Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
South Carolina Republicans Launch TV Ads to Salvage Tort Reform Bill
Feb 25 2025 // Georgia lawmakers aren’t the only ones contemplating a major tort-reform bill during the legislative session this year. Next door, South Carolina’s General Assembly is considering Senate Bill 244, which...
Not a Bear But a Fake Deer-Collision Claim Results in South Carolina Fraud Charges
Jan 28 2025 // First it was the fake bear insurance fraud that made headlines around the country. Now, it’s a fake deer that has landed a South Carolina woman in jail after authorities said she provided false information to a...
Seibels Bruce, One of the South’s Oldest Insurance Companies, Closes its Doors
Jan 17 2025 // Two decades after its subsidiaries were deemed insolvent and 155 years after it was founded, one of the oldest insurance companies in the South has officially gone out of business. Seibels Bruce & Company’s...
‘Epidemic’ of Hidden Cams? SC Workers’ Comp Lawyer Sued After Arrest for Videos
Jan 15 2025 // Two months after his law license was suspended and he was charged with illicitly filming renters at his beach property, a South Carolina workers’ compensation attorney now faces a civil lawsuit by one of the alleged...
South Carolina Extends Use of Emergency Adjusters After Helene
Jan 14 2025 // Property and auto insurers in South Carolina can keep non-resident adjusters on the job for at least another 90 days, until April 25, due to the continued need after Hurricane Helene, the state insurance commissioner said...
South Carolina Leads Country in People Moving in, U-Haul Says
Jan 3 2025 // U-Haul, one of the best-known providers of trucks, vans and moving supplies, also tracks where that equipment is being used. And in 2024, Southeastern states led the nation, with South Carolina ranking as the state with...
7 in South Carolina Plead Guilty to Defrauding Aflac But Get No Jail Time
Dec 13 2024 // Seven people in South Carolina pleaded guilty this week to a scheme to defraud Aflac Insurance and other insurers out of more than $70,000 by making false claims with forged documents. But they won’t be going to...
With 13 New Members, SC Senate Could Tackle Joint Liability, Liquor Insurance
Dec 11 2024 // COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — With the largest number of newly elected members at least since World War II, Republican South Carolina Senate leaders are thinking about tackling some issues like tax reform and liquor liability...
South Carolina Drunk Driver Who Hit Bride on Wedding Day Sentenced to 25 Years
Dec 4 2024 // A woman who admitted to drinking and who was driving well over twice the speed limit when she smashed into a golf cart, killing a bride who had just got married at a South Carolina beach, was sentenced Monday to 25 years...
Truliant Insurance Acquires Atkins & Associates in Greenville, South Carolina
Nov 27 2024 // Truliant Federal Credit Union and its Truliant Insurance subsidiary has acquired Atkins & Associates Insurance Agency in Greenville, South Carolina, expanding the firm’s presence in the Southeast. Atkins has been...
South Carolina Lab Recaptures 5 More Escaped Monkeys But 13 Still on the Loose
Nov 13 2024 // YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Employees at a South Carolina compound that breeds monkeys for medical research have recaptured five more animals that escaped last week from an enclosure that wasn’t fully locked. As of...
SC Man Sentenced for Targeting Drivers in Parking Lot Insurance Fraud Scheme
Nov 7 2024 // A 44-year-old South Carolina man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to an auto insurance fraud scheme that targeted elderly drivers in parking lots. In 2020 through 2022, Cornelius Jones, 44, of...
Pinnacol’s EverPeak Workers’ Comp Coverage Expands Into South Carolina
Sep 12 2024 // EverPeak Insurance, a workers’ compensation insurer that specializes in hard-to-place industries and small businesses, has recently expanded into South Carolina. Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Vlad...
The Murdaugh Drama in SC Continues: Store That Sold Beer Now Suing its Insurers
Aug 27 2024 // The saga of the Murdaugh family in South Carolina continues, now with a convenience store company suing its liability insurers for failing to defend it against a second lawsuit stemming from the sale of beer to an underage...
Employer’s Clinic May Not be Protected by Workers’ Comp Remedy, SC Court Says
Aug 13 2024 // The South Carolina Court of Appeals has signaled that employers who offer on-site health clinics may not be immune from tort claims from injured or sickened workers. It’s the latest twist to a question that has...
Hurricane Debby Brings Six Deaths, Widespread Flood Losses in Florida, Georgia, SC
Aug 6 2024 // Hurricane Debby left at least six people dead Monday along with widespread flooding in the same parts of Florida and Georgia that were swamped by Hurricane Idalia less than a year ago. Debby made landfall near...
Penn National Can’t Avoid Asbestos Coverage Payout, SC Supreme Court Says
Jul 26 2024 // Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Co. cannot escape the long tail of asbestos, and must cover part of the litigation losses for an asbestos installation company that went out of business more than 30 years...
SC Supreme Court Urges Legislative Fix to Pre-existing Health Issue in Workers’ Comp
Jul 15 2024 // South Carolina lawmakers next year may be asked to revamp a workers’ compensation employment test that judges have relied on for more than 50 years, if the state Supreme Court has its way. The court last week said...
Career Criminal Sentenced on More Insurance Fraud Charges in South Carolina
Jul 2 2024 // A South Carolina man with a long criminal history has pleaded guilty to multiple insurance fraud and identity fraud schemes that had netted him more than $139,000. Marcus Blair, of Florence, South Carolina, has been...
Progressive, Bars Settle for $1M in SC DUI Crash That Killed Bride on Wedding Night
Jun 24 2024 // FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The husband of a bride who was killed in a South Carolina beach road collision on her wedding night last year will receive nearly a million dollars in settlement connected to the crash, which a...
