All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 24 2012 // Tennessee’s high court has ruled that two parents’ emotional distress following an automobile accident that took the life of their son is not covered under the uninsured motorist portion of their automobile...
Sep 19 2012 // A Dyersburg, Tenn., former insurance agent is scheduled for sentencing next month after she entered guilty pleas to felony theft charges. Tina Butler was indicted on charges that she took insurance premium money from 16...
Sep 11 2012 // Tennessee residents needing to renew or replace their driver’s licenses could be using self-service kiosks by November.The Commercial Appeal reported that people could be heading to such places as libraries, police...
Sep 10 2012 // A Tennessee court has allowed a man to pursue a racial discrimination lawsuit after being reprimanded for his role in a questionable workers’ compensation claim.The U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit ruled that...
Sep 7 2012 // Memphis, Tenn.-based agency Hollis & Burns Inc. has joined Keystone Insurers Group as Keystone’s sixteenth franchise partner in the state. The announcement was made jointly by Hollis & Burns President Richard...
Sep 4 2012 // Tennessee’s high court has ruled that two parents’ emotional distress following an automobile accident that took the life of their son is not covered under the uninsured motorist portion of their automobile...
Sep 3 2012 // A Dyer County, Tenn., jury awarded $7.8 million in damages to the family of a child who suffered severe brain damage as a result of an improperly treated wound at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. The Dyersburg State...
Aug 30 2012 // Tennessee’s safety department is creating a new unit to investigate identity theft crimes that local law enforcement agencies don’t have the resources to target. Commissioner of Safety and Homeland Security...
Aug 24 2012 // The Tennessee Valley Authority is legally responsible for a 2008 accident that sent 5 million cubic yards of toxic coal sludge oozing into a small community in eastern Tennessee, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.U.S....
Aug 22 2012 // There will be no school all week for students at an East Tennessee elementary school after a deep sinkhole opened near the building. According to the Johnson City Press, the Unicoi County school system is developing both...
Aug 15 2012 // A Tennessee civil court is allowing a man to pursue a racial discrimination lawsuit after being reprimanded for his role in a questionable workers’ compensation claim filed by another worker.The United States Court...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...