All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 30 2015 // People who live around dozens of lakes in South Carolina are under emergency orders to repair or replace dams that ruptured or were deemed unsafe by inspectors after the historic rains this month, and they face staggering...
Oct 28 2015 // The potential exposure home insurers in South Carolina face from the early October storm that flooded the state is estimated to be over $18 billion, according to catastrophe modeling firm CoreLogic.Richland County had the...
Oct 22 2015 // A former South Carolina lawmaker who was once a rising star in the Republican party and was getting noticed by the governor at conservative gatherings is heading to prison for more than three years for money...
Oct 20 2015 // South Carolina environmental regulators have issued emergency orders to the owners of 63 dams, of which almost half are in Richland County.Officials with the Department of Health and Environmental Control say they assessed...
Oct 20 2015 // MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA headquartered in Dallas, has expanded its Private Client Solutions (PCS) E&S underwriting division with the hire of Crystal Wittwer. Wittwer has...
Oct 19 2015 // A Richland, South Carolina jury has ruled that a local bar owes $3.85 million in a negligence verdict issued in connection with the bar’s role in serving liquor to a drunken man who later was in a wreck that killed a...
Oct 19 2015 // The claims filing and damage recovery process is underway in South Carolina after the mega-storm that hit the state Oct. 1 through Oct. 5 brought extensive damage statewide with some areas receiving more than two feet of...
Oct 18 2015 // Two weeks ago, South Carolina’s floods sent 6 feet of water into Walt Oliver’s home. Now, after volunteers helped gut the ruined plaster, carpeting, duct work and hardwood floors, it’s “down to...
Oct 14 2015 // This article was published by ProPublica and NPR and is reprinted with permission.Standing before a giant map in his Dallas office, Bill Minick doesn’t seem like anyone’s idea of a bomb thrower. But backed by...
Oct 14 2015 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance (SCDOI) has issued a catastrophe claims data call relating to the flood event that hit the state beginning Oct. 1 and its aftermath.In accordance with South Carolina Code of Laws...
Oct 13 2015 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance (SCDOI) has issued two bulletins to insurers in an effort to aid with storm recovery efforts in the state.South Carolina Insurance Director Raymond Farmer issued an emergency...
Oct 12 2015 // Thad Wimberly tugs on a clump of peanuts, shaking off the mud as he cracks the soggy shells to inspect his crop. But all he can do is sigh as his livelihood disintegrates between his fingers.Just a week ago, the 2,500...
Oct 9 2015 // The pungent stench of mildew greeted Asiah Lewis when she came home to her South Carolina apartment, her footsteps making squishing sounds on the carpet as she picked through soggy clothes and a lifted a moldy shoe from...
Oct 8 2015 // The rain has stopped in South Carolina and claims filing and damage recovery are underway even as residents are being told to expect more flooding through the weekend.The mega storm that hit South Carolina starting Oct. 1...
Oct 6 2015 // Claims are already starting to trickle in from the major storm that hit South Carolina over the weekend and that is now causing additional flooding problems in North Carolina.According to State Farm Spokesman Justin...
Oct 5 2015 // The insurance industry is bracing itself for an expected onslaught of claims in the wake of what South Carolina officials are calling a 1 in 1,000 year storm.“This is an extremely devastating event,” said South...
Oct 5 2015 // A dangerous rainstorm drenching the East Coast brought more misery Sunday to South Carolina – cutting power to thousands, forcing hundreds of water rescues and closing “too many roads to name” because of...
Oct 2 2015 // While forecasters haven’t ruled out a U.S. East Coast strike by the Category 4 hurricane pounding the Bahamas with heavy rains and raging surf, more projections are showing Joaquin will miss, the National Hurricane...
Sep 30 2015 // United Insurance Holdings Corp. (UPC Insurance) said it will pay $57 million for Interboro Insurance Co., a New York-based property/casualty insurer licensed to operate in four states and Washington, D.C.The deal involves...
Sep 28 2015 // A tornado quickly blew through a neighborhood on the South Carolina coast early Friday and blew out windows, knocked down trees and heavily damaged ten homes.The tornado touched down around 1 a.m. with maximum winds of 130...