Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fee Schedules Stabilized Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Costs
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...
Tennessee Homeowners Can Sue Home Appraiser for Fraud
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...
Tennessee High Court Blocks Hospital Lien on Insurer’s Benefit Payment
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...
Tragedy in Tennessee: Family Had No Fire Service and Minimum Insurance
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...
Tennessee High Court Blocks Hospital Lien on Insurer’s Benefit Payment
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...
Tennessee Tragedy: Family Had No Fire Service But Had Some Insurance
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...
It’s Now Easier to Sue Tennessee Employers Over Illegal Firings
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...
Business Moves
Oct 4 2010 // Markel, Hiscox Insurer 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...
Tennessee Ignition Cutoff Law Targets First Time Convicted Drunk Drivers
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...
Tennessee Court Makes It Easier to Sue Employers Over Illegal Firings
Sep 28 2010 // In a decision that some legal observers found surprising, 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...
Tennessee Warned to Take Earthquake Threat Seriously
Sep 27 2010 // Cities and states have improved their disaster readiness since the Sept. 11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina, but authorities must keep stressing emergency preparedness to reduce complacency among the general public, retired...
Tennessee Suspends Roofer Who Promised Insurance Reimbursement
Sep 24 2010 // The Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors has suspended the home improvement license of American Shingle LLC, a company whose sales strategy officials say has involved representatives driving through neighborhoods and...
Tennessee Awards $15 Million for Highway Safety
Sep 17 2010 // The state has announced more than $14.9 million in highway safety grants to 291 agencies across Tennessee. The grants help fund speed enforcement, first responder equipment purchases, drunken driving prosecutors and child...
Keystone Insurers to Enter Tennessee Market
Sep 9 2010 // Keystone Insurers Group, with more than 215 franchise partners in six states, today announced it will expand into Tennessee early next year. The privately held company is owned by its employees and partners in...
Benson Takes Over at Tennessee’s Direct General
Sep 9 2010 // Direct General Corp., Nashville, Tenn., announced today that it has named Carey D. Benson, 59, former AutoOne Insurance Chief Executive Officer, as its new President & CEO, effective immediately. Mr. Benson takes over...
Authorities Say Tennessee Mosque Fire Was Arson
Sep 7 2010 // Federal investigators said Friday that a suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a future mosque in the southern state of Tennessee was arson and offered a $20,000 reward for information leading...
Tennessee Mosque Fire Being Investigated
Aug 31 2010 // Supporters from across the country have called to give encouragement to a suburban Nashville mosque where a fire was the latest setback for a planned new building, officials said Sunday. Authorities told mosque officials...
Tennessee Accountant Banned from Insurance/Securities Business
Aug 25 2010 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) has revoked the accountancy license and CPA firm permit of Mark S. Riddle, and has permanently barred him from seeking an insurance agent license or any securities...
Tennessee Gov. Predicts Federal Aid for May Flooding
Aug 20 2010 // Gov. Phil Bredesen says Tennessee will receive a higher percentage of federal matching funds to cover costs due to severe flooding in early May. Bredesen recently announced that the state’s federal match will be 90...
Tennessee Gets Break from Downpour
Aug 20 2010 // The rains deluging Tennessee abated on Thursday but forecasters are predicting that the same storm system will bring more rain to the region over weekend. Officials in Nashville are making plans for evacuations and...
