Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tennessee Opens New Unit to Investigate Identity Theft Crimes
Aug 30 2012 // Tennessee’s safety department is creating a new unit to investigate identity theft crimes that local law enforcement agencies don’t have the resources to target. Commissioner of Safety and Homeland Security...
Tennessee Valley Authority Found Liable for 2008 Coal-Ash Spill
Aug 24 2012 // The Tennessee Valley Authority is legally responsible for a 2008 accident that sent 5 million cubic yards of toxic coal sludge oozing into a small community in eastern Tennessee, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. U.S....
In East Tennessee County, School’s in Recess for Week Due to Sinkhole
Aug 22 2012 // There will be no school all week for students at an East Tennessee elementary school after a deep sinkhole opened near the building. According to the Johnson City Press, the Unicoi County school system is developing both...
Tennessee Discrimination Suit Proceeds Under ‘Cat’s Paw’ Liability Theory
Aug 15 2012 // A Tennessee civil court is allowing a man to pursue a racial discrimination lawsuit after being reprimanded for his role in a questionable workers’ compensation claim filed by another worker. The United States Court...
Tennessee Team Sued Over ‘Human Hockey Puck’ Stunt
Aug 10 2012 // A Nashville radio personality is suing the NHL Predators over an injury from the “human hockey puck” stunt. The suit by Adam “Intern Adam” Davis of WRVW-FM was filed in Davidson County Circuit Court...
Tennessee Spells Out Qualifications for Exempt Commercial Risk Policyholders
Aug 6 2012 // Tennessee regulators have issued a new form to allow large companies to qualify as an exempt commercial risk policyholder and purchase insurance that is not regulated by the state. As of July 1, a new section was added to...
Tennessee Court Lets Killer Keep Insurance Money
Aug 6 2012 // A Tennessee appeals court has reluctantly ruled that a Johnson City man convicted of killing his wife in a bathtub for the insurance money can keep $200,000 in life insurance proceeds. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported...
Tennessee Court Says Killer Can Keep Insurance Money
Jul 20 2012 // A Tennessee appeals court has reluctantly ruled that a Johnson City man convicted of killing his wife in a bathtub for the insurance money can keep $200,000 in life insurance proceeds. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported...
Long Term Care Liability Loss Rate Expected to Grow: Aon
Jul 18 2012 // Long term care liability loss rates and claim severity have reached an eight-year high and are expected to grow steadily in 2013 against a backdrop of health care provider budget constraints and uncertainty about health...
Smalling, Muller Join Tennessee’s Lexon Surety
Jul 6 2012 // Lexon Surety Group. a Hermitage, Tenn.-based surety bonds firm, has added two people to its executive team. Jeffery Smalling will be joining as assistant vice president of commercial surety. William Muller will be joining...
Business Moves – Southeast
Jul 2 2012 // Gallagher, Whitehaven Illinois-based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Whitehaven Insurance Group, Inc. in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in...
Tennessee Court Rules on Workers’ Statute of Limitations
Jul 2 2012 // A worker who witnessed the deaths of two co-workers but did not file a post-traumatic stress disorder claim until more than a year after the second death is still entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the...
Tennessee Court Rules on Workers’ Comp Statute of Limitations in Stress Case
Jun 13 2012 // A worker who witnessed the deaths of two co-workers but did not file a post-traumatic stress disorder claim until more than a year after the second death is still entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the...
Tennessee Family Sues County Schools, Claims Bullying
Jun 6 2012 // The family of a former Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools student has filed a lawsuit, claiming school officials failed to shield their daughter from bullying. According to The Leaf-Chronicle, the civil lawsuit was...
Tennessee Cracks Down on Roofing Contractor Fraud
Jun 4 2012 // Roofing contractors operating in Tennessee will have to provide residents whose homes are damaged due to tornadoes and other storms with more information about their company and about their rights to cancel contracts under...
Tennessee Court Nixes $2.7 Million Insurance Claim from Bar Fight
Jun 1 2012 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has overturned a ruling that said an insurance company must pay $2.7 million in damages for a bar fight in Hendersonville that left one man dead and injured another. The state’s highest...
Tennessee Cracks Down on Roofing Contractor Fraud
May 21 2012 // Roofing contractors operating in Tennessee will have to provide residents whose homes are damaged due to tornadoes and other storms with more information about their company and about their rights to cancel contracts under...
Southeast Agency, Carrier Plans Brighten Jobs Picture
May 7 2012 // Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish. The unemployment rate remains higher in key...
Southeast Agencies, Carriers Now Hiring
May 7 2012 // Here is some of the positive insurance employment news for the Southeast: Allstate In February, Allstate Insurance announced it was looking to appoint 124 new agency owners in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South...
Donor Agrees to Pay Insurance for Bessie Smith Event in Tennessee
Apr 27 2012 // An anonymous donor has stepped up to ensure the Bessie Smith Strut will go on, preserving the annual music event honoring the hometown blues singer. The board chairman of the Bessie Smith Cultural Center told the...
