Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
S.C. Blaze Destroy Homes, Prompts Evacuation of Dozens
Feb 14 2008 // A blaze that destroyed several homes in South Carolina and led to the evacuation of 60 others started as a trash fire that was initially doused by two fire agencies, but reignited a day later into a wind-whipped 240-acre...
People Flee as Fires in Rain-Starved Carolinas, Va. Burn Homes
Feb 12 2008 // Wind-whipped wildfires chased churchgoers from worship, forced hundreds of residents to flee homes and closed highways across the rain-starved Carolinas and Virginia on Sunday. Twelve small structures, including at least...
Dispute between S.C. Gov., Workers’ Comp Panel in Court this Month
Feb 8 2008 // A struggle between South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s office and a commission that determines how much money injured workers receive is in federal court this month. A restraining order blocking the state...
South Carolina Warehouse Fire Ruled Accidental
Jan 25 2008 // Sumter, S.C., fire officials say a spark from a torch being used to dismantle equipment at a warehouse led to the fire that destroyed the 30,000-square-foot building. Sumter Fire Department investigators said Wednesday the...
Warehouse Fire One of Biggest in Memory, Says Sumter, S.C. Official
Jan 23 2008 // Sumter, S.C. Fire Capt. Brian Horton says one of the biggest fires he can remember has engulfed a former furniture warehouse near downtown. Authorities say it took nearly three hours to get the blaze under control Monday...
S.C. Company Wants Neighbors to Help Pay for Pollution Cleanup
Jan 21 2008 // A South Carolina company being sued by neighbors for polluting groundwater around its plant in Myrtle Beach is asking a court to force those neighbors to help pay for testing and cleanup of contamination. AVX Corp. says in...
Settlement Reached in South Carolina Blaze that Killed 9 Firefighters
Jan 14 2008 // The owners of a Charleston furniture store that burned down and killed nine firefighters agreed to pay $13,110 in fines but they admitted no wrongdoing, state regulators announced last week. The Sofa Super Store was...
S.C. Dog Food Maker to Pay $3.1 Million Settlement after Pet Deaths
Jan 7 2008 // A South Carolina company that made contaminated pet food that killed dozens of dogs nationwide will pay $3.1 million in a settlement with pet owners, an attorney said last week. The pet food, which contained a mold called...
Fire Heavily Damages South Carolina Church
Jan 4 2008 // A fast-moving fire destroyed the sanctuary of a Spartanburg County, S.C. church, bringing down its steeple. The employees and construction crew inside escaped without injury when the Abner Creek Baptist Church caught fire...
CarInsurance.com Adds Insurance Carriers for 2008
Jan 3 2008 // CarInsurance.com, which sells auto insurance over the Internet, has added more carriers to its current 28 state agency product offering. In November and December 2007, the firm expanded and now offers Encompass Insurance...
Top Insurance Stories in 2007 in Southeast
Dec 31 2007 // High heat, changing winds put reputations on the line. 1. Florida’s gamble “It’s all about rates,” maintained Sam Miller, of the industry’s Florida Insurance Council. Florida lawmakers in...
S.C. Sofa Store Fire
Dec 23 2007 // In June, fire swept through a Sofa Super Store furniture warehouse in Charleston, S.C., collapsing the building’s roof and claiming the lives of nine firefighters in the nation’s single worst loss of...
S.C. Insurance Department Proposes Captive Company Standards
Dec 19 2007 // S.C. Department of Insurance Director Scott Richardson has proposed a Bulletin establishing clear standards for captive management companies in South Carolina including specific requirements for character, reputation,...
S.C.: E-mail Shows PR Strategy Involving Charleston Fire Investigation
Dec 11 2007 // An e-mail sent by a South Carolina workplace safety official details the agency’s public relations plan to downplay the release of an investigation into a furniture store fire that killed nine firefighters, according...
S.C. Lifts Fire Alert, Says Lengthier Fire Season on Deck
Dec 11 2007 // The South Carolina Forestry Commission has lifted a red flag fire alert that recommended no burning outside. The alert was posted about a week ago because of brisk winds and low humidity, ripe conditions for wildfires....
S.C.-based Insurer Adds Ashley as Controller
Dec 7 2007 // Upstate South Carolina-based insurance agent/brokerage and consulting firm, Rosenfeld Einstein, recently added Neal Ashley as controller. Ashley is a practicing certified public accountant and holds both B.A. and...
Tipster Receives Record Reward for Help in 12 S.C. Arson Cases
Nov 26 2007 // State officials say a tipster called the South Carolina Arson Hotline and helped authorities solve 12 Columbia-area cases. The help garnered a record reward for the anonymous tipster. The South Carolina Insurance News...
S.C. Places Capital Assurance Risk Retention Group in Receivership
Nov 16 2007 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance placed Capital Assurance Risk Retention Group (CARRG) in receivership for the purposes of rehabilitation. On Oct. 31, the Richland County Court of Common Pleas issued an order...
Rosenfeld Einstein Ranked 3rd Best Place to Work in S.C.
Nov 7 2007 // Insurance brokerage and consulting firm Rosenfeld Einstein is ranked third on South Carolina’s 20 Best Places to Work list, compiled by SC BIZ magazine and Best Companies Group of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Best...
States under cover
Nov 4 2007 // Natural catastrophes — and the affordability and availability of property insurance in disaster-prone areas — have been on center stage in coastal states from the Northeast to the Gulf Coast. This fall, the...
