Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tennessee Lawmakers Introduce Medical Marijuana Bill
Jan 22 2018 // Two Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation to make medical marijuana legal in Tennessee, but only in oil-based products. Sen. Steve Dickerson of Nashville and Rep. Jeremy Faison of Cosby announced the...
Tennessee Captive Insurance Companies Exceed $1 Billion in Premiums
Jan 19 2018 // The state of Tennessee saw domestic captive insurance companies exceed $1 billion in written premiums in 2017 for the first time – a milestone for Tennessee’s burgeoning captive insurance marketplace. In addition...
Winter Storm in Southeast Leads to Icy Roads, Hundreds of Wrecks
Jan 16 2018 // James A. Jones saw enough cars stranded along the icy highway to know it was time to pull over as a winter storm blasted parts of Tennessee and Kentucky with sleet, freezing rain and snow Friday. Jones counted 25 cars...
Suit Against Company in Deadly Tennessee School Bus Crash Settled for $323k
Jan 8 2018 // The company in a deadly November 2016 school bus crash in Tennessee has settled a lawsuit for $323,000 on behalf of a 9-year-old boy injured in the wreck. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Durham School...
Tougher Tennessee School Bus Law Now in Effect
Jan 2 2018 // School bus drivers must be at least 25 years old in Tennessee starting New Year’s Day under one of 16 new state laws taking effect. Lawmakers made the change in reaction to a November 2016 school bus crash that...
Prosecutor Claims Tennessee School Bus Driver in Deadly Crash Was on Phone
Dec 22 2017 // The driver in a Tennessee school bus crash that killed six elementary school students took a cell phone call at the time of the crash, a prosecutor said Tuesday. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Hamilton...
Tennessee Returns $6.5M in Restitution to Insurance Consumers in 2017
Dec 22 2017 // Tennessee consumers received $9.4 million in restitution and the recovery of life insurance benefits in 2017, according to the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) Consumer Insurance Services...
Former Tennessee Deputy Insurance Commissioner Giannini Killed in Car Crash
Dec 18 2017 // A former deputy commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance has died in a car crash. Media outlets report that Bill Giannini, who also was a former chairman of the Shelby County Election Commission...
17 Workers Sickened at Tennessee Metal Fabricater Plant
Dec 15 2017 // Officials say 17 workers at a Tennessee plant who complained of headaches and nausea are getting medical treatment. McMinn County Mayor John Gentry said the “exposure” incident happened Wednesday morning at the...
Insurer Settles Federal Suit With Defunct Tennessee Plant Over Unpaid Bills
Dec 15 2017 // A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit over $750,000 in unpaid utility bills at a shuttered Tennessee glass plant. The Kingsport Times News reports insurer North American Specialty sued Heritage Glass and its...
Greenbrier Hotel Corp Sued by Tennessee Rental Co Over $623K Insurance Payout
Dec 14 2017 // A Tennessee company has filed a lawsuit against The Greenbrier Hotel Corporation in West Virginia and two affiliated companies, citing The Greenbrier resort’s failure to pay out on damaged rental equipment. The...
Brentwood Services Administrators of Tennessee Adds Anderson to Claims Unit
Dec 12 2017 // Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA), headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., has added Deanna Nicole Anderson as a claims assistant in its occupational injury unit in the Brentwood office, according to Jeff Pettus,...
Ex-Tennessee Lawmaker Sues Trucking Company for $1.5M Over Accident Injuries
Dec 12 2017 // A former Tennessee lawmaker is suing an Illinois trucking company for injuries he received in a vehicle accident. The Kingsport Times News reports that former state Rep. Jason Mumpower, who is currently the Tennessee...
Brightway Insurance to Open 3 New Offices, Expand Into Tennessee
Dec 8 2017 // Brightway Insurance is continuing its expansion across the country with the opening of three new offices on Dec. 11, which includes the opening of its first agency in Tennessee. Erik Serio will open Brightway, The Serio...
New York’s The Iroquois Group Announces Regional Realignment
Dec 7 2017 // The Iroquois Group, an Allegany, N.Y.-based service provider for independent property and casualty insurance agencies, has announced changes to its regional structure to better align Iroquois regions with those of their...
Tennessee Community Devastated by Fires Doubtful Climate Change Poses Future Risk
Dec 7 2017 // Bob Bentz had just installed underground utility lines and paved a new road when wildfires roared through the eastern Tennessee treetop canopy he wanted to transform into a $30 million adventure park. A year later, after...
Tennessee’s McPeak to Succeed Wisconsin’s Nickel as NAIC President in 2018
Dec 6 2017 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected the following officers for 2018 during the organization’s Fall 2017 national meeting. The newly-elected officers who will assume their...
Fire at Tennessee Animal Rescue Injures Workers, Firefighter, Animals
Dec 6 2017 // Veterinarians in Tennessee are treating animals injured in a fire at a zoo and rescue facility for exotic animals. Anderson County Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Lucas told WATE-TV that some zoo workers and a...
3M Says it Underreported Chemical Discharge in Tennessee River
Dec 4 2017 // For more than three years, 3M Co. underreported its discharge of a class of potentially toxic chemicals into the Tennessee River by a factor of 1,000, according to a letter sent by a 3M official to regulators at the...
Tennessee Fines Nursing Home $50K For Patient Deaths
Dec 4 2017 // Tennessee state inspectors found widespread neglect resulting in patients’ deaths at a nursing home that has been fined $50,000, the most of any such penalty ever imposed. The Commercial Appeal cites the inspection...
