Insurance Division to Meet With Murfreesboro Storm Victims
Monday, April 20, 2009 | 05:25am
NASHVILLE- The Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Insurance will be setting up a temporary Consumer Insurance Services center in Murfreesboro to help residents affected by recent storms there.
“It is crucial that storm victims with insurance concerns know that they have a resource,” says Commerce and Insurance Commissioner Leslie A. Newman. “The Insurance Division will be on location to help make sure residents’ storms-related insurance issues are being addressed.”
Consumer Insurance Services will be on hand to:
- assist consumers with mediation issues,
- assist with reading and understanding insurance policy language and
- ensure that insurance companies are acting in accordance with Tennessee laws, rules and regulations.
From 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on April 21, 23, 28 and 30, the Division will be at the Rutherford County Emergency Management Agency on 1221 West College St.
Vickie Trice, the Consumer Insurance Services director, encourages residents with insurance-related problems to contact her section at (615) 741-2218 or 1-800-342-4029 to set up an appointment. However, walk-ins will be welcome. Trice encourages residents to bring copies of their policies if they have them; however, her section will be able to secure policies from insurance companies, as well.
The Department of Commerce and Insurance works to protect consumers while ensuring fair competition for industries and professionals who do business in Tennessee. www.tn.gov/commerce/