All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 22 2012 // The South Carolina House this week overrode Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto of a bill that would provide an agency with new, safer equipment to fight wildfires. Meanwhile, the House upheld her veto of a measure meant to help...
Jun 19 2012 // Hotel owners and tourism promoters along South Carolina’s Grand Strand are concerned about new hurricane evacuation plans that take into account storm surge and include areas not previously part of such plans.The Sun...
Jun 14 2012 // South Carolina Senate Banking and Insurance Committee Chairman David Thomas has lost his re-election bid for an eighth term.Thomas was in the toughest primary of any incumbent Tuesday, with four Republican opponents. He...
May 31 2012 // Louisville, Kentucky-based Neace Lukens is continuing its expansion by acquiring the independent risk management and insurance broker, First Carolina Risk Management Advisors.The Charleston, S.C.-based First Carolina...
May 30 2012 // An Indian company is slated to open a new facility to process insurance claims and provide insurers other financial and accounting services that could create up to 750 new jobs in South Carolina.WNS Global Services said it...
May 25 2012 // The debate over whether all new homes should have fire sprinklers is heating up in South Carolina.The South Carolina Building Code Council is considering whether to adopt the International Residential Code requiring...
May 18 2012 // Dwain Fogle believes in taking an extra minute to make sure safety is first in his job as a rural mail carrier, a lesson he learned from his father who spent 41 years in the same profession.As a rural carrier with the...
May 15 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to ‘A-‘ (Excellent) from ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating to “a-” from “a” of Milwaukee-based Badger Mutual...
May 7 2012 // AllstateIn February, Allstate Insurance announced it was looking to appoint 124 new agency owners in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina this year. “We see a significant opportunity in the current...
May 2 2012 // Pat Henry will long remember that April night when the western horizon glowed an eerie red, smoking embers cascaded from the sky, and she and her husband escaped their home driving through their subdivision of flaming...
Apr 18 2012 // Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish.The unemployment rate remains higher in key...
Mar 30 2012 // Legislation inspired by the fatal crash of a Spartanburg park train ride last year would allow local governments in South Carolina to choose whether to pay out higher claims than the current state limit of $600,000.The...
Mar 23 2012 // A bill approved unanimously by a South Carolina legislative panel on Wednesday would make the director of state insurance agency an elected position.The proposal would put South Carolina in line with 11 states that elect...
Mar 21 2012 // An attorney who represents three people who say they were molested by a former cadet at The Citadel in South Carolina has filed six lawsuits against the former student, the school and its president.Mullins McLeod said his...
Mar 19 2012 // How automotive glass repair companies are allowed to access glass claims has become a contentious issue in South Carolina where independent shops are trying to break a national company’s hold on the market.South...
Mar 19 2012 // Florida largest property insurer named a state regulator and former state lawmaker as its interim president.Citizens Property Insurance Corp. announced yesterday that it has hired Tom Grady to take over as president and...
Mar 16 2012 // A South Carolina legislative panel opted this week to postpone voting on a bill that would exclude medical expenses from the $600,000 liability cap that protects the government from paying unlimited damages, regardless of...
Mar 13 2012 // A jury has awarded $700,000 to the family of a 21-year-old man killed in a head-on crash with a Colleton County deputy who was racing to check on a burglar alarm without turning on his emergency lights and siren.However,...
Mar 2 2012 // A renowned Charleston, S.C. restaurant has been named as a defendant in a wrongful death case.The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages has been brought against the restaurant...
Feb 23 2012 // How automotive glass repair companies are allowed to access glass claims has become a contentious issue in South Carolina where independent shops are trying to break a national company’s hold on the market.South...