Latest Tennessee Headlines
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Tennessee Ordered to Reinstate Licenses Revoked Over Court Debts
Jul 11 2018 // Tennessee officials say they are following a federal court order by reinstating and reissuing licenses for free for drivers who lost them solely because of unpaid court debts. Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland...
‘TN Together’ Plan to Curb State Opioid Epidemic Takes Effect
Jul 6 2018 // Requirements aimed at curbing Tennessee’s opioid epidemic are among more than 150 new laws that kicked in July 1. Many laws take effect on July 1 each year, when a new state budget year begins, and some of the...
Volkswagen Accused of ‘Company-Wide’ Age Discrimination in Tennessee Suit
Jul 3 2018 // A Tennessee employee of Volkswagen AG sued the automaker and alleged that it has been systematically discriminating against older workers in wake of a massive emissions scandal that tarnished the company’s...
Tennessee Bonnaroo Festival Paramedics Possibly Sickened by Carbon Monoxide
Jun 15 2018 // Four paramedics working at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival were hospitalized for possible carbon monoxide poisoning. Coffee County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lucky Knott tells news outlets it appears the...
Tennessee Supreme Court Upholds $150M Cut in Mall Flood Coverage
Jun 7 2018 // In a blow to the owner of Opry Mills Mall, the Tennessee Supreme Court has let stand a lower court’s ruling that stripped $150 million of insurance coverage for the 2010 flood. The state’s highest court...
Survivors of Deadly Tennessee Wildfires Seek $14.8M from Feds in Lawsuit
May 30 2018 // Two survivors of deadly Tennessee wildfires that began in Great Smoky Mountains National Park have sued the federal government, claiming they lost loved ones and a home because of the negligence of park workers. The...
Tennessee Halts Businesses of 2 Unlicensed Agents
May 23 2018 // Two former Tennessee insurance providers have been served cease and desist orders by the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) in response to fraudulent practices the department says they used to sell...
Brightway Insurance Opens New Stores in Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee
May 18 2018 // Brightway Insurance is continuing its expansion with the opening of five new stores, four of which are located in the Southeast. The new stores that opened in the region include in Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee:...
Tennessee High School Science Experiment Gone Wrong Injures 18
May 14 2018 // Authorities say a science experiment gone awry injured 17 students and a teacher, prompting the evacuation of a Tennessee school. Hendersonville Fire Department Chief Scotty Bush tells news outlets that emergency crews...
Hub International Acquires the Assets of Tennessee-Based The Barnett Group
May 9 2018 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Barnett Corporate Insurers, LLC (or The Barnett Group). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., The Barnett Group provides employee...
Drugmakers Balk at Funding Opioid Epidemic Fix; Counting on Court Wins
May 4 2018 // Drug companies are in no rush to finance a solution to the opioid epidemic. Companies including Johnson & Johnson and McKesson Corp. are preparing to take their chances in court rather than pay billions of dollars to...
Reliance Partners of Tennessee Adds Seidl as V.P. of Risk Services
Apr 24 2018 // Reliance Partners has added John Seidl as vice president of Risk Services in its Chattanooga, Tenn., office. Seidl is a former Wisconsin State Motor Carrier Trooper and FMCSA Investigator with more than 20 years of...
Tennessee Mall Damaged in 2010 Flood Seeks More Insurance Money
Apr 12 2018 // The owners of Opry Mills are asking the Tennessee Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that reduced their 2010 flood insurance coverage from $200 to $50 million. The Tennessean reports the Simon Property Group filed an appeal...
Tennessee Issues $12K in Fines, Revokes Licenses of 3 Insurance Producers
Apr 11 2018 // Three former Tennessee insurance producers who violated provisions of Tennessee’s insurance law have been hit with civil penalties totaling $12,000 and forced to surrender or have revoked their insurance licenses,...
State Lawmaker Drops Push to Legalize Medical Marijuana in Tennessee
Apr 5 2018 // One of the lead sponsors of a medical-marijuana bill in Tennessee withdrew the measure Tuesday after telling fellow lawmakers the legislation has been so watered down that passing it would actually harm rather than help...
Georgia-Based Auto Insurer Access Insurance To Be Liquidated
Apr 4 2018 // Insurance regulators in the Southeast are notifying policyholders in their states of a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that is to be liquidated after being placed in...
Workers’ Compensation Insurer Stonetrust Enters Missouri, Tennessee
Apr 3 2018 // Workers’ compensation insurer Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co. has begun writing business in Missouri and Tennessee. Stonetrust, which is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is also writing in Louisiana,...
Tennessee AG: State, Local Opioid Suits Complicating Settlement Efforts
Mar 23 2018 // The Tennessee attorney general says lawsuits by local prosecutors over the opioid epidemic are complicating his efforts to reach a multistate settlement with drug companies. In response, the prosecutors, who represent...
Tennessee Fines Agency Operator $187K, Revokes License for Defrauding Clients
Mar 22 2018 // A Tennessee insurance agency operator has been fined $187,000 in civil penalties and had his producer’s licensed revoked for defrauding clients, according to the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance...
Severe Storms Spawn Tornadoes, Damage Homes in Southeast
Mar 21 2018 // Severe storms that spawned tornadoes damaged homes and downed trees as they moved across the Southeast on Monday night. Forecasters warned that the storms could threaten more than 29 million people, raising the risk of...
