All the headlines from our South Carolina Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 30 2004 // The American Insurance Association reported that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford signed into law SB 686, a flex-rating bill that could eventually eliminate prior approval for homeowners’ insurance...
Jul 19 2004 // Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR), a coalition of more than 230,000 medical specialists dedicated to national medical liability reform, launched an aggressive advocacy campaign in the state of South Carolina...
Jul 16 2004 // South Carolina small employers in the Lowcountry will have the opportunity to learn more about employee health benefits and other health coverage initiatives Wednesday, July 21, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Embassy Suites...
Jul 7 2004 // Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR), a coalition of more than 230,000 medical specialists dedicated to national medical liability reform, launched an aggressive advocacy campaign in the state of South Carolina...
Jul 5 2004 // Southeast News • May 28, 2004 Kudos to Ernie and South Carolina for their progressive thinking. Louisiana passed a 10% Flexband for ALL lines last year. Hopefully it will bring carriers back to our State. Congrats to...
Jul 5 2004 // Southeast News • May 28, 2004 Kudos to Ernie and South Carolina for their progressive thinking. Louisiana passed a 10 percent Flexband for ALL lines last year. Hopefully it will bring carriers back to our State. Congrats...
Jun 21 2004 // Concurring with a series of House amendments, the South Carolina State Senate approved a bill recently that creates a flex-band rating bill for homeowners’ insurance, similar to that enacted for the state’s...
Jun 16 2004 // The South Carolina General Assembly recently concluded the final year of a two-year session, with several significant gains for insurers and consumers, according to a report from the Property Casualty Insurers Association...
Jun 3 2004 // Concurring with a series of House amendments, the South Carolina State Senate approved a bill Thursday that creates a flex-band rating bill for homeowners’ insurance, similar to that enacted for the state’s...
May 28 2004 // The South Carolina House of Representatives has passed a personal lines modernization bill that will reportedly give consumers more choices of products and companies by enhancing the competitive nature of the market. The...
Apr 28 2004 // IVANS Inc. announced the expansion of its state department of motor vehicle reporting services to include the submission of SR22/26 filings in Arizona and support for South Carolina’s recently announced mandatory...
Apr 26 2004 // Jess Chappell, President and CEO of Savannah, GA based CIS, Inc., announced that CIS will enter into the South Carolina non-standard auto market by taking over the administration of an already existing program. “We...
Apr 19 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of South Carolina at 4,012,012. Approximately 76 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 20 percent...
Apr 2 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has released its analysis of “residual auto market populations” and has found a connection between such assigned risk plans and state rating laws.The study...
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Mar 4 2004 // In a move supported by the American Insurance Association (AIA), South Carolina House leaders earlier this week decided against appropriating $40 million from the state workers’ compensation Second Injury Fund (SIF)...
Mar 3 2004 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) issued statements in response to a letter from two consumer groups that criticized the insurance...
Feb 23 2004 // The South Carolina Senate Banking and Insurance Committee recently approved a flex rating bill supported by the American Insurance Association that would reportedly eliminate prior approval for homeowners insurance rates....
Feb 13 2004 // The CPCU Society is holding a number of February educational events.All workshops are open to CPCUs and other insurance professionals, and provide the opportunity for professional development and networking. Most workshops...
Feb 9 2004 // A new report by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) shows that residual market plans for private passenger auto insurance continue to result in significant losses for insurance companies. But one...