Latest South Carolina Headlines

Jury Convicts South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Consultant

Jul 22 2010 // After a two day trial, a South Carolina workers’ compensation consultant and former state representative has been found guilty of mail fraud for fabricating payroll figures in order to obtain lower premiums for a...

Business Moves

Jul 19 2010 // NetComp NetComp Insurance, a newly-formed program manager based in Columbia, S.C., has opened its online program (www.netcompinsurance.com) for small to-mid size workers’ compensation business to all independent...

Jul 5 2010 // 77.2% In most hurricane-prone states, homeowners have few choices for insurance coverage, with just eight property and casualty insurers in each state controlling up to 77.2 percent of the market share, according to Weiss...

Brown & Brown Acquires South Carolina’s Commonwealth Insurance

Jul 2 2010 // Insurance agency Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired Commonwealth Insurance Inc., of Charleston, South Carolina. Founded in 1996 by Todd R. Tyler, Commonwealth Insurance Group, with annual revenues of approximately $2.6...

Homeowners Offered Few Insurance Choices in Hurricane States

Jun 28 2010 // In most hurricane-prone states, homeowners have few choices of insurance coverage, with just eight property and casualty insurers in each state controlling up to 77.2 percent of the market share, according to Weiss...

Enforcing South Carolina’s Drunk Driving Laws Requires Patience

Jun 15 2010 // Anderson County Sheriff’s Deputy Joel Frazier is a good listener. Frazier, a 12-year law enforcement veteran, has worked for the South Carolina county sheriff’s office as a patrol deputy for six years. Last...

South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop 9.8%

Jun 15 2010 // South Carolina insurance regulators have approved an industry filing that lowers workers’ compensation insurance rates for employers by an average 9.8 percent. Insurers can begin using the new rates in 30...

4 More Firefighters Sue Over South Carolina Sofa Store Fire

Jun 9 2010 // Four more former firefighters are suing because of physical and emotional injuries from a 2007 fire that killed nine South Carolina firefighters. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that the ex-firefighters are...

United Insurance to Write Property, Casualty in South Carolina

Jun 8 2010 // United Insurance Holdings Corp., a property and casualty insurance holding company, has announced that United Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPC), a wholly-owned subsidiary, was approved to begin writing...

South Carolina Boating Deaths On Rise

May 25 2010 // Boating deaths in South Carolina this year have already surpassed the total in 2009, and safety officials are worried with the Memorial Day weekend approaching. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported that, as of last...

The Hartford Hit With $14.5 Million Over South Carolina Printer’s Claim

May 24 2010 // A federal jury in South Carolina has awarded $14.5 million in damages to a South Carolina printing company against The Hartford insurance company in a case where the insurer believed a claim for a major fire loss in 2008...

South Carolina Had Small Earthquake

May 18 2010 // Federal experts say a small earthquake struck near the South Carolina coast last week. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake occurred about 6 miles south southeast of Summerville shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday. It...

South Carolina Firefighters Urge Lawmakers to Keep Sprinkler Code

May 13 2010 // South Carolina firefighters urged legislators this week to uphold a construction code requiring that new homes be equipped with fire sprinklers in a debate that pits safety against cost. They urged senators to defeat a...

Man Held in South Carolina over Maine Topless Coffee Shop Fire

May 7 2010 // A man suspected of burning down a Maine coffee shop that featured topless waitresses has been arrested in South Carolina. Prosecutors say Raymond Bellavance Jr. was arrested Wednesday in a rural part of Spartanburg...

Smile, Speeders: South Carolina Town Using I-95 Speed Cameras

May 5 2010 // Motorists zipping along a stretch of Interstate 95 South Carolina may soon find themselves on camera. The Beaufort Gazette reported Sunday that officials in Ridgeland have inked a five-year deal to set up automated speed...

40% of Agents in South Carolina Could Lose Licenses May 1

Apr 13 2010 // May 1, 2010 is the deadline for agents licensed in South Carolina to complete their first-ever producer license renewal process and become compliant with their ongoing continuing education requirements. Compliance...

Former South Carolina Insurance Chief Kitzman Runs for Lieutenant Governor

Mar 31 2010 // South Carolina’s former state insurance director is running for lieutenant governor. Eleanor Kitzman announced she’s running as a Republican. The 53-year-old Columbia resident notes she’s the only...

Declarations

Mar 22 2010 // Kentucky Shock “Shame on you for the blatant, arrogant, self-effacing abuses. Equally shocking is for the board to allow executives involved in the oversight of such abuses to remain.” —Cold Spring Mayor Mark...

South Carolina University Fire Estimated to Cost $4.5 Million

Mar 22 2010 // Officials at a South Carolina university say a fire in a building that featured high-tech classrooms will cost at least $4.5 million to repair. The Herald of Rock Hill reported that Winthrop University officials said it...

Suit in South Carolina Accuses Lasik Eye Clinics of Improper Surgeries

Mar 19 2010 // A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in South Carolina accuses eye clinics across the country of performing surgeries on patients with pre-existing conditions that should have excluded them as candidates, causing those...