Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tennessee Releases App to Help Injured Workers File Comp Claims
Oct 8 2020 // Tennesseans have a new tool to help them file workers’ compensation claims – an app that lets them fill out key forms by speaking into a smartphone. It was developed after a study found that filling out the...
Business Moves
Oct 5 2020 // National OneBeacon, International Bond & Marine Brokerage OneBeacon Insurance Group said it has acquired International Bond & Marine Brokerage Ltd. (IB&M), a privately held brokerage and risk management firm...
People & Places
Oct 5 2020 // National Venture Insurance Programs, a West Chester, Pa.-based national insurance program administrator, has launched Community Care, a new insurance program for community and social services, including nonprofits and...
Virus Restrictions on Businesses, Gatherings Lifted in Most Tennessee Counties
Oct 2 2020 // Businesses in 89 of Tennessee’s 95 counties will no longer have to adhere to social distancing guidelines, Gov. Bill Lee announced Tuesday, even though cases of COVID-19 in the state have been persistently high. The...
Appalachian Underwriters Makes 3 Promotions in Tennessee
Oct 2 2020 // Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. (AUI) has promoted three in-house Marketing team members Marketing representatives in its Oak Ridge, Tenn. Headquarters. The three members will service agents in their specific...
Tennessee Won’t Disclose Which Businesses Got Virus Relief
Oct 1 2020 // Tennessee has given more than $170 million in federal relief funds to businesses struggling to survive during the coronavirus pandemic, but top state officials aren’t saying exactly who is getting the...
Pilot Actions Likely Led to Earnhardt Plane Crash in Tennessee: NTSB
Sep 25 2020 // A pilot’s inability to maintain proper airspeed and the flight crew’s decision to continue an unstable approach and landing likely caused the crash of a small plane carrying race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr....
Brown & Brown, Inc. Acquires the Assets of Frank E. Neal & Co.
Sep 11 2020 // Brown & Brown of Tennessee, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of the Frank E. Neal & Co. Agency, according to an announcement from J. Scott Penny, chief...
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Board: TVA Exec Retaliated Against Safety Whistleblower
Sep 3 2020 // The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has concluded that a Tennessee Valley Authority executive retaliated against a safety whistleblower. Vice President Joseph Shea “played a significant role” in the 2018...
Officials Report Nearly 1K COVID Cases in Tennessee Private Prison
Sep 3 2020 // Nearly 1,000 inmates at a Tennessee prison have tested positive for COVID-19, corrections officials said Monday. Officials tested 1,410 inmates at South Central Correctional Facility late last week after several inmates...
McPeak Joins Ohio’s Root as Sr. Deputy General Counsel
Sep 2 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based Root Inc., the parent company of Root Insurance, has added Julie Mix McPeak, who formerly served as insurance commissioner in both Kentucky and Tennesse, as its senior deputy general counsel, effective...
Tennessee Gov. Extends Covid-19 State of Emergency
Aug 31 2020 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has once again extended the state of emergency until the end of September. Lee, a Republican, initially imposed the state of emergency on March 12 in order to free up funding and relax rules...
Universal Property Insurance Expands into Tennessee
Aug 25 2020 // The wholly-owned subsidiary of Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.’s Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (Universal Property), has received a certificate of authority in Tennessee, approving Universal...
Tennessee Gov Signs COVID-19 Business, School, Nursing Home Liability Law
Aug 20 2020 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed into law sweeping protections for businesses, schools and nursing homes against coronavirus lawsuits. Lee on Monday touted the legislation as “historic” and argued the law...
Tennessee Insurance Dept. Adds Clark as Director of Business Development
Aug 6 2020 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) has hired Joshua Clark joins TDCI as the new director of Business Development for the Insurance Division. As the director of Business Development for the...
Tennessee Gov Calls Special Session to Address COVID-19 Liability
Aug 5 2020 // Gov. Bill Lee on Monday announced he’s calling lawmakers back to the Capitol to address legislation that would provide health care providers, schools and businesses broad protections against coronavirus lawsuits. Lee...
East Tennessee Nursing Home Reports Over Half of Residents Infected by Virus
Jul 27 2020 // Coronavirus cases at an East Tennessee nursing home have nearly doubled in less than a week, officials said. The Christian Care Center in Bristol reported 92 cases on Wednesday, up from 51 cases on Friday, Director...
LUBA Workers’ Comp Expands into Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee
Jul 24 2020 // Baton Rouge, La.-based workers’ compensation insurance carrier, LUBA Workers’ Comp, has expanded its coverage into Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Alabama. Founded in 1991, the company currently writes workers’...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Adds Patino in Tennessee
Jul 22 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has added Christian Patino to the company as a risk advisor in its Transportation Practice Group. Patino has experience in the transportation and trucking niche, formerly working with...
Tennessee City Testing Wastewater for Coronavirus Study
Jul 16 2020 // The city of Chattanooga plans to keep testing local wastewater for the prevalence of COVID-19 into 2021 after a study in May that showed thousands more cases of the virus than what was reported by local health officials,...
