Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Governor Says ‘Cover Tennessee’ Program to be Voluntary
Mar 27 2006 // Tenn. Gov. Phil Bredesen said he won’t force his “Cover Tennessee” plan to cover the state’s uninsured on small businesses or individuals. If the one-in-10 state residents without health insurance...
Tenn. Workshop Participants to Discuss Insurance Issues
Mar 2 2006 // Insurance issues will be one of the topics discussed during March 7 consumer workshops sponsored in Nashville by the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance and the Tennessee Department of Financial...
Tenn. Workers’ Comp Scheme Perpetrator Receives 108-Month Jail Term, Judge Orders $5M Restitution
Jan 13 2006 // Gary Linsey Slater has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer Coffman in Lexington, Ky. to 108 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $5 million restitution to two insurance companies he defrauded in a...
Benda Joins Crump Financial Office in Nashville, Tenn.
Jan 6 2006 // Allyson Benda has joined Crump Financial Services as a broker in the firm’s Nashville, Tenn. office. Crump is a multi-line wholesale insurance brokerage group headquartered in Atlanta. She has experience in brokering...
Tenn. bill would require sinkhole coverage
Jan 2 2006 // Tenn. Rep. Mike McDonald has filed a bill that would require insurance companies that write homeowners insurance to include damage caused by sinkholes as a covered occurrence. The Legislature convenes this...
Tenn. bill would require sinkhole coverage
Jan 1 2006 // Tenn. Rep. Mike McDonald has filed a bill that would require insurance companies that write homeowners insurance to include damage caused by sinkholes as a covered occurrence. The Legislature convenes this...
Financier Frankel Gets Prison Deal in Exchange for Assets Recovery
Dec 21 2005 // Martin Frankel, the financier who admitted to a scheme to loot insurance companies in Tennessee and several other states, won’t face additional prison time in an agreement with authorities to help them recover stolen...
Sinkhole Devours Portland, Tenn. Home, Belongings
Dec 14 2005 // While Troy and Yvonne Givens slept, on Nov. 29, a large sinkhole opened up under their Portland, Tenn. home, swallowing their house, possessions and family heirlooms. The Givens’ awoke early that day to discover that...
Virginia Authorizes Partial Payments on Reciprocal of America Claims
Dec 13 2005 // Policyholders with a covered claim against insolvent Reciprocal of America can expect a partial payment soon. The Virginia State Corporation Commission is authorizing the deputy receiver of the liquidated reciprocal...
Tenn. Adjuster Awaits Sentencing in Faked Crop-Loss Scam
Dec 9 2005 // An East Tennessee insurance claims adjuster is awaiting sentencing in a crop loss insurance scam. The agent who sold multimillion-dollar crop insurance policies to tomato farmers who faked a hailstorm has been sentenced to...
Several States Hit as Tornadoes Tear Up Midwest, Southeast
Nov 16 2005 // Tornadoes barreled across the Midwest and portions of the Southeast on Tuesday, knocking out electricity and damaging buildings in several states. The storms killed at least one person. Meteorologists told The Associated...
Natural Disasters Are Just Part of Commissioners’ Concerns
Oct 17 2005 // In addition to natural disasters, health care coverage, federal oversight, uniformity and fraud were among issues of concern to the insurance commissioners of three states who comprised the Commis-sioners’ Panel at...
Tenn. Duo Scammed $6M in Workers’ Comp Funds; Sentenced to 26 Months Jail Time
Sep 12 2005 // Oliver Bruce Hurley of Speedwell, Tenn., and Charles William Johnson, of Tazewell, Tenn., have been sentenced to 26 months in prison four months after pleading to mail fraud related a scheme to hide employees from...
People – Southeast
Sep 5 2005 // Bob Maeyama Ronald L. Alexander has been named president and managing partner of Willis Group Holdings Ltd.’s Tennessee operations in Knoxville, Tenn. Alexander was formerly executive vice president and chief...
People
Sep 5 2005 // Ronald L. Alexander has been named president and managing partner of Willis Group Holdings Ltd.’s Tennessee operations in Knoxville, Tenn. Alexander was formerly executive vice president and chief operating officer...
Tropical Storm Katrina to Bring Rain, High Winds Into Tennessee Valley
Aug 30 2005 // Tropical storm Katrina was 35 miles south of Clarksville, Tenn. on Tuesday morning, moving north-northeast at 18 mph. Predictions by the National Hurricane Center indicate it should take a turn toward the northeast, gain...
