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Nov 1 2010 // Aubie W. Knight has assumed the role of chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia (IIAG). Knight has been with IIAG since 1996. During his tenure, he has been responsible for most of...

South Carolina Deadly Sofa Store Fire Preventable, Says Study

Oct 29 2010 // If modern model building codes and sprinkler requirements had been enforced, the fire that took the lives of 9 firefighters and gutted the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, South Carolina in 2007 could have been prevented, a...

Feds Criticize North, South Carolina on Workplace Safety

Oct 18 2010 // Workplace safety programs in North and South Carolina downplay serious safety problems and levy weak fines, according to an audit released by the U.S. Labor Department. Jordan Barab of the Occupational Safety and Health...

South Carolina Requires Notice to Families of Deaths from Medical Errors

Oct 4 2010 // A new state law designed to notify families of those who die within 24 hours of hospital admittance and invasive surgery is increasing the call volume for some coroner’s investigators. The Ann S. Perdue Independent...

Feds Say North, South Carolina Programs Weak on Workplace Safety

Oct 4 2010 // Workplace safety programs in North and South Carolina downplay serious safety problems and levy weak fines, according to an audit released by the U.S. Labor Department. The audit showed that both states impose weak...

Aflac Expands Presence in South Carolina

Sep 15 2010 // South Carolina’s governor, Mark Sanford, and its insurance commissioner, Scott Richardson, were both in Columbia this week to help Aflac Group Insurance announce a major expansion of the Group’s presence in the...

South Carolina Forms Insurance Funding Program

Sep 3 2010 // South Carolina Insurance Director Scott Richardson, will introduce the new South Carolina Insurance Funding Program (SCIF) during the annual South Carolina Captive Insurance Association Conference, Sept. 13-15 in...

5 Years After Katrina Gulf Coast Building Codes Still Inadequate

Aug 30 2010 // Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina caused an estimated 1,300 tragic deaths as well as $41.1 billion in insured losses across six states. Louisiana and Mississippi suffered the brunt of Katrina’s wrath followed by...

S.C. Firefighter Sentenced for Five Arsons

Aug 25 2010 // A former South Carolina firefighter has been sentenced to five years in prison for setting a series of fires that caused about $1.5 million in damage. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported that 24-year-old Bryan Yeager...

South Carolina Says Feds Can Hear Case Against AIG

Aug 9 2010 // The federal courts can hear a case alleging that American International Group (AIG) Inc. submitted fraudulent data to South Carolina so that it could charge inflated premiums for workers’ compensation insurance...

S.C. Police Station Destroyed in Suspicous Fire

Aug 5 2010 // Fire has destroyed a small South Carolina police station where a patrol car was burned earlier this year. Lynchburg Mayor Thompson Isaac told WIS-TV says the fire occurred early Wednesday. There are no reports of...

S.C. to Issue Improved Driver’s Licenses

Aug 5 2010 // South Carolina will begin issuing a more secure driver’s license this fall. The State newspaper reported that Department of Motor Vehicles director Marcia Adams said Tuesday the new licenses and identification cards...

S.C. Officials Announce Hurricane Meeting

Aug 5 2010 // Emergency officials on South Carolina’s north coast are holding a town hall meeting to help people prepare for hurricanes. Wednesday’s meeting is being held at St. Michael Catholic Church in Garden...

South Carolina Court Upholds $10 Million Award Against Bar, Owners

Jul 29 2010 // South Carolina liquor stores, bars and their owners may be liable for injuries caused by a patron they “knew or should have known” was intoxicated even if the customer does not appear drunk. The South Carolina...

Jury Convicts South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Consultant

Jul 22 2010 // After a two day trial, a South Carolina workers’ compensation consultant and former state representative has been found guilty of mail fraud for fabricating payroll figures in order to obtain lower premiums for a...

Business Moves

Jul 19 2010 // NetComp NetComp Insurance, a newly-formed program manager based in Columbia, S.C., has opened its online program (www.netcompinsurance.com) for small to-mid size workers’ compensation business to all independent...

Jul 5 2010 // 77.2% In most hurricane-prone states, homeowners have few choices for insurance coverage, with just eight property and casualty insurers in each state controlling up to 77.2 percent of the market share, according to Weiss...

Brown & Brown Acquires South Carolina’s Commonwealth Insurance

Jul 2 2010 // Insurance agency Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired Commonwealth Insurance Inc., of Charleston, South Carolina. Founded in 1996 by Todd R. Tyler, Commonwealth Insurance Group, with annual revenues of approximately $2.6...

Homeowners Offered Few Insurance Choices in Hurricane States

Jun 28 2010 // In most hurricane-prone states, homeowners have few choices of insurance coverage, with just eight property and casualty insurers in each state controlling up to 77.2 percent of the market share, according to Weiss...

Enforcing South Carolina’s Drunk Driving Laws Requires Patience

Jun 15 2010 // Anderson County Sheriff’s Deputy Joel Frazier is a good listener. Frazier, a 12-year law enforcement veteran, has worked for the South Carolina county sheriff’s office as a patrol deputy for six years. Last...