All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 31 2007 // Upstate-based Rosenfeld Einstein, a South Carolina insurance organization, has named Melissa McCroskey as Benefits Account Manager at the regional brokerage and consulting firm. Prior to assuming her position at Rosenfeld...
Jul 30 2007 // Scott H. Richardson, director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance has approved changes, effective July 19, 2007, to the rating plan and plan of operation for the South Carolina Wind and Hail Underwriting...
Jul 23 2007 // Insurance rates for people along the South Carolina coast who can’t find regular coverage for hurricane and wind damage will likely be going up this fall, although the amount of the increase has not been...
Jul 23 2007 // Scott H. Richardson, South Carolina insurance director, recently unveiled the department’s new grant initiative, SC Safe Home. The program is a component of the recently-enacted Coastal Omnibus Act of 2007 which...
Jul 23 2007 // Nearly 52 percent of U.S. urban Interstates are now congested and traffic fatality rates rose slightly, but road surface conditions and bridge conditions improved, according to the Reason Foundation’s latest annual...
Jul 19 2007 // A South Carolina thunderstorm caused a wind gust of 75 mph at Columbia Metropolitan Airport on Tuesday, damaging a temporary hanger, authorities said. The storm also knocked out power at parts of the airport, but officials...
Jul 11 2007 // A fire at a Spartanburg County mill raged back to life Monday, destroying a large part of the mostly abandoned buildings.More than 100 firefighters fought the blaze after it started Sunday at the Old Jackson Mill in...
Jul 2 2007 // Scott H. Richardson, South Carolina Insurance Director unveiled the Department’s new grant initiative, SC SAFE HOME.The program partnered with the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, The Home Depot, The Charleston Metro...
Jul 2 2007 // S.C. becomes 5th state to oppose federal driver’s license programSouth Carolina has joined Maine, New Hampshire and other states as it formally rejected a federal mandate that sets new national driver’s license...
Jun 29 2007 // Nearly 52 percent of U.S. urban Interstates are now congested and traffic fatality rates rose slightly, but road surface conditions and bridge conditions improved, according to the Reason Foundation’s latest annual...
Jun 25 2007 // A highly anticipated workers compensation reform package is a victory for South Carolina workers, the business community and the insurance industry but it still lacks some integral components necessary to achieve the...
Jun 25 2007 // The furniture store blaze that killed nine Charleston, S.C. city firefighters started on a loading dock, federal investigators said. The loading dock was a covered space between the showroom and the warehouse of the Sofa...
Jun 21 2007 // Eastern Alliance Insurance Co. reports it has received regulatory approval to write workers’ compensation business in the four southeastern states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.The company...
Jun 21 2007 // A Beaufort County bridge severely damaged less then two months ago is scheduled to completely reopen this week.Only one lane of the J.E. McTeer Bridge has been open for limited hours since the steel beams under the span...
Jun 20 2007 // Fire swept through a furniture warehouse, collapsing the building’s roof and claiming the lives of nine firefighters in a disaster the mayor described Tuesday as “difficult to fathom or...
Jun 18 2007 // S.C. reforms workers’ comp fraud, injury reporting lawsLegislation gets tougher with cheaters and closes state’s Second Injury Fund Employers who lie about what their workers do to save money on workers’...
Jun 18 2007 // The South Carolina House of Representatives and Senate recently agreed to changes to coastal omnibus hurricane legislation, which include extending the notice for homeowners whose insurance would be canceled to 90 days...
Jun 15 2007 // South Carolina joined Maine, New Hampshire and other states this week as it formally rejected a federal mandate that sets new national driver’s license standards.Gov. Mark Sanford signed a bill into law that says the...
Jun 15 2007 // Lancashire Insurance Co. Ltd. gained approval to provide insurance coverage on an excess and surplus basis for properties located in South Carolina.Lancashire intends to focus primarily on coastal windstorm and earthquake...
Jun 13 2007 // Gov. Mark Sanford signed a bill into law Monday that he says should lower insurance costs for residents along South Carolina’s coast.Sanford’s signature comes three months after the Republican governor and his...