All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 6 2014 // Confie Seguros, a Huntington Beach, California-based national provider of personal lines insurance, has acquired three insurance brokerages.Among these additions is Bower Insurance, an agency in Lockport, New York,...
Aug 4 2014 // South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott have written to congressional leaders expressing support for the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. “As elected officials...
Aug 4 2014 // South Carolina Insurance Director Ray FarmerSouth Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer has issued a bulletin drawing the industry’s attention to the provisions of the Competitive Insurance Act passed this year. The...
Jul 24 2014 // Gov. Nikki Haley has appointed Mike Campbell to serve on the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission.Haley cited Campbell’s business experience and community involvement in the appointment. Campbell, a...
Jul 21 2014 // More private insurers are selling wind coverage to South Carolina coastal property owners, leading to a decline in the population of the state’s windpool, the South Carolina Wind and Hail Underwriting...
Jul 14 2014 // The ride-sharing service Uber has started in four South Carolina cities.Service began last week in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville and Myrtle Beach. Those needing ride use an app on a smartphone and the service connects...
Jul 10 2014 // Owners of South Carolina rental properties have the option of insuring their residences through Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. beginning July 14. The coverage is available for rental residence or an owner-occupied...
Jul 8 2014 // South Carolina employers should see their workers’ compensation premiums go down this year since regulators have approved an average 7.4 percent decrease in the state’s loss costs.Director of Insurance Ray...
Jul 7 2014 // State troopers say overall fatalities on South Carolina roads in 2014 are similar to last year’s totals, but they are seeing a significant increase in deaths of people on mopeds. Highway Patrol Lt. Kelley Hughes told...
Jul 7 2014 // South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) signed into law legislation on June 9 restricting texting while driving, making South Carolina the 49th state to have such a ban.Under the new law, it is illegal for anyone, regardless...
Jul 7 2014 // Florida’s BB&T Insurance Services has promoted Gino Littlestone to senior vice president in BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Co.’s commercial lines division specializing in condominiums. Littlestone has been...
Jul 2 2014 // More private insurers are selling wind coverage to South Carolina coastal property owners, leading to a decline in the population of the state’s windpool.The South Carolina Wind and Hail Underwriting Association...
Jul 1 2014 // A South Carolina jury on Monday awarded $8.1 million to a former adviser who sold his wealth management business to BB&T Corp. and later alleged that the company mismanaged his retirement nest egg with a risky...
Jun 24 2014 // Canal Insurance Co. in Greenville, South Carolina, has named Tim Horgan as vice president, Transportation, and chief marketing officer, and Bob Pace, vice president and chief claims officer, to the executive leadership...
Jun 17 2014 // The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down for a mile-and-a-half in Orangeburg County earlier this week. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg said the tornado, with winds of up to 85 mph,...
Jun 12 2014 // Frontline Insurance has launched a new rental home insurance product for owners of rental property in South Carolina. The coverage protects non-owner occupied properties in coastal areas and offers protection from fire...
Jun 11 2014 // A judge has approved a $1.6 million settlement for people injured and killed in the 2011 crash of a children’s train ride at a Spartanburg park. Authorities say it will be split among the more than two dozen victims,...
Jun 6 2014 // South Carolina lawmakers have overwhelmingly passed a statewide ban on texting while driving.Under the ban approved by the state House in a 94-2 vote and by the Senate 42-2 on Wednesday, drivers who violate the law would...
Jun 5 2014 // A joint state House and Senate committee has reached a compromise on legislation which would ban on texting while driving in South Carolina.Under the proposed ban, drivers must be fully parked to be able to text using a...
May 20 2014 // More than 30 people are suing CSX Transportation because of a collapsed bridge over a railroad track in Berkeley County.The Post and Courier of Charleston reported a train hit the 110-foot bridge on Cypress Gardens Road...