All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jul 17 2023 // South Carolina is expanding the number of drunk driving offenders who must install temporary breathalyzers before taking the wheel.Under the new law, anyone convicted of driving under the influence will have to breathe...
Jul 10 2023 // Five people are dead after a single-engine plane crashed in a South Carolina coastal resort town.Officials said the fiery wreck near a golf course in North Myrtle Beach on July 1 killed all four passengers and the pilot,...
Jul 10 2023 // Hub International Ltd., a major insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has expanded its retirement consulting reach with the acquistion of Golden Corner Wealth Advisors in Seneca, South Carolina. Golden Corner,...
Jul 7 2023 // The South Carolina Safe Home wind mitigation program has been revised to allow higher grant awards, due to the rising cost of construction materials and labor. The South Carolina Department of Insurance said in a bulletin...
Jul 6 2023 // The Georgia Supreme Court has accepted the voluntary license surrender of a plaintiffs’ attorney who had been in practice for more than 45 years.Richard L. Middleton Jr., of Savannah, acknowledged that he had...
Jun 5 2023 // Two Southeastern insurance regulators have posted new information about liability insurance data and catastrophe claims reporting.The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation last week posted the 2023 catastrophe reporting...
Jun 1 2023 // A school bus collided with a tanker truck in South Carolina, sending at least 18 people, mostly children, to the hospital, authorities said.The bus was carrying 36 passengers when it collided with the tanker at about 4 p....
May 30 2023 // A 25-year-old firefighter from South Carolina has died after part of a burning apartment building collapsed while firefighters were inside.Authorities said James Muller of the Irmo Fire District died Friday while he was...
May 3 2023 // A bride leaving her wedding reception was killed when a woman driving under the influence and well over twice the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach road, authorities said.Data...
Apr 28 2023 // South Carolina’s governor has elevated acting insurance department leader Michael Wise to the position of director.Wise, who’s been with the Department of Insurance since 2009, was named acting director a year...
Apr 21 2023 // Call it a new take on assignment of benefits.A South Carolina attorney who used a network of insurance agents and financial advisers has pleaded guilty to defrauding military veterans of more than $31 million in retirement...
Apr 5 2023 // South Carolina’s workplace safety agency “engages in egregious discrimination,” by failing to inspect industries with high percentages of Black workers, a union alleged in a federal complaint.The South...
Mar 30 2023 // The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday handed down three opinions that resolve two questions about insurance law. One decision will probably disappoint auto insurers; another will please carriers in the liquor...
Mar 29 2023 // South Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill Thursday that would bar citizens of “foreign adversary” nations from buying property in the state, an anti-espionage measure that critics fear...
Mar 1 2023 // South Carolina authorities have charged a man with insurance fraud after he reported his vehicle was stolen, then admitted to setting it on fire.Rusty Dale Peeples, 46, was arrested Feb. 24, charged with making a false...