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SARASOTA, Florida – December 20, 2016 – Centauri Insurance to launch a new private flood program January 1, 2017. The coverage offers South Carolina homeowners an alternative to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) with rates as much as 15 percent lower along with other significant advantages.Floods can occur anywhere…

Columbia, S.C. – August 11, 2016 – Theft is the most common crime on college campuses in the U.S. according to the Insurance Information Institute. In 2014, the U.S. Department of Education reported more than 18,000 burglaries and thefts occurred on college campuses.As students begin to head to college, parents…

Columbia, South Carolina – July 29, 2016 – The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc. (Seibels), an insurance services provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions, is pleased to announce that Gulfstream Property and Casualty Insurance Company (Gulfstream), a Seibels client since 2004, has expanded its business and is now offering homeowners,…

COLUMBIA, S.C. – May 2, 2016 – Many in South Carolina are still recovering from a historic rain event that caused dam failures and severe flooding in October last year. Even as the memories of that tragedy still linger, and others in the South have been more recently impacted by…

COLUMBIA, S.C. – April 5, 2016 – On March 16, Anthony White pled guilty to Presenting a False Claim for Payment in an amount greater than $2,000 and less than $10,000.On August 30, 2010 White was in a vehicle that was involved in an accident at the Irby St Wal-Mart…

Destin, FL, (March 31, 2016)– Acentria Insurance founders, Kendall McEachern and Kevin Mason, were recently named as 2016 Top Producers by Insurance Business America (IBA). The publication’s Top Producers for 2016 only recognized 111 leading performers in the U.S. insurance industry.Qualification for the Insurance Business America 2016 Top Producer award…

Media AdvisorySouth Carolina Insurance Fraud SummitMarch 15, 2016While the decrease in violent crime in most states makes headlines, there is a quiet back story that does not— the increase in insurance fraud. South Carolina is experiencing a dramatic increase in insurance scams thanks to individuals enriching themselves through medical fraud…

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., March 2, 2016 – The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association (SCWCEA) is pleased to announce Emmanuel Martinez Antonio as the recipient of the First Annual Inspiration Award during its Annual Medical Seminar on Workers’ Compensation on Sunday, February 28, 2016.“This award was created January, 2015 to…

Athens, G.A. – December 30, 2015 – Dan DeLamater was elected President of Southern Mutual Insurance Company effective January 1, 2016 at the most recent Board of Directors meeting. The Board of Directors also elected Kim McClain as Vice President and Secretary, Mitch Parham as Assistant Vice President, and Mike…

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Nov. 25, 2015 – Thanksgiving Day brings a number of hazards that we may not normally see in our everyday routines. In fact, Thanksgiving is the most dangerous time for cooking fires, with three times as many reported as in an average day. According to claim statistics,…