Latest South Carolina Headlines
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Staged Car Crashes in South Carolina a Growing Problem
Mar 12 2018 // Officials in South Carolina say a rising number of staged automobile crashes are becoming a problem in the state. The Post and Courier of Charleston cited authorities who said faked crashes were part of a scam that...
Two More South Carolina Counties Sue Drug Companies Over Opioid Abuse
Mar 9 2018 // Two more South Carolina counties have sued major drug companies because of opioid abuse cases. Media outlets reported that Greenville and Spartanburg counties have sued drugmakers, pharmacies, distributors and doctors. The...
13 South Carolina Hospital Employees Fired in 2017 Over Privacy Breaches
Mar 2 2018 // The Medical University of South Carolina fired 13 employees in 2017 after determining that they misused patient records. The Post and Courier reports that there were a total of 58 privacy breaches during the year. Eleven...
Wife of Amtrak Conductor Killed in Deadly S.C. Train Crash Files Suit
Feb 19 2018 // The wife of a conductor killed in the crash of an Amtrak train with a parked freight train in South Carolina earlier this month has filed suit against Amtrak and the other rail company, saying they were to blame for the...
South Carolina Notifies Insurers of Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Updates, Filing Requirements
Feb 19 2018 // South Carolina has alerted insurers of several changes to loss costs for the state’s voluntary and assigned risk workers’ compensation markets and has issued a requirement that updated loss cost multipliers be...
South Carolina Reports Nearly $5M Returned to Insurance Consumers in 2017
Feb 19 2018 // South Carolina Department of Insurance (SCDOI) assisted South Carolina insurance consumers in receiving $4,997,748 in insurance-related payments in 2017, according to a statement from Director Ray Farmer. These recovered...
Drone Suspected in Helicopter Crash Landing in South Carolina
Feb 16 2018 // A helicopter’s crash landing in South Carolina this week may have been triggered by a civilian drone, which would make it the first drone-related crash of an aircraft in the U.S. The incident on Wednesday involved a...
Wife of Conductor Killed in Deadly S.C. Train Crash Sues Rail Companies for Negligence
Feb 12 2018 // The wife of a conductor killed in the crash of an Amtrak train with a parked freight train in South Carolina earlier this month filed suit Thursday against Amtrak and the other rail company, saying they were to blame for...
South Carolina Notifies Insurers of Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Updates, Filing Requirements
Feb 8 2018 // South Carolina has alerted insurers of several changes to loss costs for the state’s voluntary and assigned risk workers’ compensation markets, and has issued a requirement that updated loss cost multipliers be...
Railway Signals Turned Off For PTC Installation At Time of South Carolina Crash
Feb 7 2018 // Railway signals were out while crews installed a safety system that could have prevented the exact type of crash that killed two people in South Carolina when an Amtrak train was diverted to a side track and slammed...
South Carolina Reports Nearly $5M Returned to Insurance Consumers in 2017
Feb 6 2018 // South Carolina Department of Insurance (SCDOI) assisted South Carolina insurance consumers in receiving $4,997,748 in insurance-related payments in 2017, according to a statement from Director Ray Farmer. These recovered...
Amtrak Blames CSX for Deadly South Carolina Crash
Feb 5 2018 // Amtrak blamed a freight rail operator for causing a crash on Sunday that killed two people and injured more than 100 others when one of its passenger trains was diverted onto a side track and slammed into a parked,...
Guardrail Manufacturer Sued Over South Carolina, Tennessee Accidents
Feb 5 2018 // A guardrail manufacturer created a product whose design flaws led to one woman’s death and another’s permanent disfigurement, according to two lawsuits filed Jan. 31. The lawsuits filed in South Carolina and...
Hub International Caught Up in $42M Lawsuit by South Carolina School District
Feb 5 2018 // A South Carolina school district has sued an insurance brokerage and several insurance companies, saying the district was sold excessive policies and charged too much. The Berkeley County School District filed suit in U.S....
Report: More Than 25 South Carolina Doctors Investigated for Sexual Misconduct
Jan 31 2018 // More than two dozen South Carolina doctors have been investigated for possible sexual misconduct in the last five years, according to a newspaper review of records of the state Board of Medical Examiners. The Post and...
Hub International Caught Up in $42M Lawsuit by South Carolina School District
Jan 22 2018 // A South Carolina school district has sued an insurance brokerage and several insurance companies, saying the district was sold excessive policies and charged too much. The Berkeley County School District filed suit in U.S....
Epic Winter Storm Brings Car Wrecks, Broken Water Mains, Power Outages to Southeast
Jan 5 2018 // A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades. The same system...
AmWINS Group to Acquire Seacoast Brokers, Trident Claims Management of South Carolina
Jan 4 2018 // AmWINS Group, Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Seacoast Brokers, LLC, a South Carolina-based personal lines specialty MGA that designs,...
Christmas Eve Apartment Fire in South Carolina Leaves 54 Homeless
Dec 27 2017 // Authorities say 54 people are without a home after a Christmas Eve fire at a South Carolina apartment complex that investigators say was intentionally set. Spartanburg Fire Marshall Brad Hall said no one was seriously...
South Carolina Gov. to Form Opioid Response Team, Limit Prescriptions
Dec 20 2017 // South Carolina’s governor announced Monday that he’s using executive orders to limit opioid prescriptions under two state programs and start a response team to look for ways to fight abuse of the powerful...
