Burress v. Sanders

OPINION

TODD, P.J., M.S., and CANTRELL, J., joined.

This appeal involves a dispute between two insurance companies over the limits of the underinsured motorist coverage in a non-resident insurance company’s policy. Even though it had certified its policy to the Tennessee Department of Safety as required by Tennessee’s financial responsibility statutes, a non-resident insurance company asserted that the limits of its underinsured motorist coverage should not be increased pursuant to Tenn.Code Ann. § 55-12-121(2) (1998) because the language in its policy regarding compliance with state financial…