All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 31 2011 // A proposed compromise to limit lawsuit damages in Tennessee is a step in the right direction, but there’s still work to be done, claims former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson.Gov. Bill Haslam’s proposal would place a...
Mar 27 2011 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has offered a compromise on his proposal to limit lawsuit damages, drafting a change to the bill that would exempt catastrophic cases from the caps he wants to impose on most awards.The...
Mar 25 2011 // Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson says legislation that seeks to limit monetary damages from lawsuits in Tennessee is unnecessary and that a jury should decide how much is awarded and not state government.The proposal by...
Mar 22 2011 // A judge in Maury County, Tenn. has issued a restraining order stopping the selection of a cheerleading squad at Columbia Central High School because of a lawsuit alleging gender discrimination. The lawsuit was filed by...
Mar 21 2011 // Tower Hill, Royal PalmThe sixth largest insurance company writing property coverage in Florida is looking to increase its market share by acquiring the 14 biggest property insurer in the state. Tower Hill Insurance Group...
Mar 9 2011 // Heritage Insurance Group of Johnson City has become Keystone Insurers Group’s first agency partner in Tennessee. Heritage sells property/casualty, life and health insurance. It has 18 employees in its home office and...
Mar 3 2011 // A Tennessee judge has set May 16 as the final date to resolve all outstanding claims against three insolvent risk retention groups that were closed in 2003 after the failure of their Virginia reinsurer, Reciprocal of...
Mar 3 2011 // The Tennessee Legislature is considering a number of changes to its workers’ compensation law that are designed to tighten the standards injured workers must meet to qualify for workers’ compensation...
Feb 16 2011 // Nashville Mayor Karl Dean says the city has assembled a team to develop a unified flood preparedness program to lessen the damages that could be caused by future flood events in Nashville and Davidson County.The process...
Feb 7 2011 // A new Tennessee law is requiring all construction firm owners to register with the state if they choose to opt out of the state’s workers’ compensation system.The law is designed to protect general contractors...
Jan 25 2011 // A new Tennessee law is requiring all construction firm owners to register with the state if they choose to opt out of the state’s workers’ compensation system.The new law is designed to protect general...
Jan 25 2011 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the largest insurer of autos in Tennessee, is increasing its overall rate level in the state an average of 0.4 percent effective Feb. 21. After this rate change is implemented,...
Jan 24 2011 // Republican Gov.-elect Bill Haslam has named insurance regulatory attorney Julie McPeak to oversee the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance. The department includes the Consumer Affairs, Insurance, Securities,...
Jan 24 2011 // National wholesale broker USG Insurance Services, Inc. has added Jason Holloman as a property broker specializing in large commercial and catastrophe-exposed risks. He will be based in USG’s office outside...
Jan 24 2011 // River forecasters for the National Weather Service underestimated the flood level that a major river would reach during Nashville’s fatal May floods because they relied on inaccurate data from the U.S. Army Corps of...
Jan 14 2011 // River forecasters for the National Weather Service underestimated the flood level that a major river would reach during Nashville’s fatal May floods because they relied on inaccurate data from the U.S. Army Corps of...
Jan 12 2011 // Republican Gov.-elect Bill Haslam has named insurance regulatory attorney Julie McPeak to oversee the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance.McPeak has more than 12 years of legal and administrative experience in...
Jan 11 2011 // State officials say Tennessee has received reimbursement for last May’s flooding that damaged state buildings and other state-owned property. Treasurer David Lillard says the state received a $7.5 million check this...
Jan 5 2011 // Doug Dukes has been named state vice president of Tennessee for Keystone Insurers Group. Dukes will manage Keystone’s expansion into Tennessee, slated to occur this month. Dukes most recently served as field and...
Jan 5 2011 // Wilson Smith Group, LLC said it has acquired a majority of the outstanding shares of the Nashville, Tenn.-based managing general agency, Greenwich Transportation Underwriters, Inc.Terms of the acquisition were not...