Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Agency Promotes Shulz to Expand Tennessee as Captive Domicile
May 16 2022 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance has named Michael Shulz to be director of business development for the insurance division, promoting the growth of Tennessee-based captive insurance companies. Tennessee...
People: Keystone Names Nalley Tennessee VP
May 13 2022 // Keystone Insurers Group, which calls itself the fourth largest participant-owned insurance agency network in the country, has named Carolyn Nalley as new Tennessee state vice president. Nalley was previously at The...
Case of COVID Same as Vaccine, Tennessee Law Says
May 2 2022 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declined to sign off on a new law requiring governments and businesses to treat immunity from a previous COVID-19 infection as equal to getting vaccinated in their policies. The legislation became...
Families Blame CSX for Tennessee Flooding that Killed 20 in August
Apr 11 2022 // Ten families are suing CSX Transportation for up to $450 million over flooding that killed 20 people in Tennessee last year, claiming a clog underneath the railroad giant’s bridge in rural Waverly allowed a...
Former Tennessee Nurse Convicted of Homicide in Medication Error
Mar 28 2022 // A former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse has been found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a patient who was accidentally given the wrong medication, a jury said Friday. She was also found...
People: Clements to Tenn. Captive Section, Allen to Franklin Street
Mar 24 2022 // Tennessee Hires New Captive Assistant Director Clements The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Industry announced it has named Daniel Clements as assistant director of the Captive Insurance Section. Clements is a...
Online Exams a Hit with Tennessee Insurance Agent Candidates
Mar 11 2022 // The proportion of prospective Tennessee insurance agents taking exams online has doubled in the last year, the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Industry reported. The department said that almost 40% of insurance...
Tennessee Insurance Department Uses Mediation to Settle Claims Disputes, Returns $8M
Mar 4 2022 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance returned more than $8 million to policyholders in 2021 through mediation between consumers and insurance companies, the department announced this week. The department...
Business Moves
Feb 21 2022 // East Truist Insurance, Kensington Vanguard Charlotte, North Carolina-based Insurance broker Truist Insurance Holdings Inc. agreed to acquire the national title insurance agency Kensington Vanguard National Land Services....
Parts of Mississippi Valley, Mid-South Under Tornado Watch
Feb 17 2022 // A tornado watch is in effect for parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee until 6:00 p.m. CST, Thursday Feb. 16, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS said to expect “Severe thunderstorms...
Business Moves
Feb 7 2022 // National Marsh McLennan, Affinity Agency Association Member Benefits Advisors, a national affinity-based membership and marketing insurance agency, has agreed to acquire the associations business of Mercer, a business of...
Higginbotham Acquires J.M. Insurance in Tennessee
Jan 31 2022 // Higginbotham Insurance has added J.M. Insurance Agency to its family in Tennessee. J.M. is an independent broker of commercial and personal P&C insurance, bonds and employee benefits. The broker, which has grown...
Alera Group Acquires Cate-Russell Agency in Tennessee
Jan 28 2022 // Alera Group has acquired six agencies around the country, including Cate-Russell Insurance, an independent insurance agency in Maryville. Tennessee. Cates-Russell, which offers business, personal and benefits products, is...
Tennessee Doc Pleads Guilty Then Sues Insurer After Clinic Burns Down
Jan 26 2022 // A Tennessee doctor who pleaded guilty to running a pill mill has now filed suit against his property insurance carrier for failing to pay after a suspicious fire destroyed his clinic. Dr. David Bruce Coffey of Oneida, in...
Tennessee Jury Awards $9 Million to Man Who Sipped Cleaning Fluid at Restaurant
Jan 20 2022 // A Tennessee jury has awarded damages far above what the plaintiff asked for, after finding the Cracker Barrell restaurant company at fault for allowing a customer to accidentally drink a cleaning compound. The customer,...
$1 million Available for Tennessee Volunteer Fire Department Equipment
Jan 19 2022 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance is reminding residents that the state has $1 million available for firefighting equipment for the state’s more than 500 volunteer fire departments. The department...
Hilb Group Buys Interest in Tennessee-based Churchill Agency
Jan 5 2022 // The Hilb Group announced it has acquired membership interest in the Churchill Agency, based in Brentwood, Tennessee. The Hilb Group is a property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage headquartered in...
Gallagher Acquires Five Points in Tennessee
Dec 28 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Franklin, Tennessee-based Five Points Benefits Solutions, an employee benefits provider, the company announced this month. Five Points, founded in 2011, serves clients in...
Tennessee Approves 5.6% Cut in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs; COVID Impact Uncertain
Nov 30 2021 // The Tennessee commissioner of commerce and insurance has ratified a 5.6% decrease in workers’ compensation loss costs for voluntary market in 2022, which will result in the ninth straight year of rate decreases for...
Tennessee Governor’s Counsel Warned that Anti-Vax Bills Illegal
Nov 24 2021 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s office warned lawmakers that their sprawling bill limiting COVID-19 restrictions would violate federal law that protects people with disabilities and put the state at risk of losing federal...
