Latest Tennessee Headlines

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Tennessee Team Sued Over ‘Human Hockey Puck’ Stunt

Aug 10 2012 // A Nashville radio personality is suing the NHL Predators over an injury from the “human hockey puck” stunt.The suit by Adam “Intern Adam” Davis of WRVW-FM was filed in Davidson County Circuit Court...

Tennessee Spells Out Qualifications for Exempt Commercial Risk Policyholders

Aug 6 2012 // Tennessee regulators have issued a new form to allow large companies to qualify as an exempt commercial risk policyholder and purchase insurance that is not regulated by the state.As of July 1, a new section was added to...

Tennessee Court Lets Killer Keep Insurance Money

Aug 6 2012 // A Tennessee appeals court has reluctantly ruled that a Johnson City man convicted of killing his wife in a bathtub for the insurance money can keep $200,000 in life insurance proceeds.The Knoxville News Sentinel reported...

Tennessee Court Says Killer Can Keep Insurance Money

Jul 20 2012 // A Tennessee appeals court has reluctantly ruled that a Johnson City man convicted of killing his wife in a bathtub for the insurance money can keep $200,000 in life insurance proceeds.The Knoxville News Sentinel reported...

Long Term Care Liability Loss Rate Expected to Grow: Aon

Jul 18 2012 // Long term care liability loss rates and claim severity have reached an eight-year high and are expected to grow steadily in 2013 against a backdrop of health care provider budget constraints and uncertainty about health...

Smalling, Muller Join Tennessee’s Lexon Surety

Jul 6 2012 // Lexon Surety Group. a Hermitage, Tenn.-based surety bonds firm, has added two people to its executive team. Jeffery Smalling will be joining as assistant vice president of commercial surety. William Muller will be joining...

Business Moves – Southeast

Jul 2 2012 // Gallagher, WhitehavenIllinois-based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Whitehaven Insurance Group, Inc. in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1994,...

Tennessee Court Rules on Workers’ Statute of Limitations

Jul 2 2012 // A worker who witnessed the deaths of two co-workers but did not file a post-traumatic stress disorder claim until more than a year after the second death is still entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the...

Tennessee Court Rules on Workers’ Comp Statute of Limitations in Stress Case

Jun 13 2012 // A worker who witnessed the deaths of two co-workers but did not file a post-traumatic stress disorder claim until more than a year after the second death is still entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the...

Tennessee Family Sues County Schools, Claims Bullying

Jun 6 2012 // The family of a former Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools student has filed a lawsuit, claiming school officials failed to shield their daughter from bullying.According to The Leaf-Chronicle, the civil lawsuit was filed...

Tennessee Cracks Down on Roofing Contractor Fraud

Jun 4 2012 // Roofing contractors operating in Tennessee will have to provide residents whose homes are damaged due to tornadoes and other storms with more information about their company and about their rights to cancel contracts under...

Tennessee Court Nixes $2.7 Million Insurance Claim from Bar Fight

Jun 1 2012 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has overturned a ruling that said an insurance company must pay $2.7 million in damages for a bar fight in Hendersonville that left one man dead and injured another. The state’s highest...

Tennessee Cracks Down on Roofing Contractor Fraud

May 21 2012 // Roofing contractors operating in Tennessee will have to provide residents whose homes are damaged due to tornadoes and other storms with more information about their company and about their rights to cancel contracts under...

Southeast Agency, Carrier Plans Brighten Jobs Picture

May 7 2012 // Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish.The unemployment rate remains higher in key...

Southeast Agencies, Carriers Now Hiring

May 7 2012 // AllstateIn February, Allstate Insurance announced it was looking to appoint 124 new agency owners in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina this year. “We see a significant opportunity in the current...

Donor Agrees to Pay Insurance for Bessie Smith Event in Tennessee

Apr 27 2012 // An anonymous donor has stepped up to ensure the Bessie Smith Strut will go on, preserving the annual music event honoring the hometown blues singer.The board chairman of the Bessie Smith Cultural Center told the...

Tennessee to Arrest Illegal Drivers Involved in Serious Auto Accidents

Apr 26 2012 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has signed into law a bill that for the first time would require law enforcement officials to arrest drivers involved in serious automobile accidents who don’t have a valid driver’s...

Tennessee Lawsuit Charges ‘Bachelor,’ ‘Bachelorette’ TV Shows with Racial Bias

Apr 20 2012 // Two black men are taking “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” to court with a lawsuit that claims the reality shows are blocking contestants of color from starring roles.Nathaniel Claybrooks and...

Southeast Insurance Employment: Agency, Carrier Plans Brighten Picture

Apr 18 2012 // Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish.The unemployment rate remains higher in key...

Tennessee Warns on Certificates of Insurance

Apr 16 2012 // Authorities in Tennessee are warning agents that certificates of insurance must be consistent with the underlying policy or they risk being penalized under state law. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance...