Latest South Carolina Headlines
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Audit Requested of S.C. Insurance Department’s Rate Oversight
Aug 16 2007 // A South Carolina Senate leader is asking the Legislative Audit Council to review practices at the state Insurance Department that may have let insurance companies raise rates without adequate oversight. Senate President...
South Carolina Highway Closed after Explosive Found in Speeder’s Car
Aug 8 2007 // Two men were detained after police found a suspicious item in their car during a routine traffic stop for speeding near Charleston, S.C., authorities said Sunday. Berkeley County sheriff’s Lt. Vince Lombard said the...
S.C. wind pool rates rise 35%
Aug 6 2007 // Rates for the South Carolina Wind and Hail Underwriting Association went up an overall 35 percent beginning July 19 under an approval from Scott H. Richardson, director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance. In...
S.C. wind pool rates rise 35%
Aug 6 2007 // Rates for the South Carolina Wind and Hail Underwriting Association went up an overall 35 percent beginning July 19 under an approval from Scott H. Richardson, director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance. In...
McCroskey Named Manager at S.C.-Based Rosenfeld Einstein
Jul 31 2007 // Upstate-based Rosenfeld Einstein, a South Carolina insurance organization, has named Melissa McCroskey as Benefits Account Manager at the regional brokerage and consulting firm. Prior to assuming her position at Rosenfeld...
S.C. Approves 35% Wind Pool Hike
Jul 30 2007 // Scott H. Richardson, director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance has approved changes, effective July 19, 2007, to the rating plan and plan of operation for the South Carolina Wind and Hail Underwriting...
S.C. ‘Wind pool’ Insurance Rates Likely to Rise
Jul 23 2007 // Insurance rates for people along the South Carolina coast who can’t find regular coverage for hurricane and wind damage will likely be going up this fall, although the amount of the increase has not been...
S.C. sponsors free mitigation workshop
Jul 23 2007 // Scott H. Richardson, South Carolina insurance director, recently unveiled the department’s new grant initiative, SC Safe Home. The program is a component of the recently-enacted Coastal Omnibus Act of 2007 which...
Report: N.C. among states with worst traffic, S.C. among best roads
Jul 23 2007 // Nearly 52 percent of U.S. urban Interstates are now congested and traffic fatality rates rose slightly, but road surface conditions and bridge conditions improved, according to the Reason Foundation’s latest annual...
Heavy Thunderstorm Causes Damage at S.C. Airport
Jul 19 2007 // A South Carolina thunderstorm caused a wind gust of 75 mph at Columbia Metropolitan Airport on Tuesday, damaging a temporary hanger, authorities said. The storm also knocked out power at parts of the airport, but officials...
Raging Fire in S.C. Destroys Upstate Mill
Jul 11 2007 // A fire at a Spartanburg County mill raged back to life Monday, destroying a large part of the mostly abandoned buildings. More than 100 firefighters fought the blaze after it started Sunday at the Old Jackson Mill in...
S.C. Insurance Department Sponsors Free Home Mitigation Workshop
Jul 2 2007 // Scott H. Richardson, South Carolina Insurance Director unveiled the Department’s new grant initiative, SC SAFE HOME. The program partnered with the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, The Home Depot, The Charleston...
News Currents
Jul 2 2007 // S.C. becomes 5th state to oppose federal driver’s license program South Carolina has joined Maine, New Hampshire and other states as it formally rejected a federal mandate that sets new national driver’s...
Report: Calif., Minn., N.J., N.C. Have Worst Traffic; N.D., S.C. Have Best Roads
Jun 29 2007 // Nearly 52 percent of U.S. urban Interstates are now congested and traffic fatality rates rose slightly, but road surface conditions and bridge conditions improved, according to the Reason Foundation’s latest annual...
Insurers Say S.C. Workers’ Comp Law Good, Could Be Better
Jun 25 2007 // A highly anticipated workers compensation reform package is a victory for South Carolina workers, the business community and the insurance industry but it still lacks some integral components necessary to achieve the...
Officials: Deadly S.C. Store Blaze Started on Loading Dock
Jun 25 2007 // The furniture store blaze that killed nine Charleston, S.C. city firefighters started on a loading dock, federal investigators said. The loading dock was a covered space between the showroom and the warehouse of the Sofa...
Eastern Alliance Now Writing Workers’ Comp in Va., N.C., S.C. and Ga.
Jun 21 2007 // Eastern Alliance Insurance Co. reports it has received regulatory approval to write workers’ compensation business in the four southeastern states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. The company...
Damaged Bridge on S.C. Hurricane Evacuation Route to Fully Reopen
Jun 21 2007 // A Beaufort County bridge severely damaged less then two months ago is scheduled to completely reopen this week. Only one lane of the J.E. McTeer Bridge has been open for limited hours since the steel beams under the span...
Blaze Engulfs S.C. Furniture Warehouse, Killing 9 Firefighters
Jun 20 2007 // Fire swept through a furniture warehouse, collapsing the building’s roof and claiming the lives of nine firefighters in a disaster the mayor described Tuesday as “difficult to fathom or...
News Currents
Jun 18 2007 // S.C. reforms workers’ comp fraud, injury reporting laws Legislation gets tougher with cheaters and closes state’s Second Injury Fund Employers who lie about what their workers do to save money on workers’...
