Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Optimistic as 2004 Unfolds
Feb 9 2004 // He came to Washington, D.C., with a background steeped in medicine. U.S. Senate Majority Leader and Tennessee Republican Bill Frist has known first-hand the impact of the nation’s medical malpractice crisis and how...
Country Music, Graceland, the Smoky Mountains and Soybeans’!
Feb 9 2004 // The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2000 census estimated the population of the State of Tennessee at 5.6 million. Approximately 76 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 20 percent had earned a...
For Workers’ Comp Writers, 2004 May Be as Good as It’s Going to Get
Feb 9 2004 // After years of depressed pricing and a soft workers’ compensation market, prices are on the rise in many parts of the country, a trend analysts predict will continue through at least this year and probably next. The...
Tennessee’s P/C Market Mirrors Challenges Other States Face
Jan 26 2004 // Paula Flowers, the commissioner of Tennessee’s Department of Commerce and Insurance, recently set aside some time to talk with Insurance Journal Southeast regarding some of the industry issues impacting the Volunteer...
NAMIC Praises Tenn. Call for Workers’ Comp Reforms
Jan 23 2004 // Gov. Phil Bredesen’s call to action to reform the Tennessee workers’ compensation system this year is welcomed news, a representative of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies said Thursday. In...
THE SEIBELS BRUCE GROUP RECEIVES APPROVAL TO RESUME WRITING NEW COMMERCIAL LINES BUSINESS IN TENN:
Jan 12 2004 // The Seibels Bruce Group Inc. has received approval from the Tennessee Department of Insurance allowing subsidiary Catawba Insurance Company (CIC) to resume writing new risk-bearing commercial lines business in Tennessee....
Tenn. Senators Note $6 Million in Federal Disaster Aid for Jackson
Dec 17 2003 // U.S. Senators Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) recently announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved two grants totaling more than $6 million to pay for electric utility system...
Knight Jr. Named Tenn. Assistant Commissioner for Insurance
Nov 3 2003 // Tennessee Commerce and Insurance Commissioner Paula Flowers has appointed Larry Knight Jr. as assistant commissioner for insurance. Knight has been with the department for 10 years, rising in the ranks from an entry-level...
Don Friedman Elected Plan President
Nov 3 2003 // Donald A. Friedman has been named president of the Professional Liability Agents Network (PLAN). PLAN is a national nonprofit organization of insurance agencies specializing in risk management and loss prevention programs...
Tenn. Attorney Sentenced on Miss. Charges in Frankel Scam
Oct 29 2003 // A Tennessee attorney has been sentenced on Mississippi charges in the Martin Frankel scam. Attorney General Mike Moore announced the sentencing of John Jordan for his reported role in the Frankel insurance scam. In April...
The Seibels Bruce Group Receives Approval to Resume Writing New Commercial Lines Business in Tenn.
Oct 24 2003 // The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc. has received approval from the Tennessee Department of Insurance allowing subsidiary Catawba Insurance Company (CIC) to resume writing new risk-bearing commercial lines business in Tennessee....
The PGA of America, Helping To Make Golf A Powerful Business Tool
Aug 4 2003 // It has long been known that the game of golf is a powerful business and social tool. Presidents and prime ministers all over the world play the game. CEOs and other senior business folk use the game to court clients and...
Tenn. Forms Joint Committee to Study Tort Reform
Jul 18 2003 // Attempting to keep Tennessee from becoming a “crisis state” with regards to medical malpractice awards, a special joint committee has begun a series of meetings to study the effects that tort reform would have...
Tenn. Names Lewis and Gowan Named as Assist. Commissioners
Jun 24 2003 // Tennessee Commerce and Insurance Commissioner Paula A. Flowers announced the appointments of Nashville attorney Robert E. Gowan and former state Rep. Doyle “Butch” Lewis as assistant commissioners. Gowan joins...
Tenn. Moves Forward on Liquidation of Malpractice Firms
Jun 9 2003 // Tennessee Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance Paula A. Flowers announced that her department received court approval to liquidate three Tennessee-chartered malpractice insurance companies that issued policies to...
BB&T to Acquire Tennessee Agency
Jun 6 2003 // North Carolina-based BB&T Insurance Services announced plans to buy STHARCO Inc., parent company of Kingsport Development Company (KDC) Insurance Inc. of Kingsport, Tenn. The acquisition would give the insurance...
Tennessee Moves to Liquidate Virginia Reciprocals
May 20 2003 // Tennessee Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance Paula A. Flowers filed court petitions seeking the liquidation of three related Tennessee-chartered insurance reciprocal companies that insure thousands of lawyers, doctors,...
Tenn. Insureds to Get Refunds from Exchange
May 2 2003 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance announced that Exchange Insurance Company is currently mailing checks to over 5,000 of the company’s insureds as reimbursement for their unused premiums. As a result...
Options Open for Exchange Policyholders in Tenn.
Apr 18 2003 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance announced that former policyholders of Exchange Insurance Company, which is now under state supervision, now have options in their search to obtain new homeowners...
Atnip Pleads Guilty to Computer Fraud in Tenn.
Mar 6 2003 // Gary Atnip, a Tennessee accountant who allegedly helped funnel $18 million to financier Martin Frankel in an insurance fraud scheme, pleaded guilty in Tennessee Court to state charges of computer fraud. According to the...
