The Main Street America Group introduced its new Personal Auto MVP (multivariate rating program) product to its independent insurance agents in Maryland and Tennessee, bringing the total now to nine states. Personal Auto MVP features “predictive modeling” or “multivariate” rating. …
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Tennessee drivers scored a major legislative victory with the passage of a new law that stops cities from imposing hidden taxes on motorists, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America. The legislation (HB 2547) prohibits local governments from …
A proposal to tighten Tennessee’s open-container law could allow state officials to spend more money on infrastructure projects instead of on safety programs. State Transportation Department officials said Tuesday that about $15 million in federal road-building money is currently diverted …
Motorcyclists who are at least 21 years old could ride without helmets under a House bill (HB 1393) given initial approval Tuesday. For decades, state law has required all motorcycle riders to wear helmets. But for years, some lawmakers have …
A proposal to lower the blood alcohol content required for a person to be guilty of extreme drunken driving is among several impaired driving bills slowly moving in the Tennessee Legislature. The measure sponsored by Sen. Jack Johnson, R-Brentwood, unanimously …
Fire investigators have ruled that a blaze that burned a Knoxville, Tenn. sports uniform factory was intentionally set. It took firefighters nearly five hours on March 16 to put out the fire that heavily damaged Sports Belle Inc. The Knox …
Tennessee is taking delivery of mobile homes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to temporarily house Macon County tornado victims. While FEMA trailers have been scrutinized recently over reports of exposing occupants to relatively high levels of toxins, Jeremy Heidt, …
In a flurry of statewide appointments to boards and commissions last month, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen appointed two new members to the state Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council. Katherine D. Boyte, of Nashville and Bruce D. Fox of Knoxville will serve …
A tugboat pushing a barge near Florence, Ala., collided in darkness with another boat on the Tennessee River, killing at least one person on the second boat. A search on March 28 identified what appears to be the boat’s wreckage …
