All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 2 2022 // Starting in October, state employees in South Carolina are entitled to six weeks of parental leave after giving birth or adopting children.Surrounded by Republican and Democratic lawmakers who worked together to pass the...
Sep 2 2022 // Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Steinberg & Associates, an independent agency based in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Steinberg, founded in 1969, offers employee health and benefits, estate...
Aug 15 2022 // A beachgoer was killed Wednesday after a loose beach umbrella impaled her in the chest, authorities said.The umbrella was blown from its anchoring by the wind around 12:40 p.m. and hit Tammy Perreault while she was at a...
Jul 6 2022 // The member-owned property insurer known as SURE has assumed some 14,000 South Carolina homeowners policies from FedNat Insurance, which left the state as part of a financial restructuring plan this year.“We responded...
Jun 30 2022 // Some $1.1 million will be made available to South Carolina homeowners for wind mitigation grants starting Friday, July 1, the state Department of Insurance said in a bulletin.Another $1.1 million will be offered in...
May 10 2022 // Supporters of a move to bring medical marijuana to South Carolina are looking for new buzz after a legalization bill was snuffed out on a procedural and constitutional challenge.“I just need to find out a way to get...
Apr 22 2022 // The South Carolina Insurance Reserve Fund, which insures state and local governments, has stepped in to settle a lawsuit brought by a man who claimed he was sexually abused by an instructor at the Citadel, a military...
Apr 21 2022 // A bill that would ban so-called “squatting trucks” that have their front ends lifted so much that the driver can’t fully see the road has passed a key committee, but time is running out in the South...
Apr 15 2022 // Relation Insurance Services has continued its rapid expansion plan with the acquisition of South Carolina-based Ernie Yarborough Insurance Agency. Yarborough, headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina, was previously part...
Apr 14 2022 // Severe storms that moved across South Carolina earlier this week caused at least 13 tornadoes and hail the size of baseballs, emergency officials said.Fourteen homes were destroyed by the tornadoes as they moved through...
Apr 13 2022 // Ray Farmer would probably never be accused of being a “caretaker” government official or a mere bureaucrat.“He’s accomplished a lot in the position. He’ll be leaving behind some big shoes to...
Apr 6 2022 // The AM Best rating firm has revised its outlook for South Carolina-based Greenville Casualty Insurance Co., from positive to stable. The insurer’s financial strength rating remained the same at “B...
Mar 11 2022 // Hub International has continued its growth spurt with the acquisition of of Midland Agency Insurance in Columbia, South Carolina. Matthew Flemming, president and owner of Midland, and the rest of the Midland team will join...
Feb 21 2022 // Truist Insurance, Kensington VanguardCharlotte, North Carolina-based Insurance broker Truist Insurance Holdings Inc. agreed to acquire the national title insurance agency Kensington Vanguard National Land Services. The...
Feb 7 2022 // The South Carolina House has approved a bill that increases the penalties for passing a stopped school bus and requires all buses to have longer stop sign arms to extend across a lane of traffic.The bill approved on a...
Feb 7 2022 // A jury in South Carolina awarded $50 million in damages to a mayor in a defamation case against a longtime critic.The Beaufort County jury decided Thursday that Skip Hoagland has to pay Bluffton Mayor Lisa Sulka $40...
Jan 27 2022 // Relation Insurance Services has continued its rapid-expansion plan with the purchase of South Carolina-based Hodge Ethridge Insurance and Financial Services, the company announced. The terms of the deal were not disclosed....
Jan 26 2022 // Smyth named CFO at SummitSummit Consulting, a workers’ compensation insurance manager, announced Patrick Smyth has been named chief financial officer. Smyth has served as a financial executive with Liberty Mutual and...
Jan 7 2022 // After more earthquakes have struck near South Carolina’s capital city, the ninth and tenth in a series of rumblings, geologists are asking how long the convulsions might last, or if they could possibly portend more...
Dec 30 2021 // Six more minor earthquakes were reported in South Carolina this week, potentially raising new demand for earthquake insurance.The U.S. Geological Survey said that Wednesday’s 2.3 magnitude earthquake hit around 4:12...