All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 18 2014 // South Carolina Insurance Commissioner Ray Farmer has been the state’s insurance regulator since Governor Nikki Haley appointed him in 2012. Farmer has 30 years of experience in the industry and regulation. Most...
Aug 12 2014 // Insurance fraud complaints in South Carolina have reached an all-time high with more than 1,200 pouring in last year, according to a report by Attorney General Alan Wilson.The annual report from his office’s...
Aug 11 2014 // Rachel Dai of Milton, Ga., and Keenan Huskey of Greenville, S.C., won the girls and boys divisions, respectively, at the recent 46nd Annual Trusted Choice Big “I” National Championship in Bridgeport, W.V.The...
Aug 8 2014 // A new South Carolina law means drivers who illegally pass a stopped school bus in South Carolina are more likely to get hit in the wallet.The law, signed in June, allows law enforcement to write traffic tickets after...
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...