All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 1 2010 // Tennessee officials have charged the two owners of a former nonprofit company that was seized by the state in 2007, along with two others affiliated with the now-defunct firm, in what they say is a multi-million dollar,...
Feb 24 2010 // Legislation that would give senior drivers in Tennessee a discount on their insurance for taking an online driving course is headed to Gov. Phil Bredesen for his consideration. The measure sponsored by Republican Rep....
Feb 23 2010 // Nearly 1,700 motorists have been cited for speeding in Bluff City, Tenn., since new traffic cameras were installed in December.They are accused of speeding through a 1.3-mile stretch of U.S. 11E that is a 45 mph zone. The...
Feb 22 2010 // Most experts believe it’s just a matter of time before another big earthquake strikes along the New Madrid fault line, and Gov. Jay Nixon says Missouri and neighboring states need to be ready.Nixon on Feb. 19...
Feb 19 2010 // Senior drivers in Tennessee could get a discount on their insurance for taking an online driving course, under a bill unanimously approved by the state Senate on Wednesday.The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Mike...
Jan 28 2010 // BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee says the theft of computer hard drives containing personal information on hundreds of thousands of members has already cost the insurer more than $7 million. The insurer has already...
Jan 26 2010 // A Tennessee appellate court has ruled a county liability insurer doesn’t have to pay $5 million in damages won by the widow of a slain sheriff’s deputy in a wrongful death lawsuit over his shooting death.The...
Jan 15 2010 // SUNZ Insurance Co. of St. Petersburg, Fla. reported it has acquired Brentwood National Insurance Co. of Brentwood, Tenn., a workers’ compensation services and claims firm. SUNZ sells workers’ compensation...
Jan 15 2010 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has fined a Tennessee company and two of its affiliates $25,000 each for violating a cease and desist order she issued in November of last year. According to the order, the...
Dec 23 2009 // The Tennessee Highway Patrol will set up more than 100 checkpoints across the state during the rest of the year to arrest impaired drivers and other violators. Highway Patrol Col. Mike Walker issued this warning: “If...
Dec 20 2009 // Large insurers AIG, Farmers and The Hartford made moves in 2009, as did large brokers Marsh, Aon, Willis, Gallagher, Brown & Brown, Hub and Wells Fargo. So, too, did, many regional insurers and Main Street agencies....
Dec 8 2009 // Insurance broker Willis Group has named Jeffrey Eggleston as senior vice president of its Mining Practice in Knoxville, Tennessee. Willis’ also recently added two other mining practice team members, Michael Ford,...
Dec 6 2009 // A special legislative session to reconsider a pending change to workers’ compensation insurance requirements in Tennessee will only take place if there’s a consensus among lawmakers, according to Gov. Phil...
Dec 1 2009 // Foremost Insurance Group announced it is expanding its dwelling fire program in Montana, Nebraska and Tennessee, effective Dec. 1, 2009.Typically known as the solution for hard-to-place landlord and owner-occupied...
Dec 1 2009 // The number of lawsuits filed against the Tennessee Valley Authority over a massive coal ash spill in Roane County has risen to 14. A breach in an earthen dike at the Kingston Fossil Plant sent 5.4 million cubic yards of...
Nov 25 2009 // A special legislative session to reconsider a pending change to workers’ compensation insurance requirements in Tennessee should only take place if there’s a consensus among lawmakers, Gov. Phil Bredesen...
Nov 5 2009 // The family of a slain Tennessee college student has settled a lawsuit against the Knoxville apartment complex where she was fatally stabbed in 2004.Michael and Joan Berry of Lawrenceville, Ga., had sued Brendon Park...
Nov 1 2009 // An East Tennessee teenager’s October death in an all terrain vehicle accident brought the state’s 2009 death toll in ATV wrecks to eight, and a national consumer safety spokeswoman said the national death toll...
Oct 16 2009 // An East Tennessee teenager’s weekend death in an all terrain vehicle accident brought the state’s 2009 death toll in ATV wrecks to eight, and a national consumer safety spokeswoman said the national death toll...
Sep 24 2009 // Former Tennessee Titans wide receiver David Givens claims the team failed to tell him about a defect in his knee that led to an injury and eventually ended his career.Givens claims in a $25 million lawsuit filed this week...