{"id":657,"date":"2026-05-28T22:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=657"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:07:15","slug":"running-small-businesses-out-midlands-bar-temporarily-closes-due-to-insurance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=657","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Running small businesses out.\u2019 Midlands bar temporarily closes due to insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A Midlands bar is temporarily closing its doors due to what the business is calling a miscommunication about liability insurance requirements, according to a <u>Facebook post from the brewery\u2019s account<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=656\">How strong is Cuba\u2019s military? Large on paper, but Soviet-era weapons are aging<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In the statement, Homeland Craft Beer &amp; Wine in Batesburg-Leesville said the closure was temporary while management was looking for a new insurance company to cover Homeland Craft. The post also added that the owners were \u201cnot happy\u201d with the state government, and that legislators are \u201crunning small businesses out of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The brewery said they had not been notified about changes to insurance requirements.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the state of SC changing an insurance requirement and not notifying us, and after finding out our insurance company cannot meet that requirement, we are CLOSED until we can secure another insurance company,\u201d Homeland Craft said on social media.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The state Senate proposed last month to suspend the $1 million liquor liability insurance requirement that went into effect the beginning of this year, which has contributed to bar closures across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=654\">Midlands crash leaves 2 dead, multiple injured, SC coroner says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Last year, the legislature allowed business owners the option of reducing the requirement to as low as $300,000 by taking certain precautionary measures, including server training and hour changes.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Bar and restaurant owners will have to wait until July 1, when the new budget will go into effect, for potential relief.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The bar said that they carried out mandated staff training requirements in a comment under their original post.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=652\">Young alligator shows up in NC man\u2019s pool and refuses to leave. \u2018He\u2019s got dibs\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The State reached out to Homeland Craft Beer &amp; Wine for comment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeland Craft Beer &amp; Wine says it\u2019s closing temporarily until it secures new liability insurance, joining bars affected by South Carolina\u2019s coverage rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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