More Rate Increase Requests in SC

Six more companies have submitted requests for rate increases in South Carolina ranging from .1 percent to 18 percent. St. Paul Fire and Marine Co., a division of St. Paul Companies in Minnesota has requested a 15 percent rate increase. Harrisburg, Pa.-based Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Co. seeks an additional 18 percent. Four subsidiaries of Illinois-based Kemper Insurance Companies, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty, American Motorists Insurance, American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance and American Protection Insurance, want to increase rates on average by .1 percent. O...