COLUMBIA, S.C. — A bill approved unanimously by a legislative panel in South Carolina on March 21 would make the director of the state insurance agency an elected position.
The proposal would put South Carolina in line with 11 states that elect insurance chiefs, according to staff for the Senate Judiciary subcommittee.
Myrtle Beach Sen. Luke Rankin, the bill's sponsor, said the bill is needed to prevent insurance directors from feeling beholden to the governors who appoint them — and to protect the directors from decisions that governors may not like.
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