Latest South Carolina Headlines

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Woman Fell Through Floorboards and a Hidden Well Shaft in SC Home Fatality

Nov 30 2023 // SALEM, S.C. (AP) — An 83-year-old woman who died when she fell through rotting floorboards in a century-old South Carolina house fell down a well shaft the owner didn`t know was there, authorities said.It took...

Alex Murdaugh Gets 27 Years Added to Prison Time for $12M Theft From Clients

Nov 29 2023 // For years, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh looked his anguished clients in the eyes and promised to help them with their medical bills, their suffering or simply to survive. Then he stole most, if not all, of what he...

Alacrity Acquires South Carolina’s Cross Country Adjusting

Nov 21 2023 // Insurance Claims management service Alacrity Solutions Group, has acquired Cross Country Adjusting of Pageland, South Carolina.CCA, founded in 2005, provides residential and commercial property claims adjusting through a...

Markets/Coverages: SURE Brings Commercial Coverage to South Carolina

Nov 8 2023 // SureChoice Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (SURE), a policyholder-owned coastal insurer, in partnership with SageSure, a large managing general underwriters focused on catastrophe-exposed markets, has announced its...

South Carolina Seeing Record Number of Insurance Fraud Complaints

Oct 30 2023 // South Carolina in 2022 saw a record number of complaints about insurance fraud, and has almost matched the number through the first 10 months of this year.And some state lawmakers are now looking into the reasons for the...

South Carolina Prosecutors Want to Limit Minority Leader’s Sway Over Judges

Oct 25 2023 // COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nine of South Carolina`s 16 elected prosecutors are asking to remove all legislators who are lawyers from a committee that decides which judicial candidates are put before the General Assembly...

What’s a Person Got to Do to Get a Drink in South Carolina? Bars, Eateries Closing for Lack of Affordable Liability Coverage

Oct 2 2023 // Wanted in South Carolina: $1 million in liquor liability coverage at an affordable premium to prevent closure of establishment.That’s the type of advertisement one can imagine bars and bistros across the Palmetto...

South Carolina Bars, Eateries Closing Down for Lack of Affordable Liability Coverage

Sep 18 2023 // Wanted in South Carolina: $1 million in liquor liability coverage at an affordable premium to prevent closure of establishment.That’s the type of advertisement one can imagine bars and bistros across the Palmetto...

Agents, Regulators Remind Insurers to Take Care of Insureds as Idalia Claims Start Coming in

Sep 18 2023 // The property insurance industry breathed a sigh of relief after Hurricane Idalia landed in a less-populated part of the coast, triggering just a few billion dollars in losses. But regulators have urged insurers to make...

Wetlands Permit Dispute Pauses Construction on $2B Scout Motors EV Plant in SC

Sep 11 2023 // BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Construction work has been temporarily stopped on a $2 billion new electric vehicle plant in South Carolina being built by a Volkswagen Group-backed group trying to revive a brand that was a...

Florida Regulators Remind Insurers to Take Care of Insureds as Claims Come in

Sep 5 2023 // The property insurance industry breathed a sigh of relief after Hurricane Idalia landed in a less-populated part of the coast, but regulators have signaled a need to make sure that claims from the area, now topping 10,000,...

University of South Carolina Student Fatally Shot Trying to Enter Wrong House

Aug 28 2023 // COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A University of South Carolina student was shot and killed as he apparently tried to enter the wrong home on his off-campus street early on Saturday, police said.Nicholas Anthony Donofrio, 20,...

Murdaugh’s Friend Pleads to More Charges in Helping Steal Insurance Funds

Aug 25 2023 // Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh `s old college buddy has pleaded guilty to a second set of charges for helping the disgraced South Carolina attorney steal millions of dollars of insurance settlements from the sons of...

Attorney, Friend of Murdaugh Sentenced to 4 Years in Scheme to Steal Insurance Money

Aug 17 2023 // CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A longtime friend of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was sentenced Tuesday to nearly four years in prison for scheming to steal millions of dollars in insurance settlements...

Judge Tosses Fraud Against Exec in SC Nuclear Debacle, But New Case Could Follow

Aug 7 2023 // A judge has ordered criminal charges dropped against the final executive accused of lying about problems building two nuclear reactors in South Carolina that were abandoned without generating a watt of power.The judge...

People Moves: McGriff Restructures Personal Lines Operations; Tinubu Appoints Edwards as Surety COO

Aug 3 2023 // Retail broker McGriff said it has restructured its personal lines operations to allow for direct support to the private client sales and service functions within the division, following a period of substantial growth and...

SC Police Officer and Recruit Agree to Avoid Cop Work After False Insurance Claim

Aug 2 2023 // A South Carolina police officer and his roommate, a police department recruit, will face only misdemeanor penalties after agreeing to avoid law enforcement work for the rest of their lives. The plea agreement came after...

No Duty to Defend Doesn’t Mean No Duty to Indemnify, Federal Appeals Court Finds

Aug 2 2023 // A federal appeals court has clarified, at least under the realm of Texas law, when an insurer has a duty to indemnify – even if it has no duty to defend a tort action against the insured thanks to an unambiguous...

SC Judge OKs $15M Insurance Payout for Store that Sold Beer to Underage Murdaugh

Jul 31 2023 // A South Carolina judge A judge has signed off on a $15.5 million settlement for the family of Mallory Beach, the 19-year-old girl who died in a 2019 boat crash that is believed to have set in motion the downfall of...

Insurers to Pay $15M to Settle Murdaugh Fatal Boat Crash Claims

Jul 18 2023 // Insurers for the convenience store that sold beer to Paul Murdaugh have agreed to pay $15 million to settle the wrongful death suit stemming from the 2019 boat crash involving Murdaugh in which teenager Mallory Beach was...