the state’s voluntary workers’ compensation policy loss costs and a decrease of .3 percent in the assigned risk...
South Carolina DUI Campaign Going Through Labor Day
Aug 26 2015 // With the summer travel season winding down and with traffic deaths up across the state, South Carolina law enforcement agencies are gearing up their efforts to keep drunk drivers off the road. The Department of Public...
PURE Insurance Expands Southeast Regional Hub in South Carolina
Aug 25 2015 // Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), the policyholder-owned property and casualty insurer of high net worth individuals and families, has expanded its southeast regional hub in Charleston, S.C. To accommodate...
South Carolina Approves Rate Changes to State Workers’ Comp Plan
Aug 17 2015 // South Carolina Insurance Director Raymond Farmer approved an overall revision of +1.9 percent to the state’s voluntary workers’ compensation policy loss costs and a decrease of .3 percent in the assigned risk...
Marsh Acquires South Carolina-Based Technology Provider Dovetail Insurance
Aug 10 2015 // Marsh has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Dovetail Insurance, a provider of insurance technology services tailored to the U.S. small commercial market. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in the...
Regions Insurance Acquires Georgia-Based The A.I. Group
Aug 5 2015 // Regions Insurance, Inc., a subsidiary of Regions Insurance Group, Inc. and an affiliate of Regions Bank, has acquired The A.I. Group, Inc., with offices in Greater Atlanta and Athens, Georgia. The A.I. Group provides...
South Carolina Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Insurance Fraud
Aug 3 2015 // South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced a Horry County jury has found a Conway man guilty of insurance fraud. Judson Stanley was convicted of one count of Presenting a False Claim for Insurance Payment over...
Fewer Deer Equals Fewer Collisions Caused by Deer in South Carolina
Jul 29 2015 // Records show that collisions between vehicles and deer in South Carolina are declining. The State in Columbia reports that a review by South Carolina public safety officials shows that vehicles and deer collided more than...
South Carolina Requests Federal Evaluation on Day Care E.Coli Outbreak Response
Jul 28 2015 // South Carolina’s public health department has asked federal officials to evaluate both the agency’s response to an E. coli outbreak that killed one child at a Greenwood day care facility and its infectious...
South Carolina Health System Settles Infection Lawsuit for $600K
Jul 22 2015 // South Carolina’s Greenville Health System has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of a surgical patient who died after contracting an infection. The Greenville News reported that court documents show the...
Entire State of South Carolina Now Facing Some Level of Drought
Jul 21 2015 // Modest rain and high temperatures this summer have pushed South Carolina into a drought. The South Carolina Drought Response Committee met last week and upgraded the drought status for the entire state. A release from the...
J.M. Wilson Adds Transportation Underwriter to South Carolina Office
Jul 21 2015 // Kayley Dana J.M. Wilson has added Kayley Dana to their Charleston, S.C., office as transportation underwriter. Dana is responsible for quoting new and renewal transportation risks, and serving independent insurance agents...
Report: South Carolina Disabled Residents Overcharged for Care by $2M
Jul 20 2015 // Hundreds of South Carolina people with disabilities have been overcharged roughly $2 million for their care in group homes, according to a report released July 16. An audit revealed that 10 providers for the Department of...
South Carolina Supreme Court Affirms Reduced Penalty in Drug Marketing Case
Jul 20 2015 // South Carolina’s highest court further reduced the penalty against a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary accused of deceptive marketing of an anti-psychotic drug. The decision was to substitute the verdict the court...
South Carolina High Court Further Reduces Penalty on Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Jul 13 2015 // South Carolina’s highest court further reduced the penalty against a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary accused of deceptive marketing of an anti-psychotic drug. The decision was to substitute the same verdict the...
Officials Discover Heavy Equipment Theft Ring in 6 South Carolina Counties
Jul 6 2015 // One man has been jailed and another is being sought as county officials in Florence and Clarendon, South Carolina say they’ve discovered a heavy equipment theft ring that operated in six counties. The Morning News of...
Bill Allowing Uber to Stay in South Carolina Is Officially Law
Jul 6 2015 // Uber is staying in South Carolina. After the transportation network company (TNC) was halted by the state’s Public Service Commission in January and then granted a temporary license through June 30, South Carolina...
Drought Conditions Affecting 28 South Carolina Counties
Jul 6 2015 // Twenty-eight South Carolina counties are now in the first level of drought. The S.C. Drought Response Committee said June 19 that the counties are in the incipient level of drought. Places such as Florence, Manning and...
