COLUMBIA — Like business owners across South Carolina, Josh Painter has been paying increasingly more for insurance over the last decade. "It's jumping 20 or 30% every year," he told the SC Daily ...

Home insurance rates in South Carolina could spike this year if the predicted above-normal Atlantic hurricane season comes to pass, a new report shows. The recent report from Insurify predicts that ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina lawmakers plan to track prices and the state of the insurance industry with the potential to create regulations for the field. Sen. Sandy Senn (R-Charleston) ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina state lawmakers are debating ways to address rising liquor liability insurance rates, which bars and restaurants say are becoming unaffordable. Liquor liability ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As the cost of insurance required to serve alcohol continues to soar, South Carolina lawmakers are actively seeking solutions to alleviate the burden on bar and restaurant owners ...

COLUMBIA, SC (WSPA) — With insurance fraud complaints on the rise in South Carolina, state lawmakers are taking a closer look at the issue. According to the state Department of Insurance (DOI), the ...

When Joe Clarke opened Forte Jazz Lounge in 2019, a liquor liability insurance policy cost $6,000 for him to sell wine and beer. It doubled the following year. The policy jumped to $32,000 when Forte ...

There are plenty of reasons for the double-digit increases in auto insurance rates seen in South Carolina and elsewhere in the U.S., but that doesn't make paying the bills any easier. Having coverage ...

TO IT. COMING UP. IT’S BEEN A MONTH AND A HALF SINCE HURRICANE HELENE HIT OUR REGION, AND MANY IN NORTH CAROLINA ARE STILL WORKING WITH INSURANCE AND FEMA TO REBUILD. BUT COULD THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME ...

BARS FOR ENTRY. A GREENVILLE COUNTY BIKE SHOP AND BAR HAD TO RIP OUT ITS TRACK AFTER LIQUOR LIABILITY INSURANCE TRIPLED. IT’S AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF A SOUTH CAROLINA LAW THAT’S HIT SMALL ...

AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of "a-" (Excellent) of ...

Gov. Henry McMaster speaks in support of lawsuit reform legislation on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in a lobby filled with supporters and opponents. (Photo by Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette) COLUMBIA — ...