Latest Tennessee Headlines
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Tenn. Still Rebuilding After April Tornadoes
Jun 14 2006 // Insurance claims from the April tornadoes in Tennessee have climbed to $452 million, and some homeowners and business owners say their efforts to rebuild are being slowed by settlement delays and swamped...
South Carolina, Tennessee and Kansas Governors Sign Medical Criteria Bills
Jun 5 2006 // South Carolina, Tennessee and Kansas have joined a growing number of states that have enacted laws that require plaintiffs to meet specific medical criteria in order to bring or pursue an asbestos- or silica-related...
Tenn. Governor Looking Forward to Implementing New Insurance Proposal
May 22 2006 // Tenn. Gov. Phil Bredesen says he’s learned from mistakes that were made with the state’s expanded Medicaid program and doesn’t plan on repeating them with his new plan to provide health care access to...
GOP Alters Cover Tennessee Bill to Eliminate Risk
May 17 2006 // The Senate has approved a change to Gov. Phil Bredesen’s Cover Tennessee health care proposal to eliminate all risk for the state, a move administration officials said could eliminate any private insurers from...
Tornados foretell things to come
May 8 2006 // As emergency planners and hurricane experts from across the U.S. met in April to plan and prepare for the hurricane season, the timing couldn’t have been better, as massive twisters roared down “tornado...
Tornado ploughs across Tenn., Ky., resulting in thousands of claims
May 8 2006 // In the aftermath of a large F-3 to F-4 tornado, hundreds of carriers and insurance agents in northern Tennessee and southern Kentucky are paying hundreds of claims. The storm formed April 7 at about 7 p.m., touching down...
$25 million tornado damage in north Georgia
May 8 2006 // More than $25 million in damage occurred in late April in north Georgia when a string of twisters swept through the state, including metropolitan Atlanta, hitting homes and businesses in Cobb, Fulton, Gwinnett and Hall...
News Currents
May 8 2006 // Tornado ploughs across Tenn., Ky., resulting in thousands of claims In the aftermath of a large F-3 to F-4 tornado, thousands of carriers and insurance agents in northern Tennessee and southern Kentucky are paying...
Editor’s Note: Tornados foretell things to come
May 8 2006 // As emergency planners and hurricane experts from across the U.S. met in April to plan and prepare for the hurricane season, the timing couldn’t have been better, as massive twisters roared down “tornado...
$25 million tornado damage in north Georgia
May 8 2006 // Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine described the tornadoes as the second largest insurance disaster in Georgia and as one of the most financially-devastating storms in Georgia’s history. More than $25 million in...
Senate Halts Return of 57,000 to TennCare; Advances Cover Tenn.
May 3 2006 // A health insurance proposal that Gov. Phil Bredesen has been labeled as fiscally reckless failed to advance out of a Senate committee in Nashville, Tenn. after four Democrats and one Republican declined to vote on the...
Cover Tennessee Insurance Plan Advances in House
Apr 27 2006 // Gov. Phil Bredesen’s plan to offer health care coverage to uninsured Tennessee workers has been advanced by the House Commerce Committee. Committee members raised similar concerns as those brought up earlier this...
Tenn. GOP Lawmakers Question Funding for Bredesen’s Insurance Plan
Apr 26 2006 // Republican lawmakers in Nashville, Tenn. have questioned the lack of an extended funding plan for Gov. Phil Bredesen’s Cover Tennessee health insurance proposal. Bredesen, a Democrat, has said he wants to use $100...
Tenn. Judge Dismisses Move to Revoke Sen. Ford’s Insurance License
Apr 21 2006 // Efforts in Memphis, Tenn. by the state Department of Commerce and Insurance to revoke former state Sen. John Ford’s insurance license were shot down by a judge on Wednesday. The department said when Ford spent...
Tenn. Health Insurance Plan Advances With Sunset Amendment
Apr 20 2006 // Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen’s proposed health insurance initiative was unanimously approved by a House subcommittee after being amended with a six-year sunset provision. The “Cover Tennessee” proposal is...
Bredesen: Tennessee Health Plan ‘Opposite’ of Massachusetts
Apr 19 2006 // Massachusetts may be getting a lot of attention for a new law requiring health insurance for all state residents, but in Nashville, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen is happy to be taking what he calls the opposite...
Bulletins Issued, Hotline Accepting Calls About Tenn. Tornados
Apr 17 2006 // Tennessee Commerce and Insurance Commissioner Paula A. Flowers has announced that her department is ready to assist consumers and insurance companies as they work to rebuild the communities affected by last week’s...
Deadly storms hit Midwest again in new round of spring tornadoes
Apr 17 2006 // The new round of tornadoes hit the Midwest less than one month after a similar grouping of twisters, high winds and damage hit a five-state area on March 12. News Currents Another round of deadly storms hit the Midwest...
Thousands of Claims Anticipated After Tenn., Ky. Tornado
Apr 6 2006 // The cleanup is underway in the aftermath of a large F-3 to F-4 tornado that tore a swath of death and destruction on Sunday evening through northern Tennessee and southern Kentucky, leaving 18 people dead and hundreds...
Inmate Oversaw Tenn. Emergency Management Purchasing
Apr 4 2006 // The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency until recently has had a prison inmate convicted of working with a hit man to kill his wife overseeing its purchasing program in Nashville. The inmate also had access to an area...
