All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 3 2020 // Three fraternities at Clemson University in South Carolina were placed on disciplinary probation for violating the university’s code of conduct, according to a university report.Delta Chi, Phi Delta Theta and Chi Phi...
Dec 18 2019 // J. Scott Penny, chief acquisitions officer of Brown & Brown, Inc., and Mark K. Ackerman, the sole shareholder of Insurance Management Group, Inc. (IMG), announced that Brown & Brown of South Carolina, Inc. has...
Dec 12 2019 // A judge is allowing a South Carolina hemp farmer arrested after authorities said he grew the crop in unregistered fields to harvest some of his crop and put the money in a trust as he awaits trial.The State Law Enforcement...
Dec 12 2019 // Historic cities and towns along the Southeastern U.S. coast have survived wars, hurricanes, disease outbreaks and other calamities, but now that sea levels are creeping up with no sign of stopping, they face a more...
Dec 11 2019 // South Carolina Department of Insurance Director Ray Farmer and Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier have been elected to the positions of president and president-elect, respectively, of the NAIC (National...
Nov 22 2019 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of B++ (good) and the long-term issuer credit ratings of “bbb+” of Canal Insurance Company and Canal Indemnity...
Nov 19 2019 // The family of a South Carolina man who was taken to jail instead of the hospital after a driving under the influence crash has been paid a $550,000 settlement.Records from the state insurance fund obtained by WCSC-TV show...
Nov 7 2019 // Authorities in South Carolina say a man has been accused of stealing more than $700,000 from 10 separate homeowners associations.News outlets report 39-year-old Nicholas Galipeau turned himself in Wednesday and was charged...
Nov 4 2019 // Specialty insurer QBE North America has named Kris Hill as president of Alternative Markets. Hill joined QBE in January 2017 as chief financial officer. Before joining QBE, she served as executive vice president of Field...
Oct 14 2019 // Much of one of South Carolina’s largest counties was left without water after a 70-year-old pipe broke, sending a torrent of water over a main highway and closing schools, businesses and county offices.A 20-inch...
Oct 7 2019 // Insured loss estimates for Hurricane Dorian will range from $500 million to $1.5 billion, according to catastrophe modeling firms Karen Clark & Co. and RMS.According to KCC, Dorian reached peak intensity of 185 mph...
Oct 2 2019 // President Donald Trump has issued a declaration approving specific federal assistance for South Carolina areas affected by early September’s Hurricane Dorian.The White House on Monday ordered that federal aid be used...
Sep 27 2019 // A 40-year-old man was charged Tuesday with burning down his South Carolina high school more than 23 years after authorities say he set books and other papers on fire in the hallways.Daniel Scott Harris, 40 left his...
Sep 24 2019 // Canal Insurance Company’s board of directors has approved the addition of John Rzepinski to its senior leadership team as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, effective Sept. 16, 2019. John...
Sep 20 2019 // Many farmers in South Carolina say a growing drought is threatening to devastate their crops right at harvest time and officials said there are plenty of indications the dry weather will spread.A special committee that...
Sep 17 2019 // Catastrophe modeling firms Karen Clark & Co. and RMS have released insured loss estimates for Hurricane Dorian, ranging from $500 million to $1.5 billion.According to KCC, Dorian reached peak intensity of 185 mph while...
Sep 10 2019 // Residents and the insurance industry in Southeast states are feeling relieved after Hurricane Dorian grazed the U.S. coastline last week just days after it caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas.While the storm was at...
Sep 5 2019 // Sep 5, 2019, 9:58 AM – Hurricane Dorian will strafe the North Carolina coast by Thursday night, and could make landfall in the state with 115 mile-per-hour winds and an 8-foot storm surge.Located about 70 miles (113...
Sep 5 2019 // The wrath of Hurricane Dorian isn’t over yet and many more communities in its path are at risk and are bracing for the storm after it demolished the Bahamas earlier this week.The extremely slow-moving hurricane is...
Sep 4 2019 // Sep 5, 2019, 6:26 AM— Hurricane Dorian — once again a Category 3 storm — is bearing down upon the Carolinas after sweeping past Florida and Georgia and battering the Bahamas, where it killed at least 20...