2025: REGULATORY – BULLETIN ON EXTENSION OF CATASTROPHE DECLARATION FOR TROPICAL STORM HELENE – SC
To: All Insurers, Adjusters Producers And Other Persons Licensed to Do Business In South Carolina
What: Licensing Of Temporary Adjusters For April 20, 2024 Hail Damage
From: Extension of Notice of Unusual Circumstances/Catastrophe Insurance Declaration for South Carolina for the Purpose of Licensing Temporary Adjusters and Motor Vehicle Physical Damage Appraisers due to Tropical Storm Helene to April 20, 2025
Date: April 22, 2024
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On January 14, 2025, the South Carolina Insurance Department Of Insurance (the “Department”) issued Bulletin Number 2025-02 (the “Bulletin”), regarding an extension of the September 30, 2024 Notice of Unusual Circumstances/Catastrophe Insurance Declaration for South Carolina, for the Purpose of Licensing Temporary Adjusters and Motor Vehicle Physical Damage Appraisers due to Tropical Storm Helene (the “September 30 Notice”).
The September 30 Notice stated that due to Tropical Storm Helene damage, the Department (pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Reg 69-1 regarding Adjustment of Claims Under Unusual Circumstances) would allow the temporary licensing of non-resident adjusters and motor vehicle physical damage appraisers. The September 30 Notice stated that it would be in effect for 120 days. For a discussion of the September 30 Notice, see 2024: Regulatory Bulletin – Tropical Storm Helene Temporary Adjusters – SC.
The Bulletin will now extend that 120 period for an additional 90 days (until April 25, 2025), to allow continued temporary licensing of non-resident adjusters and motor vehicle physical damage appraisers.
For PLRB’s summary of South Carolina adjuster licensing laws, see South Carolina – Adjuster Licensing.
