Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tennessee’s Opry Mills to Reopen; Suit Against Flood Insurers Goes On
Apr 12 2011 // Nearly one year after a historic flood ravaged Nashville and submerged the popular Opry Mill shopping mall, the mall said it will reopen in 2012. This will happen despite the fact the property owner, Simon Property, is...
Tennessee Governor Urged to Sign Personal Lines Flexible Rating Bill
Apr 7 2011 // Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill allowing property/casualty insurers to implement rate adjustments for personal auto and home insurance policies without prior state approval. Insurers are urging Governor Bill Haslam...
Tennessee Worker’s Harassment Award Against Whirlpool Affirmed
Apr 5 2011 // A federal judge has affirmed a million-dollar judgment against Whirlpool Corp. in a sex and race harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency said. Judge John T. Nixon...
Brown & Brown to Acquire Tennessee Bank’s First Horizon Insurance
Apr 1 2011 // Brown & Brown has agreed to acquire First Horizon Insurance Group Inc. from First Tennessee Bank. The acquisition is expected to close in late April of this year. With annualized revenues of approximately $14.8...
Ex-Sen. Thompson Lobbies for Trial Bar on Tennessee Damages Bill
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...
Tennessee Gov. Haslam Offers Compromise on Damages Cap
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...
Former U.S. Sen. Thompson Opposes Tennessee Governor’s Damages Cap
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...
Tennessee High School Cheerleading Squad Charged with Gender Bias
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...
Business Moves
Mar 21 2011 // Tower Hill, Royal Palm The 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...
Heritage Insurance Is First Keystone Agency in Tennessee
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...
Tennessee Sets Deadline for Claims Against 3 Shuttered Insurers
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...
Tennessee Bill Would Tighten Workers’ Compensation Eligibility
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...
Nashville Launches Flood Preparedness Program
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...
Tennessee Construction Owners Must Register
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...
Tennessee Firms Opting Out of Workers’ Compensation Must Register
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...
State Farm Plans Small Hike in Tennessee Auto Rates
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,...
McPeak to Head Tennessee Commerce, Insurance
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,...
People
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...
Poor Forecasting of Tennessee Flood Blamed on Bad Data
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...
Poor Forecasting of Tennessee Flood Blamed on Bad Data
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...
