Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
S.C. Malpractice Premiums Going Up 12.7 Percent in July
May 12 2005 // Despite a bill signed into law last month in South Carolina capping pain and suffering awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, two of the state’s largest malpractice insurers have announced plans to increase...
Entrepreneurial Spirit and Trust: Marks of Today’s Successful MGA
Apr 18 2005 // An Interview with Francis Johnson, AAMGA President-Elect Francis Johnson, president of Johnson and Johnson Inc., of Charleston, South Carolina, becomes president of the American Association of Managing General Agents in...
SOUTH CAROLINA INSURANCE CO. INSOLVENT
Apr 18 2005 // South Carolina Insurance Co., part of the Columbia-based Seibels Bruce group, has been declared insolvent by state insurance regulators and will be liquidated. The company and its subsidiary, Consolidated American...
S.C. Regulators Declare Two Insurance Cos. Insolvent
Mar 24 2005 // South Carolina Insurance Co., part of the Columbia-based Seibels Bruce family, has been declared insolvent by state insurance regulators and will be liquidated. The company and its subsidiary, Consolidated American...
PROGRESSIVE GROUP DRIVES INTO S.C.
Mar 21 2005 // Progressive Insurance’s Drive Group (Drive Insurance) will offer its commercial auto product in South Carolina through more than 430 agents. Drive(SM) Insurance is The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies’...
S.C. $400,000 Budget Proposal Would Pay to Hire Six Insurance Fraud Prosecutors
Mar 14 2005 // A one-time infusion of $400,000 to permit the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office to hire six new prosecutors to fight insurance fraud has been approved by the Senate Finance Subcommittee to aid in the fight...
Progressive Drives Into S.C. Commercial Auto Insurance Market; Signs 430 Agents
Mar 7 2005 // Progressive Insurance’s Drive Group (Drive Insurance) has announced it will offer its commercial auto product in South Carolina through more than 430 agents. Drive(SM) Insurance is The Progressive Group of Insurance...
S.C. Firm Lands Two-Year Medicare, Medicaid Contract
Mar 7 2005 // The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal government agency responsible for administration of the Medicare program, has awarded Palmetto GBA, a subsidiary of BlueCross BlueShield of South...
AUTO AGENCY EXEC. TO HEAD S.C. INSURANCE DEPT.
Feb 21 2005 // South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has chosen Eleanor Kitzman, founder and past president of Driver’s Choice Insurance Services of Columbia, to head South Carolina’s Insurance Department. Kitzman has been active...
S.C. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS UIM FORM
Feb 7 2005 // The South Carolina Supreme Court on Jan. 11 issued its decision in Progressive Casualty Ins. V. Leachman, holding that Progressive’s UIM selection form constituted a “meaningful offer,” and that in making...
Driver’s Choice Founder to Head S.C. Insurance Dept.
Feb 3 2005 // South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has chosen Elanor Kitzman, founder and past president of Driver’s Choice Insurance Services, of Columbia to head South Carolina’s Insurance Department. Kitzman has been active...
N.C. Regulators Want Bite of State Farm’s ‘Jumbo CDs’
Feb 3 2005 // The State Farm Insurance Bank is embroiled in a turf war which pits North Carolina regulators and the federal Office of Thrift Supervision to determine who has jurisdiction over State Farm’s sale of $100,000-plus...
Nine Plead Guilty to Faking S.C. Auto Wrecks, Filing False Claims
Jan 28 2005 // Attorney General Henry McMaster announced today in Columbia, S.C. that nine individuals pleaded guilty between Oct. 21, 2004 and Jan. 13, 2005 to 16 counts of Presenting False Claims for Payment, a felony violation of...
Wanted: S.C. Insurance Commissioner, Strong Industry Background Essential
Jan 25 2005 // South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford is carefully screening candidates, looking for someone with a strong insurance background to head the South Carolina Insurance Department. After former Insurance Commissioner Ernie...
S.C. INSURER ADDS EMERGENCY SERVICES:
Jan 24 2005 // Additional emergency medical and travel services have been offered by BlueCross BlueShield of Columbia, S.C., and Companion HealthCare to members with the company’s international BlueCard® coverage. These extra...
S.C. LAWSUIT CLAIMS HIX INSURANCE MISLED N.C. CUSTOMERS:
Jan 24 2005 // A class-action lawsuit filed in North Carolina’s Guilford Superior Court claims that Hix Insurance of Greensboro, S.C., misled thousands of North Carolina customers, especially Latinos, into unknowingly buying motor...
AMERICAN MUTUAL CLOSES OFFICE IN CHARLESTON, S.C. :
Jan 24 2005 // American Mutual Fire Insurance Co. has closed its offices in Charleston due to efforts by its British parent, Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance to reduce losses in the United States. At one time American Mutual had 500...
PCIA Supports Repeal of S.C.’s Second Injury Fund
Jan 18 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is supporting HB 3284, legislation which would repeal South Carolina’s Second Injury Fund, which, due to excessive costs, has become a hindrance to much needed...
S.C. Supreme Court Upholds Insurers Use Of UIM Selection Form
Jan 13 2005 // The South Carolina Supreme Court on Jan. 11 issued its decision in the case of Progressive Casualty Ins. V. Leachman, holding that Progressive’s UIM selection form constituted a “meaningful offer,” and...
S.C. Insurer Provides Overseas Medical, Travel Services; Matches Employee Red Cross Contributions
Jan 6 2005 // Additional emergency medical and travel services have been offered by BlueCross BlueShield of Columbia, S.C. and Companion HealthCare members holding the company’s international BlueCard® coverage. These extra...
