All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 31 2010 // State inspectors have found two privately owned hazardous dams in Tennessee that are in need of immediate repair, including one that the property owner seems unwilling to fix.An investigation by The Jackson Sun in May...
Dec 23 2010 // The top insurance stories in the Southeast in 2010 included several disasters that caused considerable death and destruction in the region and one that didn’t do as much harm as feared.The April 20 blowout of...
Dec 22 2010 // A federal appeals court has ruled a jury will hear complaints from a Tennessee highway patrolman who claimed discrimination based on his political affiliation.The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals this week reversed a lower...
Dec 13 2010 // A Tennessee court has ruled that a person who leaves keys in a car can be held responsible if the car is stolen and then involved in a crash.The Tennessee Court of Appeals– in a case involving a stolen car, a police...
Dec 9 2010 // A couple who lost a son in a Tennessee home explosion last year has filed a wrongful death suit against the Knoxville Utilities Board.According to WBIR-TV, Steve and Sue Krzeski claim a device connecting the natural gas...
Dec 5 2010 // Aon Corp. reported that Andrew Appel, the firm’s chief operating officer, will be leaving the company at the end of the year. The company said there are no plans to fill the position upon Appel’s...
Dec 1 2010 // U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide more than $7 million to Davidson County for home buyouts. The buyout program will be coordinated by the local...
Nov 17 2010 // A government audit of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) has found that the agency has managed to reduce costs and operate efficiently during the economic downturn.In fact, the state...
Nov 14 2010 // With the first of 77 million baby boomers nearing retirement age in 2011, assisted living facilities and nursing home facilities will play a more important role than ever before. About three million Americans will require...
Nov 9 2010 // Mackenzie Leake put off learning to drive for almost a year longer than most of her friends. It was out of a sense of self-preservation.“Every day I went out, I saw some sort of accident or scattered car parts in the...
Nov 9 2010 // Mary Frances Miller, a consulting actuary with Select Actuarial Services in Nashville, Tenn., is the new president of the American Academy of Actuaries Miller, who has 20 years of actuarial experience, first served on the...
Nov 9 2010 // Average medical costs per workers’ compensation claim in Tennessee stabilized at pre-fee schedule levels after the state introduced medical fee schedules in 2005, according to a new study.According to the report by...
Nov 9 2010 // Home appraisers who overestimate the value of homes may be liable for fraudulent misrepresentation, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled.The state’s high court has overruled an appellate court that had held that...
Nov 1 2010 // Hospitals are not entitled to place liens on insurance benefits paid by insurers to third party service providers, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled.The case involved a man, Kevin L. Holt, who was injured in a car...
Oct 18 2010 // The Obion County, Tenn. family whose home burned on Sept. 29 while firefighters watched from their truck has insurance to payoff their mortgage but not enough to cover everything lost or to rebuild, according to the family...
Oct 14 2010 // Hospitals are not entitled to place liens on insurance benefits paid by insurers to third party service providers, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled.The case involved a man, Kevin L. Holt, who was injured in a car...
Oct 5 2010 // The Obion County, Tenn. family whose home burned on Sept. 29 while firefighters watched from their truck has insurance to payoff their mortgage but not enough to cover everything lost or to rebuild, according to the family...
Oct 4 2010 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has reversed precedent and made it easier for workers to sue their employers when they believe they were fired illegally.The court ruled 3-2 that employers must prove that workers’ claims...
Oct 4 2010 // Markel, HiscoxInsurer Markel has acquired the rights to American Live Stock, the animal mortality business of Hiscox Insurance Co. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the companies said it would close the transaction...
Sep 28 2010 // Tennessee, already considered tough on first-time DUI offenders, is about to get tougher.Lawmakers recently passed a bill that will require some drivers convicted of a first DUI to install alcohol-detecting ignition...