S.C. Code Ann. § 38-43-160
[Until January 30, 2003, this section reads as follows:]
If any person unlawfully solicits, negotiates for, collects, or transmits a premium for a contract of insurance or acts in any way in the negotiation or transaction of any insurance with an insurer not licensed to do business in this State, he is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[From and after January 31, 2003, this section reads as follows:]
If any person unlawfully solicits, negotiates, sells, collects, or transmits a premium for a contract of insurance or acts in any way in the negotiation, solicitation, sale, or transaction of any insurance with an insurer not licensed to do business in this State, he is guilty of a misdemeanor.