Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
South Carolina Courts Told to Clear Backlog of Drunk Driving Cases
Apr 6 2011 // South Carolina’s top judge has ordered courts across the state to clear a backlog of thousands of drunken driving cases after state troopers complained delays were keeping them in the courtroom and off the...
South Carolina Moves Forward with Construction Defect Bill
Apr 1 2011 // Insurers in South Carolina may find themselves on the losing side over a battle to prevent construction defects from being covered under a general commercial liability (CGL) policy. The South Carolina Senate has approved a...
57 South Carolina Homeowners Receive Mitigation Grants
Feb 23 2011 // South Carolina insurance officials this week awarded 57 grants to coastal homeowners for use in installing new roofing systems and taking other steps to fortify their homes against hurricanes. State Insurance Director...
South Carolina Debates Fine for Texting While Driving
Feb 23 2011 // People convicted of texting and driving will have to pay a $45 in fines under legislation that is up for debate in a South Carolina Senate committee. The Senate Judiciary Committee is discussing a measure that requires a...
Insurers Oppose South Carolina Bill on Construction Defects
Feb 21 2011 // Insurers have come out against a move by South Carolina lawmakers to extend general liability policies to include construction defects. The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) says such a move would add...
South Carolina House Passes Limit on Punitive Damages
Feb 21 2011 // South Carolina House Passes Limit on Punitive Damages The South Carolina House of Representatives approved limits on punitive damages by a vote of 100 to 7. The bill would limit punitive damages to three times the actual...
South Carolina House Passes Limit on Punitive Damages
Feb 10 2011 // The South Carolina House of Representatives approved limits on punitive damages yesterday by a vote of 100 to 7. The bill would limit punitive damages for people winning civil suits to three times the actual damages...
Insurers Oppose South Carolina Bill on Construction Defects
Feb 9 2011 // Insurers have come out against a move by South Carolina lawmakers to extend general liability policies to include construction defects. The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) says such a move would add...
SPECIAL REPORT: Extreme Weather Batters Insurance Industry
Feb 9 2011 // In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing a storm. To simulate hurricane-like conditions, an industry group has built a wind tunnel big enough...
Liberty Life’s Black Named South Carolina Commissioner
Feb 7 2011 // South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley wants David Black, a former executive with Liberty Life Insurance Co., to be the state’s next insurance commissioner. Black served as president and CEO of Liberty Life Insurance Co....
South Carolina Court: Insurer Not Liable for Poor Construction
Feb 7 2011 // The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that insurers are not liable for damages caused by faulty workmanship under a contractor’s commercial general liability policy. The high court found that a builder’s...
Csiszar, Ex-Regulator, Named to Board of Florida’s Patriot National
Feb 3 2011 // Ernest N. Csiszar, former South Carolina insurance commissioner and head of a national insurers organization, has been named to the board of directors of Patriot National Insurance Group and Guarantee Insurance Co. Csiszar...
South Carolina Court Says Insurer Off the Hook for Shoddy Construction
Jan 24 2011 // The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that insurers are not liable for damages caused by faulty workmanship under a contractor’s commercial general liability policy. In a recent ruling, the high court found that...
Liberty Life CEO Black Picked to Be New South Carolina Commissioner
Jan 20 2011 // South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley wants David Black, a former executive with Liberty Life Insurance Co., to be the state’s next insurance commissioner. Black served as president and CEO of Liberty Life Insurance Co....
Former Insurance Chief to Head South Carolina Financial Board
Jan 10 2011 // South Carolina Gov.-elect Nikki Haley announced she will nominate the state’s former insurance director to lead the agency that oversees much of state government operations. Haley said she will nominate Eleanor...
South Carolina Awards 85 Mitigation Grants to Coastal Homeowners
Jan 4 2011 // Eighty-five South Carolina homeowners who live on the coast are the latest recipients of grants to help them strengthen their homes against storms. Scott H. Richardson, state insurance commissioner, said the SC Safe Home...
South Carolina Highway Deaths Doubled Over Christmas Holiday
Dec 31 2010 // South Carolina authorities say winter weather contributed to twice as many deaths on the state’s roadways over Christmas weekend this year. Multiple media outlets report that 13 people were killed on state roads and...
Layden, Engles Join South Carolina’s Triest Agency
Dec 29 2010 // Thomas Layden and Abigail Engles have joined Triest Insurance Agency in Charleston. Layden has 10 years of experience having most recently worked for another large insurance agency near Charleston. He will be responsible...
Southeast’s Top Stories: Disasters That Happened and 1 That Didn’t
Dec 23 2010 // The top insurance stories in the Southeast in 2010 included several disasters that caused considerable death and destruction in the region and one that didn’t do as much harm as feared. The April 20 blowout of...
Hogan Joins South Carolina’s Canal Insurance
Dec 16 2010 // Commercial trucking insurer Canal Insurance Co. in Greenville, S.C. announced that Timothy J. Hogan has joined the company as chief administrative officer. With more than 25 years of management experience, Hogan has held...
