Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Thousands in S.C. Drive With Suspended Licenses
Jun 7 2006 // About 5 percent of South Carolina’s drivers, more than 156,000, have suspended or revoked licenses, according to South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles records. But officials say many of those people continue to...
South Carolina, Tennessee and Kansas Governors Sign Medical Criteria Bills
Jun 5 2006 // South Carolina, Tennessee and Kansas have joined a growing number of states that have enacted laws that require plaintiffs to meet specific medical criteria in order to bring or pursue an asbestos- or silica-related...
PCI Opposes S.C. Auto Liability Limits Bill; Urges Governor’s Veto
Jun 1 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is asking Gov. Mark Sanford to veto South Carolina legislation that would force thousands of drivers to pay more for automobile insurance by increasing the minimum...
AIA Urges S.C. House to Vote ‘No’ on Auto Legislation
May 26 2006 // The American Insurance Association has warned South Carolina drivers that higher auto insurance premiums could result if the South Carolina Legislature approves a bill raising the minimum required auto insurance limits. A...
Insurers Fight Push to Increase S.C. Auto Financial Responsibility Law
May 26 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is urging South Carolina legislators to oppose legislation (HB 4622) that would increase insurance premiums for many consumers and put more uninsured motorists on the...
S.C. Weekend Storms Damage Estimated at $10M
May 26 2006 // A series of violent storms that swept through South Carolina last weekend caused at least $10 million damage, according to the South Carolina Insurance News Service. A survey by the news service, an industry group, shows...
South Carolina Car Theft Rate Continues to Rise
May 12 2006 // The number of vehicles stolen in South Carolina has risen for the seventh year in a row. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) annual report on auto theft rates, Hot Spots, there were nearly...
Director Kitzman encourages S.C. competition; expected policy cutbacks never occurred
Apr 17 2006 // What has happened with auto insurance rates in South Carolina should be the ‘gold standard’ for what can be accomplished with other types of insurance,” Elanor Kitzman, South Carolina Director of...
News Currents
Apr 17 2006 // AG McMaster appeals to S.C. Big ‘I’ members to help fight fraud Law enforcement has its hands full, AG asks agents to help provide evidence An appeal for independent insurance agencies to help law enforcement...
Help fight South Carolina’s fraud
Apr 17 2006 // MCMASTER APPEALS TO BIG ‘I’ Members visit legislators Joint, several liability repealed
S.C. Legislature Passes ‘Watered Down’ Workers’ Comp Bill to Senate
Apr 10 2006 // The American Insurance Association is calling H. 4427, passed by the South Carolina Legislature, a “watered down” version of workers’ compensation reform and “reform in name only;” while the...
Gov. Sanford Says S.C. Must Heed Katrina Wake-Up Call
Mar 29 2006 // After the thousands of deaths and billions of dollars in damage from last year’s record hurricane season, emergency planners must “imagine the unimaginable” in preparing for a storms, South Carolina Gov....
S.C. Encourages More Competition, Wants More Carriers
Mar 24 2006 // “What has happened with auto insurance rates in South Carolina should be the ‘gold standard’ for what can be accomplished with other types of insurance,” Elanor Kitzman, South Carolina Director of...
S.C. Attorney General Asks Big ‘I’ Members: ‘Help Fight Fraud’
Mar 23 2006 // An appeal for independent insurance agencies to assist South Carolina’s law enforcement agencies to document and report information on insurance fraud was voiced by Attorney General Henry McMaster during the March...
S.C. Coastal Homeowners Offered Catastrophe Coverage Product
Mar 20 2006 // A homeowners catastrophe product for residential dwellings in South Carolina’s coastal counties has been introduced by International Catastrophe Insurance Managers, LLC and Praetorian Financial Group, Inc....
S.C. Big “I” topics: Legislation, fraud
Mar 20 2006 // Insurance fraud and “hot topics” facing the insurance industry will be discussed by South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and Director of Insurance Elanor Kitzman during the March 22 and 23 annual...
Workers’ comp tug-of-war
Mar 6 2006 // A political tug-of war is now taking place in South Carolina involving Gov. Mark Sanford, Insurance Commissioner Elanor Kitzman, legislators and insurance industry representatives. The governor has responded that he...
S.C. controversy rages over workers’ comp overhaul
Mar 6 2006 // There isn’t any question about overhauling South Carolina’s workers’ compensation system, but there is a lot of disagreement about how to accomplish this feat. Workers’ compensation reform is on the...
S.C. CONSIDERING ASBESTOS REFORM BILL
Mar 6 2006 // To avoid the asbestos litigation crisis some states have experienced, South Carolina lawmakers have introduced legislation that will require plaintiffs to meet specific medical criteria in order to bring or pursue an...
S.C. Big ‘I’ Conference: Officials to Discuss Insurance Fraud, ‘Hot Topics’
Mar 2 2006 // Insurance fraud and “hot topics” facing the insurance industry will be discussed by South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and Director of Insurance Elanor Kitzman during the March 22 and 23 annual...
