Tennessee News

Family of Slain Tennessee Woman Settles with Apartment Complex

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 Apartments, Brendon Park Associates and …

Main Street Group Adds 5 States for Business Owners Policy

The Main Street America Group has introduced its Main Line business owners policy (BOP) property and liability insurance product and Main Street Station for commercial lines quoting and policy issuance system to its independent agents in New York, New Hampshire, …

BB&T Insurance Acquires Florida’s Oswald Trippe Agency

Raleigh, North Carolina-based BB&T Insurance Services, the nation’s seventh largest insurance broker, said it has expanded its southwest Florida operation with the acquisition of Oswald Trippe and Co. Inc. of Fort Myers. Terms were not disclosed. In addition to its …

People

J. David Daniel was inaugurated as the chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) at the recent Big “I” Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La. He will lead the organization as chairman for the …

El Niño to Influence Winter, Or Not, Say Forecasters

It will be a tale of two winters in the United States – warmer and drier than average in the North and wetter and cooler in the South – thanks to El Niño, according to government forecasters. In its winter …

Tennessee Hears Calls for Safety Oversight As ATV Death Toll Rises

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 from the machines is “staggering.” More …

It Figures

$12.1 Million Cumulative amount of bonuses to be paid to several top executives at AIG, after U.S. pay czar Kenneth Feinberg signed off on the deal. The payments were promised in 2008 to get key employees to stay with AIG …

Montana Among States to Accuse FedEx of Misclassifying Drivers

Three states said they plan to sue FedEx Corp., accusing the second-largest U.S. package delivery company of violating labor laws by illegally classifying drivers as independent contractors rather than employees to save money. The attorneys general of New York, New …

New Markets

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Louisiana Alone in Construction Jobs Gains

Louisiana was the only state in the country where more people were working in the construction industry last month than in September 2008. That’s according to a state-by state analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America. Louisiana’s construction industry …