Tennessee Insurance Legal News - February 2013 • Volume 2, Number 1
In This Issue: - AUTO REPAIR TRADE ASSOCIATION REQUESTS THAT DOJ INVESTIGATE THE USE OF MOST FAVORED NATION CLAUSES BY AUTO INSURERS: Over the last several years, the use of most favored nation clauses...
View ArticleAutomotive Legal News - May 2013 • 2nd Quarter
IN THE ISSUE: - The Legal Challenge to the SEC’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Regulations: In the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the United States Congress required, inter alia, the SEC to promulgate regulations...
View ArticleTennessee Insurance Legal News - June 2013 • Volume 2, Number 2
In This Issue: - TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDS THAT TENNESSEE STATUTE PROHIBITING PREFERENCES OR DISTINCTIONS IN CERTAIN INSURANCE TRANSACTIONS IS NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL: In its April 24, 2013...
View ArticleTennessee Insurance Legal News - January 2014 • Volume 3, Number 1
In This Issue: - ARBITRATION PROVISION WITHIN TENNESSEE’S UNINSURED MOTORIST STATUTE HELD NOT APPLICABLE TO INSURANCE POLICIES ISSUED AND DELIVERED OUTSIDE TENNESSEE: The Tennessee Court of Appeals...
View ArticleTennessee Court of Appeals Interprets Exclusionary Clause in Automobile...
Recently, the Tennessee Court of Appeals issued an opinion involving the interpretation of an exclusionary clause in an automobile casualty insurance company. In the case of Weed v. First Acceptance...
View ArticleTennessee Insurance Legal News - May 2014 • Volume 3, Number 2
In This Issue: - COMMISSIONER OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE ISSUES POSITION ON FILING REQUIREMENTS OF NEW ENTERPRISE RISK FILING LEGISLATION: On May 28, 2014, Governor Haslam signed...
View ArticleTennessee Insurance Legal News: Volume 3, Number 3
Declaratory Judgment Action Interpreting the "Land Motorized Vehicle" Exclusion - In Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. v. Simmons, No. E2013-01419-COA-R30-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. July 15, 2014), the...
View ArticleTennessee Legislature Passes Legislation Changing Requirements for Coverage...
The Tennessee Legislature recently reformed the law of sinkhole coverage and sinkhole losses in the State of Tennessee with legislation which became effective July 1, 2014. Under the prior Tennessee...
View ArticleTennessee Supreme Court Modifies Summary Judgment Standard
Recently the Tennessee Supreme Court modified the summary judgment standard in state courts in the state of Tennessee. The Tennessee Supreme Court returned the state’s summary judgment standard to be...
View ArticleThe Auto Industry’s Safety Whistleblower Program: What You Need To Know
The Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Program that originally passed through the U.S. Senate last summer but stalled in the House of Representatives has finally been signed into law by President Obama...
View ArticleTennessee Insurance Legal News - February 2013 • Volume 2, Number 1
In This Issue: - AUTO REPAIR TRADE ASSOCIATION REQUESTS THAT DOJ INVESTIGATE THE USE OF MOST FAVORED NATION CLAUSES BY AUTO INSURERS: Over the last several years, the use of most favored nation clauses...
View ArticleAutomotive Legal News - May 2013 • 2nd Quarter
IN THE ISSUE: - The Legal Challenge to the SEC’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Regulations: In the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the United States Congress required, inter alia, the SEC to promulgate regulations...
View ArticleTennessee Insurance Legal News - June 2013 • Volume 2, Number 2
In This Issue: - TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDS THAT TENNESSEE STATUTE PROHIBITING PREFERENCES OR DISTINCTIONS IN CERTAIN INSURANCE TRANSACTIONS IS NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL: In its April 24, 2013...
View ArticleTennessee Insurance Legal News - January 2014 • Volume 3, Number 1
In This Issue: - ARBITRATION PROVISION WITHIN TENNESSEE’S UNINSURED MOTORIST STATUTE HELD NOT APPLICABLE TO INSURANCE POLICIES ISSUED AND DELIVERED OUTSIDE TENNESSEE: The Tennessee Court of Appeals...
View ArticleTennessee Court of Appeals Interprets Exclusionary Clause in Automobile...
Recently, the Tennessee Court of Appeals issued an opinion involving the interpretation of an exclusionary clause in an automobile casualty insurance company. In the case of Weed v. First Acceptance...
View ArticleTennessee Insurance Legal News - May 2014 • Volume 3, Number 2
In This Issue: - COMMISSIONER OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE ISSUES POSITION ON FILING REQUIREMENTS OF NEW ENTERPRISE RISK FILING LEGISLATION: On May 28, 2014, Governor Haslam signed...
View ArticleTennessee Insurance Legal News: Volume 3, Number 3
Declaratory Judgment Action Interpreting the "Land Motorized Vehicle" Exclusion - In Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. v. Simmons, No. E2013-01419-COA-R30-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. July 15, 2014), the...
View ArticleTennessee Legislature Passes Legislation Changing Requirements for Coverage...
The Tennessee Legislature recently reformed the law of sinkhole coverage and sinkhole losses in the State of Tennessee with legislation which became effective July 1, 2014. Under the prior Tennessee...
View ArticleTennessee Supreme Court Modifies Summary Judgment Standard
Recently the Tennessee Supreme Court modified the summary judgment standard in state courts in the state of Tennessee. The Tennessee Supreme Court returned the state’s summary judgment standard to be...
View ArticleThe Auto Industry’s Safety Whistleblower Program: What You Need To Know
The Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Program that originally passed through the U.S. Senate last summer but stalled in the House of Representatives has finally been signed into law by President Obama...
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