Latest South Carolina Headlines
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Families of South Carolina Boat Crash Victims Settle
Oct 5 2011 // The families of two women killed in a boat crash on Lake Murray last year will each be paid nearly $250,000 by the family of the man who authorities say caused the collision. The State newspaper reported that the...
Burns & Wilcox Acquires South Carolina Wholesale Broker
Oct 3 2011 // Wholesale broker Burns & Wilcox has purchased Kimbrell Insurance Group Inc., a wholesale broker and underwriting manager in South Carolina. Kimbrell was founded in 1986 and is located in the Myrtle Beach, S.C. area....
South Carolina Dog Bite Case
Sep 19 2011 // South Carolina’s Supreme Court has unanimously agreed to let a lower court decide if a landlord is liable for damages in a dog bite case. The Supreme Court’s decision says landlords could be found liable for a...
South Carolina Targets Copper Theft
Sep 5 2011 // South Carolina law enforcement officers and insurers hope a new state law will cut down on thieves destroying air-conditioning units, farm equipment and other property to sell the copper inner parts for scrap. No law can...
Irene Inflicts Only Minor Damage in South Carolina
Aug 29 2011 // Hurricane Irene spun away from South Carolina on Saturday, leaving behind only minor damage and residents breathing a sigh of relief. The storm came closest to South Carolina early Saturday, a few hours before it made...
North, South Carolina Coastal Insurance Plans Ready for Hurricane Irene
Aug 24 2011 // Caught square in the path of Irene, the first major hurricane of the season, the coastal insurance plans in North and South Carolina are prepared to absorb what may be their first major losses in years. Both plans appear...
South Carolina City Pulls Plug on Speed Cameras But Still Faces Lawsuit
Aug 23 2011 // The South Carolina city of Ridgeland still faces a legal battle over its use of speed cameras on Interstate 95, even though the city ended the program months ago. The State newspaper of Columbia, S.C., reported that...
Insurers Oppose Change in South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Medical Fees
Aug 22 2011 // A new South Carolina regulation for calculating medical fees in worker injury cases has set off opposition from insurers and business groups that claim it favors certain medical providers over others and will increase...
South Carolina Law to Curb Copper Theft Takes Effect Next Week
Aug 12 2011 // South Carolina law enforcement officers said they hope a new state law will cut down on thieves destroying air-conditioning units, farm equipment and other property to sell the copper inner parts for scrap. Most of the...
Kitzman Named as Next Texas Commissioner of Insurance
Aug 1 2011 // Eleanor Kitzman is slated to become the next Texas Commissioner of Insurance on Aug. 15, 2011. Kitzman, the outgoing executive director of the South Carolina Budget and Control Board and past director of the South Carolina...
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Aug 1 2011 // Wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. is expanding its operations with a new office location in Morehead City, North Carolina. Karen G. Toler, formerly of Burns & Wilcox, has joined AmWINS to lead this new...
South Carolina Company Donates Fire Truck to Texas Department
Jul 29 2011 // A South Carolina company is donating a used fire truck to a Texas volunteer fire department whose station was destroyed by fire earlier this month. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports Palmetto Fire Apparatus is...
South Carolina Budget Chief, Former Commissioner Heads to Texas
Jul 22 2011 // The director of the South Carolina agency that oversees much of state government operations has resigned, six months after Gov. Nikki Haley picked her for the job, to take a role in government in her home state of...
Kitzman Appointed as Next Texas Insurance Commissioner
Jul 20 2011 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced the appointment of Eleanor Kitzman of Austin as Texas Insurance Commissioner, effective Aug. 15, 2011, for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2013. She will replace Mike Geeslin, who announced earlier...
States Differ in Amusement Ride Inspections
Jul 18 2011 // North Carolina inspectors responsible for checking rides at Carowinds kept records on every problem they discovered during their annual inspections at the amusement park that straddles both Carolinas near Charlotte,...
Radioactive Leak at South Carolina Nuclear Plant Being Investigated
Jul 14 2011 // Federal nuclear safety inspectors are investigating a radioactive waste leak at a Fairfield County, South Carolina nuclear power plant amid increased scrutiny of pipes at the nation’s nuclear facilities. The U.S....
Death in South Carolina Golf Cart Accident Raises Seat Belt Issue
Jul 8 2011 // Golf-cart accidents rarely cause serious injury or death in Beaufort County — only about a half-dozen have been documented in the past decade. Yet a recent accident that killed a woman in Sun City Hilton Head has law...
Ratings: Intrepid, John Deere, So. Carolina, Arkansas & Louisiana Farm Bureaus
Jun 30 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Michigan-based Intrepid Insurance Company, both with stable outlooks. The ratings...
South Carolina Two-Tier Damages Cap Upheld
Jun 20 2011 // South Carolina’s two-tier statutory cap on damages is constitutional, the state Supreme Court has ruled. In the same ruling, however, the court found that two separate governmental entities’ negligent acts,...
South Carolina Lawmakers Agree on Copper Theft Bill
Jun 17 2011 // A South Carolina bill designed to curb thieves from ripping copper from air-conditioning units and farm irrigation systems is heading to Gov. Nikki Haley. The Senate voted 39-1 this week to agree to changes made in the...
