All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 27 2009 // A coalition of about 70 consumer and justice groups have sent a letter to South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster asking him to investigate home warranties they think violate state law. Fair Arbitration Now says...
May 22 2009 // Florida-based American Strategic Insurance Corp. (ASI) has entered the South Carolina marketplace and is offering homeowners’ insurance coverage for coastal property owners through independent agents.“As the...
May 12 2009 // Homeowners in the South Carolina counties of Charleston and Beaufort who purchase homeowners policies from AIU Holdings’ Private Client Group can now access the advanced disaster preparedness and post-hurricane...
Apr 29 2009 // Insurance companies expect claims from a South Carolina wildfire that has destroyed more than 70 homes near the coast to top $25 million.Allison Dean Love with the South Carolina Insurance News Service said the $25 million...
Apr 27 2009 // South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is not backing down from his proposal to trim $1 million in state spending from wildfire fighting, even as damages mount in a fire near Myrtle Beach.Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer said that...
Apr 24 2009 // A coastal wildfire spread early Thursday toward one of the busiest tourist stretches in South Carolina, burning dozens of homes and forcing hundreds to flee in the middle of the night. No injuries were reported.Police...
Apr 15 2009 // The band of weekend storms blamed for one man’s death in South Carolina also caused at least $6 million in damages, officials said.Nearly 2,000 insurance claims had been filed by Monday afternoon and preliminary...
Apr 15 2009 // The Grand Strand again ranks first in the Southeast in vehicles stolen per capita, with the Myrtle Beach area among seven of South Carolina’s metro areas posting higher rankings, according to a report.The Myrtle...
Apr 9 2009 // About 330 homeowners in a suburban Columbia, South Carolina neighborhood used as a practice bombing range in World War II are eligible for a $1,000 settlement in a lawsuit against developers.Nearly three dozen homeowners...
Apr 7 2009 // An attorney for a Chester, South Carolina woman who died from a twisted intestine after three trips to the emergency room says her family has agreed to settle a lawsuit with six doctors for $3 million.Lawyer Chad McGowan...
Apr 3 2009 // Firefighters have battled another blaze in an Orangeburg County, South Carolina neighborhood where authorities say 27 fires have been reported within a mile of each other in the past six months.All of the fires have been...
Mar 26 2009 // A federal judge in Charleston, South Carolina has approved a settlement requiring the company that prepared taxes for a former Charleston Southern University economist currently in prison for fraud to pay almost $1 million...
Mar 23 2009 // Fewer lawsuits are being filed against South Carolina doctors since a state law limiting damages went into effect in 2005.An insurance executive told a state Senate panel that patient claims are down about a third and...
Mar 17 2009 // National Contractors Insurance Company, Inc., a Risk Retention Group (“NCIC”) specializes in general liability insurance for licensed residential and commercial general and artisan contractors. NCIC writes the...
Mar 9 2009 // South Carolina legislators considering restricting lawsuits against companies were told that fewer lawsuits are being filed since a 2005 state law limited costs for doctors.A company managing an insurance system for half...
Mar 9 2009 // South Carolina legislators are pushing a bill to cut workers’ compensation benefits for illegal immigrants in an effort to strengthen what’s already one of the nation’s toughest laws aimed at keeping...
Mar 5 2009 // The police chief in North Charleston, South Carolina says a new camera system that can check license plates in an instant is so good at finding stolen cars and tags, he wants to set up a camera in high crime areas.Chief...
Feb 23 2009 // A Georgia man convicted of killing his wife and son to collect life insurance money has been executed in South Carolina.Luke Williams was put to death by lethal injection Friday. The 56-year-old made no final statement and...
Feb 20 2009 // South Carolina legislators are pushing a bill to cut workers’ compensation benefits for illegal immigrants in an effort to strengthen what’s already one of the nation’s toughest laws aimed at keeping...
Feb 19 2009 // A jury has awarded more than $4 million to the parents of a South Carolina infant who died after suffering a brain injury during birth.The family’s attorney told The Herald of Rock Hill that a York County jury ruled...