All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 22 2008 // The head of the South Carolina employment office says the trust fund that pays benefits to out-of-work residents is projected to run out of money in January. Employment Security Commission chief Ted Halley said Sept. 19...
Sep 18 2008 // The American Insurance Association is participating in this week’s conference “Out of the Storm: Confronting America’s Catastrophic Risk Crisis,” organized by the South Carolina Department of...
Sep 17 2008 // The South Carolina Safe Home Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program has a new Web site.The new site, www.scsafehome.sc.gov, offers information about the damage mitigation grant program as well as information about the various...
Sep 12 2008 // Getting people back in their homes quickly is vital to hurricane recovery, the head of a national program to build more storm-resistant homes said at a conference in South Carolina.“The faster you get the people...
Sep 12 2008 // Everest Security Insurance Co., a U.S. insurance subsidiary of Everest Re Group Ltd., is now offering non-standard automobile insurance in South Carolina through its network of independent agents. Everest Security...
Sep 7 2008 // Tropical Storm Hanna blew ashore over tourist beaches on the North-South Carolina border early on Sept. 6 at the start of a projected dash up the Eastern Seaboard.The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Hanna’s...
Sep 4 2008 // As Tropical Storm Hanna strengthens and takes aim at the Carolinas, the South Carolina Department of Insurance reminds homeowners to review their insurance policies and brace for potential damage.“We urge South...
Sep 3 2008 // CRC Insurance Services Inc., the wholesale insurance subsidiary of BB&T Corp., reports it has completed a purchase of Southern Risk Operations LLC.Sumter, S.C.-based Southern Risk is an excess and surplus (E&S)...
Sep 2 2008 // According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, storm development in the tropical Atlantic was even more active on Tuesday than it was on Monday.Shortly after Gustav came ashore in Louisiana on Monday, Hanna...
Sep 1 2008 // South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has backed away from efforts to force the state Workers’ Compensation Commission to accept new injury payment standards, accepting a settlement agreement that would end months of...
Aug 21 2008 // Charleston County, South Carolina has a new tool to help emergency crews better respond to 911 calls. Dispatchers are using Pictometry, a new system that brings up a picture of the location and neighborhood from where a...
Aug 18 2008 // A coastal South Carolina congressman is seeking to allow an undeveloped section of Kiawah Island beachfront to qualify for federal money for roads, flood insurance and renourishment, making it more attractive for...
Aug 6 2008 // South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford backed away from efforts to force the state Workers’ Compensation Commission to accept new injury payment standards, accepting a settlement agreement that would end months of legal...
Jul 24 2008 // Crews continue to clean up after strong storms knocked down trees and cut power to thousands of people in South Carolina. Some of the worst damage was in the foothills. At North Greenville University, officials said strong...
Jul 16 2008 // More South Carolinians are using their seat belts, but a new study says the state still lags the national average.Public Safety Department spokesman Sid Gaulden says the study by the University of South Carolina determined...
Jul 16 2008 // A South Carolina teen trying to earn money over the summer to pay for his cell phone and car insurance is recovering after he was attacked with fireworks on his first day on the job.Sixteen-year-old Jacob Robinson’s...
Jul 11 2008 // Gov. Mark Sanford is giving a public green light to a bill that allows motorcyclists and bikers to run red lights after they stop at intersections. Sanford officially signed the bill in May, but held a ceremonial signing...
Jul 11 2008 // A federal report says the cause of the fire at a South Carolina furniture store which claimed the lives of nine Charleston firefighters remains unknown. The report released July 9 by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,...
Jul 7 2008 // South Carolina Medical AssociationThe South Carolina Medical Association has launched its new subsidiary, the South Carolina Physician Assurance Co. The new insurance company will provide medical malpractice coverage to...
Jun 19 2008 // An Irmo, S.C. woman pleaded guilty but mentally ill to charges of setting a series of fires that destroyed four homes and damaged several others.Kimberly Wooten entered the pleas June 16 and will be sentenced July 21....