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#1 South Carolina Bars, Eateries Closing Down for Lack of Affordable Liability Coverage
Sep 18 2023 // Wanted in South Carolina: $1 million in liquor liability coverage at an affordable premium to prevent closure of establishment. That’s the type of advertisement one can imagine bars and bistros across the Palmetto...
#2 Agents, Regulators Remind Insurers to Take Care of Insureds as Idalia Claims Start Coming in
Sep 18 2023 // The property insurance industry breathed a sigh of relief after Hurricane Idalia landed in a less-populated part of the coast, triggering just a few billion dollars in losses. But regulators have urged insurers to make...
#3 Alex Murdaugh Gets 27 Years Added to Prison Time for $12M Theft From Clients
Nov 29 2023 // For years, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh looked his anguished clients in the eyes and promised to help them with their medical bills, their suffering or simply to survive. Then he stole most, if not all, of what he...
#4 Insurers to Pay $15M to Settle Murdaugh Fatal Boat Crash Claims
Jul 18 2023 // Insurers for the convenience store that sold beer to Paul Murdaugh have agreed to pay $15 million to settle the wrongful death suit stemming from the 2019 boat crash involving Murdaugh in which teenager Mallory Beach was...
#5 Attorney, Friend of Murdaugh Sentenced to 4 Years in Scheme to Steal Insurance Money
Aug 17 2023 // CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A longtime friend of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was sentenced Tuesday to nearly four years in prison for scheming to steal millions of dollars in insurance settlements...
#6 Murdaugh’s Friend Pleads to More Charges in Helping Steal Insurance Funds
Aug 25 2023 // Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh `s old college buddy has pleaded guilty to a second set of charges for helping the disgraced South Carolina attorney steal millions of dollars of insurance settlements from the sons of...
#7 South Carolina DOI Issues Data Call on Why Liquor, Cyber Liability Costs Are Soaring
Jun 5 2023 // Two Southeastern insurance regulators have posted new information about liability insurance data and catastrophe claims reporting. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation last week posted the 2023 catastrophe reporting...
#8 SC Appeals Court: Insurer’s Bad Faith Meant Award Was 10X Policy Limit
Dec 14 2023 // Jose Castillo didn’t ask his insurance company to defend him from a lawsuit that alleged his shoddy construction caused millions of dollars in water damage to a townhouse project, so his insurer didn’t provide...
#9 SC Judge OKs $15M Insurance Payout for Store that Sold Beer to Underage Murdaugh
Jul 31 2023 // A South Carolina judge A judge has signed off on a $15.5 million settlement for the family of Mallory Beach, the 19-year-old girl who died in a 2019 boat crash that is believed to have set in motion the downfall of...
#10 Judge Tosses Fraud Against Exec in SC Nuclear Debacle, But New Case Could Follow
Aug 7 2023 // A judge has ordered criminal charges dropped against the final executive accused of lying about problems building two nuclear reactors in South Carolina that were abandoned without generating a watt of power. The judge...
#11 No Duty to Defend Doesn’t Mean No Duty to Indemnify, Federal Appeals Court Finds
Aug 2 2023 // A federal appeals court has clarified, at least under the realm of Texas law, when an insurer has a duty to indemnify – even if it has no duty to defend a tort action against the insured thanks to an unambiguous...
#12 SC Attorney Pleads Guilty in $31M Scheme to Assign Veterans’ Benefits for Cash
Apr 21 2023 // Call it a new take on assignment of benefits. A South Carolina attorney who used a network of insurance agents and financial advisers has pleaded guilty to defrauding military veterans of more than $31 million in...
#13 Florida Regulators Remind Insurers to Take Care of Insureds as Claims Come in
Sep 5 2023 // The property insurance industry breathed a sigh of relief after Hurricane Idalia landed in a less-populated part of the coast, but regulators have signaled a need to make sure that claims from the area, now topping 10,000,...
#14 Georgia Trial Lawyer Surrenders License After Using Insurance Settlement Proceeds
Jul 6 2023 // The Georgia Supreme Court has accepted the voluntary license surrender of a plaintiffs’ attorney who had been in practice for more than 45 years. Richard L. Middleton Jr., of Savannah, acknowledged that he had...
#15 School Bus, Tanker Truck Collide, Sending 18 to Hospital in South Carolina
Jun 1 2023 // A school bus collided with a tanker truck in South Carolina, sending at least 18 people, mostly children, to the hospital, authorities said. The bus was carrying 36 passengers when it collided with the tanker at about 4 p....
#16 South Carolina Lawmakers Mulling Liquor Liability Fund to Ease Coverage Crisis
Feb 20 2024 // Businesses and homeowners will be familiar with insurers of last resort – the state-created, quasi-governmental organizations that provide property and liability coverage when the primary market won’t. These...
#17 South Carolina Prosecutors Want to Limit Minority Leader’s Sway Over Judges
Oct 25 2023 // COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nine of South Carolina`s 16 elected prosecutors are asking to remove all legislators who are lawyers from a committee that decides which judicial candidates are put before the General Assembly...
#18 Woman Fell Through Floorboards and a Hidden Well Shaft in SC Home Fatality
Nov 30 2023 // SALEM, S.C. (AP) — An 83-year-old woman who died when she fell through rotting floorboards in a century-old South Carolina house fell down a well shaft the owner didn`t know was there, authorities said. It took...
#19 SC Police Officer and Recruit Agree to Avoid Cop Work After False Insurance Claim
Aug 2 2023 // A South Carolina police officer and his roommate, a police department recruit, will face only misdemeanor penalties after agreeing to avoid law enforcement work for the rest of their lives. The plea agreement came after...
#20 South Carolina Liquor Liability Market ‘Extremely Unprofitable,’ DOI Report Finds
Jan 11 2024 // A report from the South Carolina Department of Insurance confirms what insurers and bars and restaurants have said for the past few years: Liquor liability coverage in the state is “extremely unprofitable” for...
