Latest South Carolina Headlines
All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
S.C. Workers’ Comp Commission Won’t Follow Sanford Order’s Standard
Oct 29 2007 // The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission unanimously rejected Gov. Mark Sanford’s order to begin using uniform medical standards in deciding how much should be paid to injured workers with long-term...
S.C. Insurance Deptartment Announces Home Mitigation Program Grants
Oct 29 2007 // Fourteen South Carolina homeowners received grants of up to $5,000 each to help strengthen their homes against the high winds associated with hurricanes and other natural disasters. The S.C. Safe Home Grant Program was...
Editor’s Note: No coasting
Oct 27 2007 // While Congress continues to debate whether to launch any sort of national disaster backup plan or add wind coverage to the federal flood program, states are coming up with some of their own ideas — big and small...
8 S.C. chief urges pre-set
Oct 27 2007 // hurricane damage formula Looking to minimize claims litigation 8 West Virginia lawmakers may reassert workers’ comp oversight But will they scare insurers from the state? 9 Florida brings back no-fault Lawmakers add...
S.C. chief urges hurricane damage formula – before storms hit
Oct 27 2007 // News Currents South Carolina Insurance Director Scott Richardson is proposing a loss-allocation method that he hopes will alleviate any confusion between water damage and wind damage the next time a hurricane reduces...
S.C. Clam Farmers Settle for $1.8 Million Following Oil Spill
Oct 22 2007 // More than a dozen South Carolina clam farmers who claimed most of their crop was spoiled by an oil spill five years ago have settled a lawsuit with a shipping line and a dredging firm for nearly $1.8 million. Under the...
