Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tennessee Department of Insurance Taps Fortman as Captive Director
Jun 26 2020 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) has hired Belinda Fortman as Captive Insurance Section director. Captive insurance is an option for companies to self-insure certain aspects of their business....
Tennessee Plumbing Company Hit with Penalties for Labor Violations
Jun 23 2020 // A Tennessee plumbing company has been ordered to pay back wages, damages and civil penalties for violating federal requirements related to overtime, record keeping and child labor laws, the U.S. Department of Labor...
Tennessee House Lawmakers Advance Broad Coronavirus Liability Protection
Jun 19 2020 // Tennessee would become the latest state to provide health care providers, schools and businesses broad protections against coronavirus lawsuits under a proposal gaining traction inside the GOP-dominant Statehouse. House...
Tennessee Senate Approves Coronavirus Liability Bill for Nursing Homes, Businesses
Jun 15 2020 // The Tennessee Senate advanced legislation Thursday that would provide nursing homes, grocery stores and other businesses sweeping protections from coronavirus lawsuits. The measure is similar to the growing trend going on...
Workers’ Comp Carrier ClearPath Mutual Expands into Indiana, Tennessee
Jun 10 2020 // ClearPath Mutual Insurance Co. has expanded its workers’ compensation insurance offering into Indiana and Tennessee. According to ClearPath Mutual, when it began operations in 2018, the company applied for licenses...
Trinity Benefit Advisors of Tennessee Joins BKS-Partners Operating Group
Jun 9 2020 // Knoxville-based Trinity Benefit Advisors (TBA) has entered a partnership with BRP Group, Inc. to become part of its BKS-Partners operating group. TBA is a provider of employee benefits to employers across the southeastern...
Tennessee to Require COVID-19 Testing at Long-Term Care Facilities
Jun 1 2020 // Gov. Bill Lee’s administration announced Friday that long-term care facilities will soon be required to test all of their residents and staff for COVID-19 after initially just urging nursing homes to do so. According...
Farm Workers Getting Sick, Spreading Coronavirus As Peak Produce Season Begins
May 29 2020 // All of the roughly 200 employees on a produce farm in Tennessee tested positive for Covid-19 this month. In New Jersey, more than 50 workers had the virus at a farm in Gloucester County, adding to nearly 60 who fell ill in...
DUAL Specialty Underwriting Adds Black to Management Liability Team in Tennessee
May 28 2020 // DUAL Specialty Underwriting (DSU), the Management Liability division of DUAL North America, has added Heather Black as a senior underwriter. Black will be located in Nashville, Tenn. Black brings nearly 18 years of...
States Sharing of COVID-19 Patients’ Data With First Responders Sparks Privacy Concern
May 21 2020 // More than 11 million people have been tested in the U.S. for COVID-19, all with the assurance that their private medical information would remain protected and undisclosed. Yet, public officials in at least two-thirds of...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Hatchett Insurance Agency of Tennessee
May 15 2020 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Hatchett Insurance Agency, LLC (Hatchett Insurance). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Winchester, Tenn.,...
Reliance Partners of Tennessee Appoints Albrecht as CFO, CRO
May 13 2020 // Reliance Partners has added Thom Albrecht as chief financial officer and chief revenue officer. Albrecht is a 32-year veteran of the transportation space and served most recently as chief commercial officer and chief...
How to Manage Two Disasters at Same Time
May 7 2020 // On March 5, Tennessee governor Bill Lee announced the state’s first confirmed case of Covid-19. Three weeks later on Easter Sunday, tornadoes touched down outside of Chattanooga, killing four people and flattening...
Strong Storms Knock Out Power for 100K in Tennessee
May 6 2020 // Storms with high winds swept through Tennessee knocking down trees and power lines, causing one death and leaving more than 100,000 customers without power, officials said. The storms Sunday caused one of the largest power...
Tennessee Halts Temporary Producer Licensing as Testing Centers Reopen
May 4 2020 // New applications for temporary insurance producer licenses in Tennessee have been discontinued by the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) as physical testing locations begin to reopen throughout the...
Tennessee Insurance Claims from Deadly March Tornadoes Top $1B
May 4 2020 // More than 15,600 insurance claims seeking more than $1.1 billion have been filed in Tennessee over deadly tornadoes that tore through the state early last month, state officials said last month. Tennessee Department of...
Direct Auto Insurance of Tennessee to Give 15% Credit on April Auto Policies
May 1 2020 // Direct Auto Insurance affiliates will give personal auto insurance policyholders a 15% credit on their April premiums in an effort to assist customers impacted by COVID-19. Policyholders do not have to take any action to...
Many Tennessee Restaurants Get Green Light to Reopen Despite Virus Spread
Apr 29 2020 // Most of Tennessee’s restaurants were given the green light to allow dine-in service once again Monday as part of Gov. Bill Lee’s directive to begin reopening the state’s economy that had been largely...
Tennessee Insurance Claims from Deadly March Tornadoes Top $1B
Apr 27 2020 // More than 15,600 insurance claims seeking more than $1.1 billion have been filed in Tennessee over deadly tornadoes that tore through the state early last month, state officials said Thursday. Tennessee Department of...
Georgia Governor Gives Certain Businesses Green Light to Reopen Friday
Apr 22 2020 // Georgia’s governor announced plans Monday to restart the state’s economy before the end of the week, saying many businesses that closed to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus could reopen as early as...
