S 244: 2025 “Insurance Welfare Act” Section Summary SECTION 1: Several Liability / Non-Parties on Verdict Form • Currently, the South Carolina Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act limits a party’s liability based on that party’s own percentage of fault. It is false to say that a business is 100% liable when it is only 1% a
2022: FL insurers begged and passed tort reform saying they were suffering huge losses: https://www.crcgroup.com/Tools-Intel/post/florida-aims-to-rebuild-homeowners-market-with-reform-law#:~:text=On%20Dec.,take%20a%20more%20active%20role 2024: Two years later, insureds are complaining about insurance claim horror stories: https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3760973838784-two-years-after-reforms-lawmakers-share-insurance-horror-stories 2/24/25: Now, a previously unpublished 2022 report, obtained by the Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times, indicates that insurer parent companies were steering billions of dollars to affiliate companies, all while
South Carolina Republicans and the insurance lobbyists are spending millions on misleading advertisements to counter a grass roots uprising opposing Senate Bill 244, a proposal that provides a windfall to insurance companies and takes away citizen’s rights. Lawmakers shall debate the bill next week. Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey is a key proponent but he
Prosecutors said the woman was intoxicated when she crashed into another car in Missouri, killing a passenger, on Jan. 5, 2022, a year after she joined the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol. Emily Hernandez, a Missouri woman convicted in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot who President Trump pardoned, was sentenced to 10 years in
South Carolina’s unpopular Senate Bill 244, the “Insurance Welfare Act,” is being framed as a necessary reform to lower insurance premiums and supposedly curb frivolous lawsuits. In reality, it’s a blatant power grab by the insurance industry that shifts financial burdens onto accident victims, policyholders, and small businesses while allowing insurance companies to profit even
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