All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 31 2018 // South Carolina has become the first state to pass a cybersecurity bill requiring any insurance entity operating in the state to establish and implement a cybersecurity program protecting their business and their customers...
May 30 2018 // A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial in a case against Johnson & Johnson alleging that exposure to asbestos in its Johnson’s Baby Powder caused a woman’s fatal cancer.Jurors in Darlington County state...
May 18 2018 // Brightway Insurance is continuing its expansion with the opening of five new stores, four of which are located in the Southeast.The new stores that opened in the region include in Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee:...
May 1 2018 // Authorities say 17 people were hurt, two seriously, when a charter bus carrying a high school chorus team crashed in South Carolina.Colleton County Fire-Rescue Chief Barry McRoy tells WCIV-TV the crash happened early...
Apr 30 2018 // The family of a South Carolina woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against American Airlines, accusing the company of negligence in her death following a medical emergency during a flight two years ago.In a lawsuit...
Apr 30 2018 // Authorities say one person is dead in a fire at an apartment complex in South Carolina.Fire officials say they were called to the Court Ridge apartments in Greenville around 6:45 p.m. Friday. Authorities say the fire...
Apr 25 2018 // A church near the South Carolina coast that is more than 150 years old has been heavily damaged in a fire.The fire was reported around 3:30 a.m. Sunday at the St. Andrews Church in Mount Pleasant. The fire department and...
Apr 25 2018 // Brightway Insurance is continuing its expansion across the country with the opening of two new stores in Florida and South Carolina: Jeff Howard has opened Brightway, The Howard Agency in Charleston, S.C. Troy Novotny has...
Apr 24 2018 // A basketball coach is suing a South Carolina school district, saying he was fired because he blew the whistle on issues such as grade-changing and covering up sexual harassment.The Morning News of Florence reports Andre...
Apr 18 2018 // A mid-April storm that pushed across the U.S. created a tornado in North Carolina that killed a person, caused widespread power outages in North and South Carolina and caused flooding emergencies in West Virginia and...
Apr 16 2018 // People jumped from their balconies and at least one family tossed a baby to a teen, as fire swept through an apartment complex near the South Carolina coast Thursday night.At least seven people were hurt and the homes of...
Apr 5 2018 // Authorities say a contract worker at BMW’s South Carolina factory was killed immediately from massive head injuries in the plant’s paint shop.Batesville Fire Chief Phill Jolley said there was no life saving...
Apr 4 2018 // Insurance regulators in the Southeast are notifying policyholders in their states of a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that is to be liquidated after being placed in...
Apr 2 2018 // A Texas court has issued an order of liquidation for Access Insurance Company, an auto insurer that has 42,785 policies in Pennsylvania. This means Pennsylvanians that currently have auto insurance through Access Insurance...
Apr 2 2018 // Insurance regulators in the Southeast are notifying policyholders in their states of a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that is to be liquidated after being placed in...
Apr 2 2018 // Officials in South Carolina say a rising number of staged automobile crashes are becoming a problem in the state.The Post and Courier of Charleston cited authorities who said faked crashes were part of a scam that resulted...
Mar 27 2018 // Neighbors of a South Carolina processed meat plant are breathing easy again after being ordered to run from their homes ahead of a chemical leak. Multiple media organizations reported that the leak of anhydrous ammonia...
Mar 26 2018 // One state agency in South Carolina is getting an early start on Bring Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day.The Post and Courier of Charleston reports the South Carolina Department of Insurance announced this week it will...
Mar 23 2018 // A Texas court has issued an order of liquidation for Access Insurance Company, an auto insurer that has 42,785 policies in Pennsylvania. This means Pennsylvanians that currently have auto insurance through Access Insurance...
Mar 19 2018 // Texas insurance regulators placed into receivership and started the process of liquidating a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that the insurance department says is...