In Your Corner

The South Carolina Association of Health Underwriters is an association for the health insurance professional. Whether an agent, broker or consultant, SCAHU represents those individuals engaged in providing products and services that help finance the cost of health care for South Carolina consumers.

SCAHU works everyday to improve the health care and health care coverage industry for consumers. Through our legislative efforts, we have fought for the rights of consumers relative to costs and the ability to continue purchasing health care and the financing for it through the private sector. We have also worked to educate our membership so that SCAHU members are the most qualified and educated health insurance professionals in South Carolina. Also, we have worked to educate employers about our industry so that they can become better consumers of health care and health care coverage.

South Carolina chapters are located in Charleston, Columbia, Grand Strand/Pee Dee area and the Piedmont area.

SCAHU’s mission focuses on enabling members to be involved in the association on a national level. Scholarships will help more agents attend national conferences throughout the year. SCAHU plans to continue to educate agents on the benefits of being a member of SCAHU in their individual efforts to meet more people in the industry, to stay up-to-date on issues and regulations in the industry, and to increase their professional expertise.

Code of Ethics

• To hold the selling, service and administration of health insurance and related products and services as a professional and public trust and do all in my power to maintain its prestige.
• To keep paramount the needs of those whom I serve.
• To respect my clients’ trust in me, and to never do anything which would betray their trust or confidence.
• To give all service possible when service is needed.
• To present policies factually and accurately, providing all information necessary for the issuance of sound insurance coverage to the public I serve.
• To use no advertising which I know may be false or misleading.
• To consider the sale, service and administration of health insurance and related products and services as a career, to know and abide by the laws of any jurisdiction Federal and State in which I practice and seek constantly to increase my knowledge and improve my ability to meet the needs of my clients.
• To be fair and just to my competitors, and to engage in no practices which may reflect unfavorably on myself or my industry.
• To treat prospects, clients and companies fairly by submitting applications which reveal all available information pertinent to underwriting a policy.
• To extend honest and professional conduct to my clients, associates, fellow agents and brokers, and the company or companies whose products I represent.