All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 17 2011 // USG Insurance Services Inc. has added Drake Burger and Steve Page as producers in its Tampa, Florida office.Burger most recently held the position of underwriter with Westrope Insurance Managers of Florida. Burger has also...
Oct 14 2011 // The widow of an Iraq war veteran from Tennessee claims in a lawsuit that the Veterans Affairs was negligent in failing to diagnose and treat his post-traumatic stress disorder before he committed suicide in 2008.The suit...
Oct 13 2011 // More people are now eligible to claim exemptions from workers’ compensation in Tennessee as a result of a new law that took effect this month.The law expands eligibility for people who can apply for and be listed on...
Oct 12 2011 // The Tennessee Valley Authority’s coal ash trial started its fourth week with plaintiff attorneys cross-examining a TVA consultant who says he was hired to find what caused the spill, not to place blame.Geotechnical...
Oct 6 2011 // The Dollywood theme park in East Tennessee has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against a German company over a ride that park officials claim has malfunctioned.The suit, in Sevier County Circuit Court, claims the Timber Tower...
Oct 4 2011 // Circular intersections are becoming more common in Middle Tennessee as statistics show they decrease accidents and traffic congestion.Middle Tennessee State University is working on the second of three roundabouts, and...
Sep 30 2011 // Officials in Shelby County in Tennessee said their insurance company is not renewing the county’s policy protecting against financial crimes, a move that stems from an alleged embezzlement scheme at Chancery Court...
Sep 26 2011 // Iroquois of Tennessee has named Greg Henson as a new regional manager. Henson previously worked as an inside sales manager for BOC Gases, and a territory manager for Ecolab. He has also been an agent at two insurance...
Sep 20 2011 // While calls to volunteer fire departments are on the rise, the ranks of these volunteers are dwindling in Middle Tennessee and officials hope a younger generation will step up to the service.Volunteer fire departments...
Sep 19 2011 // The Tennessee Supreme Court is considering a case that could change a homeowner’s ability to recover damages when a subcontractor botches a home repair or remodeling job.The case involves a Hamilton County couple...
Sep 12 2011 // Holman & Holman Agency of Springfield, Tenn., has become Keystone Insurers Group’s eighth franchise partner in Tennessee, bringing the total franchise count to 223 across the seven states in which Keystone...
Sep 6 2011 // A federal jury last Friday ruled for a former student at Sewanee: The University of The South but decided the college won’t have to pay him millions of dollars sought in a lawsuit over a campus rape accusation.The...
Sep 6 2011 // The Tennessee Supreme Court is considering a case that could change a homeowner’s ability to recover damages when a subcontractor botches a home repair or remodeling job.The case involves a Hamilton County couple...
Sep 5 2011 // After testing New Orleans’ flood defenses over the weekend, Tropical Storm Lee moved northeast Monday after weakening to a tropical depression, and threatened to bring heavy rains and flooding to a large section of...
Sep 5 2011 // David J. Bresnahan has been named president of Lexington Insurance Co., the surplus lines unit of Chartis Insurance. He is succeeding Peter Eastwood, who is moving into his new role as president and chief executive officer...
Aug 24 2011 // Republican Gov. Bill Haslam doesn’t intend to rework the state’s new law limiting payouts in successful lawsuits against doctors and other businesses, despite calls from some members of his own party for...
Aug 12 2011 // The Rev. Bill Akers stood in a yard in Lookout Valley, pointing across a small valley at two stumps, gnarled remnants rising out of barren dirt in a place once flush with trees.Just a few hundred yards away, brush lined...
Aug 5 2011 // Applications are now being accepted in Tennessee for firms looking to create captive insurers under the state’s revised law.The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance released a new application form for...
Aug 4 2011 // A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by three former high school cheerleaders who were kicked off the squad for underage drinking.The damage suit filed by parents of the former cheerleaders at Ooltewah High School...
Jul 28 2011 // Ohio-based independent broker Hylant Group has named industry Kimberly L. Riley as president of its Nashville, Tennessee office. Riley will be responsible for the overall management, direction and growth of the...