All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 4 2010 // A new state law designed to notify families of those who die within 24 hours of hospital admittance and invasive surgery is increasing the call volume for some coroner’s investigators.The Ann S. Perdue Independent...
Oct 4 2010 // Workplace safety programs in North and South Carolina downplay serious safety problems and levy weak fines, according to an audit released by the U.S. Labor Department.The audit showed that both states impose weak...
Sep 15 2010 // South Carolina’s governor, Mark Sanford, and its insurance commissioner, Scott Richardson, were both in Columbia this week to help Aflac Group Insurance announce a major expansion of the Group’s presence in the...
Sep 3 2010 // South Carolina Insurance Director Scott Richardson, will introduce the new South Carolina Insurance Funding Program (SCIF) during the annual South Carolina Captive Insurance Association Conference, Sept. 13-15 in...
Aug 30 2010 // Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina caused an estimated 1,300 tragic deaths as well as $41.1 billion in insured losses across six states. Louisiana and Mississippi suffered the brunt of Katrina’s wrath followed by...
Aug 25 2010 // A former South Carolina firefighter has been sentenced to five years in prison for setting a series of fires that caused about $1.5 million in damage.The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported that 24-year-old Bryan Yeager...
Aug 9 2010 // The federal courts can hear a case alleging that American International Group (AIG) Inc. submitted fraudulent data to South Carolina so that it could charge inflated premiums for workers’ compensation insurance...
Aug 5 2010 // Fire has destroyed a small South Carolina police station where a patrol car was burned earlier this year. Lynchburg Mayor Thompson Isaac told WIS-TV says the fire occurred early Wednesday. There are no reports of...
Aug 5 2010 // South Carolina will begin issuing a more secure driver’s license this fall.The State newspaper reported that Department of Motor Vehicles director Marcia Adams said Tuesday the new licenses and identification cards...
Aug 5 2010 // Emergency officials on South Carolina’s north coast are holding a town hall meeting to help people prepare for hurricanes. Wednesday’s meeting is being held at St. Michael Catholic Church in Garden...
Jul 29 2010 // South Carolina liquor stores, bars and their owners may be liable for injuries caused by a patron they “knew or should have known” was intoxicated even if the customer does not appear drunk.The South Carolina...
Jul 22 2010 // After a two day trial, a South Carolina workers’ compensation consultant and former state representative has been found guilty of mail fraud for fabricating payroll figures in order to obtain lower premiums for a...
Jul 19 2010 // NetCompNetComp Insurance, a newly-formed program manager based in Columbia, S.C., has opened its online program (www.netcompinsurance.com) for small to-mid size workers’ compensation business to all independent...
Jul 5 2010 // 77.2% In most hurricane-prone states, homeowners have few choices for insurance coverage, with just eight property and casualty insurers in each state controlling up to 77.2 percent of the market share, according to Weiss...
Jul 2 2010 // Insurance agency Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired Commonwealth Insurance Inc., of Charleston, South Carolina. Founded in 1996 by Todd R. Tyler, Commonwealth Insurance Group, with annual revenues of approximately $2.6...
Jun 28 2010 // In most hurricane-prone states, homeowners have few choices of insurance coverage, with just eight property and casualty insurers in each state controlling up to 77.2 percent of the market share, according to Weiss...
Jun 15 2010 // Anderson County Sheriff’s Deputy Joel Frazier is a good listener.Frazier, a 12-year law enforcement veteran, has worked for the South Carolina county sheriff’s office as a patrol deputy for six years. Last...
Jun 15 2010 // South Carolina insurance regulators have approved an industry filing that lowers workers’ compensation insurance rates for employers by an average 9.8 percent.Insurers can begin using the new rates in 30 days....
Jun 9 2010 // Four more former firefighters are suing because of physical and emotional injuries from a 2007 fire that killed nine South Carolina firefighters.The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that the ex-firefighters are...
Jun 8 2010 // United Insurance Holdings Corp., a property and casualty insurance holding company, has announced that United Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPC), a wholly-owned subsidiary, was approved to begin writing...