All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Apr 13 2012 // After years of declines in traffic fatalities, deaths in crashes are on the rise again in Tennessee. But state highway officials are hoping a federal demonstration project will reverse that trend.Kendell Poole, director of...
Apr 9 2012 // A judge in Nashville has found three Memphis attorneys in contempt of court and ordered them to repay nearly $670,000 to people who thought they were buying health insurance. The Tennessean reported Davidson County...
Apr 4 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...
Mar 5 2012 // Residents of towns throughout the Southeast are recovering from the shock of last Friday’s severe storms and tornadoes. Along with pubic and insurance officials, they are beginning to assess the damage from the...
Feb 20 2012 // A Tennessee state university has apologized to an insurance company after representing that the insurer improperly denied a $20,000 prize claim to fund a promotional contest held during a basketball game.East Tennessee...
Jan 30 2012 // A Tennessee state university has apologized to an insurance company after representing that the insurer improperly denied a $20,000 prize claim to fund a promotional contest held during a basketball game.East Tennessee...
Jan 27 2012 // Appalachian Underwriters has added three brokers to its property and professional practice group.Shane Holden has 20 years of insurance and risk management experience at the retail level. Most recently, he worked for...
Jan 24 2012 // Pam Sadler has joined Accident Insurance Co. as a business development representative for the state of Tennessee. Sadler joined AIC in December after spending more than 20 years as a marketing representative for Grain...
Jan 24 2012 // Mistakes by construction workers at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar reactor project, described last Friday by the utility’s chief executive as potentially fatal, idled about 1,000 workers temporarily...