Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge: Survivors of Tennessee Wildfire Can Sue National Park Service
Jan 13 2020 // Survivors of a historically deadly Tennessee wildfire that killed 14 people can sue the National Park Service for failing to warn them of the danger, a federal judge has ruled. The fire began in the Great Smoky Mountains...
Former Willis CFO Edwards Appointed COO of Risk Strategies, Based in Tennessee
Jan 9 2020 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has appointed Sharon Edwards as chief operating officer. She will join the firm’s executive committee and lead its operating...
Tennessee Opens Insurance License Testing Centers in Rural Communities
Dec 30 2019 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) has opened three new testing centers in rural Tennessee communities as part of its effort to better serve insurance agents and their customers in these areas, the...
Tennessee Approves 7% Decrease for Workers’ Comp Rates
Dec 23 2019 // Workers’ compensation rates in Tennessee will go down again next year, marking the seventh consecutive year of decreases, according to the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance. Commissioner Hodgen Mainda...
Sugar Crash: Truck Hauling 35K Pounds of M&Ms Overturns in Tennessee
Dec 16 2019 // A truck hauling about 35,000 pounds (15,876 kilograms) of M&M candies overturned on a Tennessee highway Friday morning, a Department of Transportation official confirmed. The semitrailer crashed on Interstate 40 near...
Corbett, Stalvey Appointed to New Roles to Further Grow Tennessee Captive Market
Dec 13 2019 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Commissioner Hodgen Mainda has named two longtime Tennessee captive insurance experts to new roles in the department. Michael Corbett has been named to the newly...
Utility Fined $145K for Submitting Inaccurate Info About Tennessee Nuclear Plant
Dec 10 2019 // Federal regulators have fined the nation’s largest public utility $145,000 for submitting incomplete and inaccurate information on a backup system at its Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission...
Email System With Info of 44K Tennessee Medicaid Members Breached
Nov 13 2019 // Officials say the private information of nearly 44,000 TennCare members may have been stolen during a breach of the email system of a vendor for the state’s Medicaid agency. The Tennessean reports that Magellan...
Ex-Tennessee Agent Indicted On More Than 70 Charges, Accused of Premium Theft
Nov 8 2019 // A former insurance agent, political campaign treasurer and Tennessee Republican Party committeewoman, is accused of stealing from her father’s campaign and pocketing insurance money from policyholders who used her...
AccuRisk Solutions Completes Acquisition of M-D Underwriting of Tennessee
Nov 5 2019 // AccuRisk Solutions LLC has completed its acquisition of M-D Underwriting Services, Inc. (MDU), a Franklin, Tenn.-based medical stop loss MGU. AccuRisk CEO Dan Boisvert said the company will add MDU President and Cathy...
Severe Halloween Storms Cause Tornado, Kill 1 in Tennessee
Nov 4 2019 // Officials say severe storms that moved through Tennessee on Halloween knocking down trees and power lines led to the death of a man. The Knoxville Police Department tweeted on Friday that 79-year-old George Walker was...
Remnants of Olga Push into Mississippi, Leaving Damage
Oct 28 2019 // What’s left of Tropical Storm Olga was causing soggy conditions in Mississippi and Alabama on Saturday and dozens of flights were canceled or delayed at New Orleans’ main airport after two power outages. There...
Tennessee Reports 49 Cases of Lung Injury Linked to Vaping
Oct 17 2019 // Tennessee health officials say they have received 49 cases of serious lung injury in people who use electronic cigarettes or other vaping devices. The Department of Health said Monday that no single product has been linked...
Cannabis Banking Challenges in Legal States Go Far Beyond Pot
Oct 16 2019 // Kat Merryfield was ready to share her farm-to-home oils, chocolates and creams with the rest of the country. But banks and credit card processors weren’t ready to work with her small business. “We started out...
Federal Officials Investigate 6th Church Fire in Tennessee
Oct 11 2019 // Federal authorities are investigating a fire that was intentionally set at a vacant church in Memphis, Tennessee. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spokesman Michael Knight says the blaze at First Church...
ClearPath Mutual Hires Sellers as Production Underwriter in Tennessee
Sep 26 2019 // ClearPath Mutual Insurance Co. has appointed Kim Sellers as the company’s first production underwriter. Sellers will be based out of Burns, Tenn., and will handle agents in Kentucky and Tennessee. Kim Sellers As...
Tennessee Appeals Court Says Opioid Producers Can Be Sued
Sep 23 2019 // The Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled that a lawsuit against opioid makers can move forward, overturning a lower court that had dismissed the claims. At issue is whether Tennessee’s Drug Dealer Liability Act...
Residents Near Tennessee Coal Plant Ask State to Test Falling Particles
Sep 23 2019 // Some residents living near a coal-fired power plant in Tennessee have asked the state to investigate unidentified particles they say are coating their homes. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports the fine particles have...
Mainda to Lead Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance
Sep 16 2019 // Hodgen Mainda has been appointed commissioner of Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance by Governor Bill Lee, effective Oct. 1, 2019. “Hodgen joins my cabinet after an outstanding career as a community...
Lee Appoints Mainda Head of Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance
Sep 6 2019 // Hodgen Mainda has been appointed commissioner of Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance by Governor Bill Lee, effective Oct. 1, 2019. “Hodgen joins my cabinet after an outstanding career as a community...
