Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves
Apr 19 2010 // Northern Capital Florida insurance officials have moved to shut down Northern Capital Insurance Co. after concluding that the firm is insolvent. Agents and the company’s 70,000 policyholders are being advised to...
Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Reforms of 2004 Lowered Costs
Apr 12 2010 // Workers’ compensation reforms enacted in Tennessee in 2004 have helped reduce costs in certain specific areas of the workers’ compensation system. The reform provisions related to permanent partial disability...
Tennessee Association Insurance Agents Deny Wrongdoing
Apr 8 2010 // Representative of two Tennessee companies accused by authorities of selling phony medical insurance policies to thousands of people nationwide said Tuesday that they are not to blame for piles of unpaid medical...
Tennessee Homeowner Gets $19K Bill for Firefighter Services
Apr 8 2010 // A Knox County man whose house caught fire in January has received a $19,000 firefighting bill. WVLT-TV reported Chris Curl was flabberghasted at the charge, but Rural/Metro Fire Chief Jerry Harnish says such charges are...
Eastern Alliance Enters Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Market
Apr 2 2010 // Eastern Insurance Holdings Inc. has established a satellite office in Nashville, Tennessee in support of its subsidiary Eastern Alliance Insurance Group (EAIG), which specializes in workers’ compensation...
Tennessee Regulators Move to Close ATA Health Insurance Firm
Mar 30 2010 // Tennessee officials are trying to shut down operations of two Robertson County companies accused of defrauding more than 12,000 consumers nationwide who sought affordable health insurance. Some of the $14 million that...
Tennessee Mayor: Had to Fire Police Chief to Keep Insurance
Mar 25 2010 // The mayor of Rutledge, Tennessee says he had no choice in the firing of the East Tennessee city’s police chief. Mayor Danny Turley said he fired Jeff Daniel after the former police chief refused to resign last...
Tennessee House Panel Nixes Ban on Open Alcohol Containers in Cars
Mar 25 2010 // The latest Tennessee effort to outlaw passengers from having open alcohol containers in vehicles failed in a House committee this week. The House State and Local Government Committee voted to send the bill sponsored by...
Tennessee Insurance Agent No Stranger to NCAA Tournament
Mar 22 2010 // As the NCAA men’s basketball tournament tipped off, one could say that Cookeville, Tennessee insurance agent Gary Maxwell had the best seat in the house. No, he wasn’t sitting courtside or in a luxury box of...
Tennessee Couple Wins $19.2 Million in Malpractice Suit
Mar 17 2010 // A woman who sued after surgery for a broken leg left her partially paralyzed has been awarded $19.2 million by a federal court jury in Chattanooga that also returned a $3 million verdict for her husband. The Chattanooga...
Tennessee Eyes Insurance Break for Senior Drivers
Mar 7 2010 // Legislation that would give senior drivers in Tennessee a discount on their insurance for taking an online driving course is on Gov. Phil Bredesen’s desk awaiting his signature. The measure, sponsored by Republican...
Tennessee Arrests 4 in Alleged Multi-Million, Multi-State Insurance Fraud
Mar 1 2010 // Tennessee officials have charged the two owners of a former nonprofit company that was seized by the state in 2007, along with two others affiliated with the now-defunct firm, in what they say is a multi-million dollar,...
Tennessee Bill on Seniors’ Insurance Discount Heads to Governor
Feb 24 2010 // Legislation that would give senior drivers in Tennessee a discount on their insurance for taking an online driving course is headed to Gov. Phil Bredesen for his consideration. The measure sponsored by Republican Rep....
Tennessee’s Bluff City Not Fooling As Traffic Cameras Catch Speeders
Feb 23 2010 // Nearly 1,700 motorists have been cited for speeding in Bluff City, Tenn., since new traffic cameras were installed in December. They are accused of speeding through a 1.3-mile stretch of U.S. 11E that is a 45 mph zone. The...
Missouri Governor: State Must Be Ready for Big Quake
Feb 22 2010 // Most experts believe it’s just a matter of time before another big earthquake strikes along the New Madrid fault line, and Gov. Jay Nixon says Missouri and neighboring states need to be ready. Nixon on Feb. 19...
Tennessee Eyes Car Insurance Break for Seniors Taking Online Course
Feb 19 2010 // Senior drivers in Tennessee could get a discount on their insurance for taking an online driving course, under a bill unanimously approved by the state Senate on Wednesday. The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Mike...
Hard Drive Thefts Cost Tennessee Insurer $7 Million
Jan 28 2010 // BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee says the theft of computer hard drives containing personal information on hundreds of thousands of members has already cost the insurer more than $7 million. The insurer has already...
Tennessee Court Says Insurer Not Liable for Damages in Sheriff Shooting
Jan 26 2010 // A Tennessee appellate court has ruled a county liability insurer doesn’t have to pay $5 million in damages won by the widow of a slain sheriff’s deputy in a wrongful death lawsuit over his shooting death. The...
Florida Workers’ Comp Insurer SUNZ Buys Tennessee’s Brentwood National
Jan 15 2010 // SUNZ Insurance Co. of St. Petersburg, Fla. reported it has acquired Brentwood National Insurance Co. of Brentwood, Tenn., a workers’ compensation services and claims firm. SUNZ sells workers’ compensation...
Oklahoma Fines Tennessee Company for Selling Fake Insurance
Jan 15 2010 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has fined a Tennessee company and two of its affiliates $25,000 each for violating a cease and desist order she issued in November of last year. According to the order, the...
