All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 18 2009 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance is celebrating issuing its the 200th captive insurance company license. State Insurance Director Scott H. Richardson presented the license to Hardin Construction Co. of Atlanta,...
Feb 10 2009 // Drunken drivers in South Carolina will start facing different penalties depending on whether they’re tipsy or trashed. The new law that takes effect today ties tougher sentences to the amount of alcohol in...
Jan 26 2009 // South Carolina BlueCross and BlueShield has opened its first retail insurance store in the state. The new store opened last Friday in Mount Pleasant. The store offers health insurance policies for both adults and children....
Jan 14 2009 // A new report finds Louisiana is among 15 states to have made progress in enacting key highway safety laws. Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas did not fare so well.The 55-page study was done by Advocates for Highway and Auto...
Jan 11 2009 // A federal judge has ordered lawyers seeking to prevent the release of information to South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on workers compensation awards and attorney fees to explain their stance. The State of Columbia...
Jan 5 2009 // A federal judge has ordered lawyers seeking to prevent the release of information to South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on workers compensation awards and attorney fees to explain their stance.The State of Columbia reports...
Dec 18 2008 // A weak earthquake shook parts of the South Carolina coast Tuesday, tipping over people’s Christmas trees, knocking pictures off walls and causing minor injuries.The temblor with a preliminary magnitude of 3.6 was...
Dec 17 2008 // A tip to the South Carolina Arson Hotline helped solve a Greenwood home arson case and led to a reward for the tipster, according to officials.Lt. Bobby Shealy of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said the fire...
Dec 11 2008 // The latest report by a health research group shows South Carolina is better prepared for a massive disaster than it was a year ago. The sixth annual “Ready or Not?” report by the Trust for America’s...
Dec 1 2008 // South Carolina businesses may see a break on workers’ compensation rates next year. The insurance industry’s National Council on Compensation Insurance told state regulators that loss costs — a key...
Nov 13 2008 // The ground may not be shaking, but emergency officials want South Carolina residents to be ready if and when it does. An earthquake drill was held Wednesday as part of South Carolina Earthquake Awareness Week. Emergency...
Nov 7 2008 // South Carolina auto insurance rates increased slightly in 2006, but remained on average lower than most national rates.A study by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners showed that South Carolina drivers paid...
Nov 2 2008 // Property and casualty insurers are hoping a new facility coming to South Carolina will do for home building what crash-test dummies have done for car safety. The Institute for Business and Home Safety announced a $27...
Oct 23 2008 // Property and casualty insurers are hoping a new facility coming to South Carolina will do for home building what crash-test dummies have done for car safety.The Institute for Business and Home Safety announced a $27...
Oct 20 2008 // Two South Carolina residents will each spend up to 10 years in prison for scamming West Virginia’s workers’ compensation system for more than 15 years.Prosecutors said 60-year-old Harriett Miller and...
Oct 20 2008 // Extreme drought conditions, the second-worst possible, have now spread into Kentucky, and severe conditions have returned to West Virginia and southwest Virginia, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.“The last three...
Oct 20 2008 // South Carolina police say a fire that destroyed three houses and damaged two others in Rock Hill is being investigated as an arson.The fire early on the morning of Oct. 17 spread quickly from house to house. Authorities...
Oct 13 2008 // Dallas, Texas-based Apex Global Partners opened a new aviation insurance office in Charleston, S.C. and appointed Paul Gingrich as vice president in its aviation division. Apex Global Aviation Services provides insurance...
Oct 6 2008 // The South Carolina Safe Home Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program has a new Web site. The site, www.scsafehome.sc.gov, offers information about the damage mitigation grant program as well as information about the various...
Sep 25 2008 // Federal investigators are examining the South Carolina road a Lear jet crossed before crashing shortly after takeoff at Columbia Metropolitan Airport, killing four people and injuring two popular musicians.On Sept. 23...